Punch Brothers close out their 2013 touring with three performances in New England ... John Adams celebrates his birthday with St. Louis Symphony performances of his City Noir ... Sérgio & Odair Assad, Carolina Chocolate Drops perform at 7 Days of Opening Nights Festival in Tallahassee ... Shawn Colvin plays NYC Rainforest Action Network hosted by Chris Noth and Whoopie Goldberg ... Brad Mehldau, Kevin Hays play Modern Music in Vienna and Zagreb ... Natalie Merchant joins Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra ... and more ...

The Black Keys, nominated for five Grammy Awards, and Dr. John, up for Best Blues Album, perform on the Grammy telecast Sunday night; theirs are among the 14 nominations for Nonesuch artists ... Emmylou Harris honors MusicCares Person of the Year Bruce Springsteen, duets with Rodney Crowell in LA ... Carolina Chocolate Drops welcome Vusi Mahlasela to North Carolina ... Jeremy Denk performs, leads master class at Westminster Choir College ... Punch Brothers play DC, NPR's Mountain Stage ... Joshua Redman Trio leads DC residency ... Allen Toussaint is in Oakland ... and more ...

Nataly Dawn continues her western US tour, opening for Clint Black in Napa, California, and Ben Folds Five in Reno, Nevada ... Laurie Anderson, Kronos Quartet premiere a new piece in Maryland ... Shawn Colvin plays outside Chicago and in NYC ... Jeremy Denk joins Steven Isserlis for a family concert of Saint-Saëns in NYC ... Dr. John and his new band play four-show run in Seattle ... Punch Brothers set sail from Miami with Mountain Song at Sea ... Steve Reich is celebrated in Winnipeg ... Sara Watkins tours Ireland and teaches the Guardian to fiddle ... and more ...

John Adams conducts the St. Lawrence String Quartet and the London Symphony Orchestra in the UK premiere of his Absolute Jest at Barbican Hall, the last in a series of concerts with LSO ... Shawn Colvin concludes residency at Yoshi's in San Francisco, streaming online ... Devendra Banhart is on BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends ... Nataly Dawn tours California with Ben Folds Five ... Jeremy Denk, Richard Goode play Northeast ... Lianne La Havas closes out Australia tour in Melbourne ... Punch Brothers head from St. Louis to Dallas ... Sara Watkins continues UK tour, plays Celtic Connections ... and more ...

Nonesuch Records offers everyone best wishes for this long weekend in the US, celebrating both Martin Luther King Jr. and the inauguration of President Barack Obama. And as always, there's lots of great live music being made around the world ... Lianne La Havas and Rokia Traoré perform multiple shows at the Sydney Festival in Australia ... Jeremy Denk joins the Oberlin Orchestra at Carnegie Hall ... Dr. John plays two Florida festivals ... Richard Goode performs Beethoven in Maryland ... Kronos Quartet plays Reich in Ohio ... Natalie Merchant and orchestra perform in Florida ... and more ...

Cayamo cruises through the Caribbean with Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, and Sara Watkins, who also guests on A Prairie Home Companion ... Jeremy Denk plays Ives in NYC, Bach in Los Alamos ... Fatoumata Diawara performs at Globalfest in NYC ... Einstein on the Beach concludes Amsterdam run ... Emmylou Harris tours the Midwest ... Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica join Slava's Snow Show in Estonia ... Kronos Quartet opens Napa Valley Opera House classical series ... Rokia Traoré launches Australia tour at Sydney Festival ... and more ...

Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell play the Miracle on Music Row benefit in Nashville for Harris's Bonaparte's Retreat Dog Rescue ... The Black Keys join The Rolling Stones in Newark, telecast and streaming live ... John Adams's El Niño receives Canadian premiere ... Shawn Colvin closes out tour on East Coast ... Jeremy Denk joins San Diego Symphony ... The Barbican celebrates Philip Glass's 75th birthday ... Gidon Kremer joins National Orchestra of Belgium ... Mark Morris's The Hard Nut opens in Berkeley ... Jessica Lea Mayfield, David Mayfield conclude Sibling Rivalry Tour in their home town of Kent, Ohio ... Rokia Traore performs in Poland ... and more ...

The Black Keys kick off the UK leg of their fall European tour ... Carolina Chocolate Drops close out their 2012 tour in Tennessee ... Shawn Colvin heads South ... Richard Goode joins soprano Sarah Shafer in Philadelphia and NYC ... Gidon Kremer tours Germany ... Kronos Quartet plays All Tomorrow’s Parties ... Lianne La Havas closes out European fall tour in the Netherlands ... Jessica Lea Mayfield, David Mayfield take Sibling Rivalry Tour to North Carolina and Nashville ... Natalie Merchant performs in Newark ... Punch Brothers continue their US tour out West ... Sara Watkins closes out her West Coast in the Pacific Northwest ... and more ...

The Black Keys take their European tour to France and Italy ... Bombino is in India ... Carolina Chocolate Drops kick off Southern tour in Atlanta ... Shawn Colvin plays in Texas ... Jeremy Denk joins Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in NYC ... Gidon Kremer makes three stops in Italy ... Lianne La Havas is in Zurich and Munich ... Jessica Lea Mayfield, David Mayfield launch Sibling Rivalry Tour ... Brad Mehldau Trio closes out European tour in Turkey ... Natalie Merchant performs on Long Island ... Punch Brothers play three shows in California ... Sara Watkins kicks off West Coast tour ... and more ...

Nonesuch Records wishes everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving in the US and a fruitful Black Friday. (Not to mention a Happy Birthday to Dr. John and Björk.) Remember: CDs, LPs, and DVDs in the Nonesuch Store (excluding pre-orders) are currently 34% off the standard retail price as part of the store's anniversary sale. There are also some noteworthy performances in the coming days, including Richard Goode's trio of concerts with the Budapest Festival Orchestra; European tours from Lianne La Havas and the Brad Mehldau Trio; and Punch Brothers return to North America for the next leg of their tour.

Carolina Chocolate Drops tour Midwest, lead benefit for The Ark in Ann Arbor ... Laurie Anderson performs at Mills College ... Bombino tours France ... Shawn Colvin plays with Heart in Mississippi ... Donnacha Dennehy’s music opens HCMF ... Dr. John, Blind Boys of Alabama conclude US tour ... Richard Goode is in Glasgow ... Emmylou Harris closes out Australia, New Zealand tours ... James Farm plays Poland ... Gidon Kremer, Brad Mehldau Trio are in Germany ... Lianne La Havas closes US tour in California ... The Low Anthem leads Providence benefit ... Punch Brothers play Crossing Border fest ... Sara Watkins concludes tour with Jackson Browne ... Dawn Upshaw joins Boston Symphony Orchestra ... and more ...

John Adams leads the Seattle Symphony in performances of his Harmonielehre and Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto ... Carolina Chocolate Drops tour the East Coast ... Shawn Colvin joins Heart in Florida ... Dr. John, Blind Boys of Alabama are on the East Coast ... Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach is in Mexico City ... Emmylou Harris tours Australia ... James Farm, Brad Mehldau tour Germany ... Gidon Kremer tours Taiwan ... Kronos Quartet performs outside SF ... Lianne La Havas plays outside DC ... Punch Brothers tour the UK ... Sara Watkins joins Jackson Browne ... and more ...