The Carolina Chocolate Drops celebrate Memorial Day weekend in Maryland and Massachusetts ... Laurie Anderson launches Vivid LIVE festival in Sydney ... Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica bring the Seasons to Berlin and Moscow ... Brad Mehldau, Anne Sofie von Otter perform his Love Songs in Oslo ... Natalie Merchant continues UK tour ... Sara and Sean Watkins headline the Strawberry Jamboree Music Festival ... Wilco closes out Europe tour ... and more ...

Pat Metheny brings Orchestrion home to NYC ... The Kennedy Center's Perspectives: John Adams comes to a close ... Carolina Chocolate Drops play festivals in Indiana, Utah ... Bill Frisell, Kronos Quartet, Youssou N'Dour have shows in Germany ... Philip Glass Ensemble celebrates its 40th in Rome ... k.d. lang sings for San Francisco Symphony ... Natalie Merchant launches UK tour ... Punch Brothers open for Josh Ritter, play with Dierks Bentley ... Allen Toussaint Gulf Aid concert airs on Fuse ... Sara Watkins plays her hometown ... Wilco tours Scandinavia ... and more ...

The Kennedy Center celebrates John Adams ... Laurie Anderson, John Zorn improvise in Lublin ... The Black Keys play free show in NYC ... Carolina Chocolate Drops play close to home ... Bill Frisell concludes Village Vanguard residency ... Kronos Quartet's in Copenhagen ... Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman close out duo tour ... Natalie Merchant tours Germany ... Pat Metheny's Orchestrion US tour hits final week ... Randy Newman, in Europe, featured on BBC Scotland ... Allen Toussaint performs at New Orleans Gulf Aid benefit ... Dawn Upshaw makes Edmonton Symphony debut ... and more ...

Kronos Quartet, Alim Qasimov Ensemble perform from Floodplain in Paris ... Laurie Anderson brings Delusion to Berkeley ... Carolina Chocolate Drops stop at Oberlin's Spring Folkfest ...   Shawn Colvin plays the Birchmere ... Bill Frisell continues Village Vanguard residency ... Richard Goode begins Europe tour, as do Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau; Randy Newman continues his, while Rokia Traoré closes hers ... Pat Metheny hits his hometown ... and more ...

Randy Newman tours Scandinavia and blogs about it ... John Adams hosts SF film screening ... Björk DJs in Brooklyn ... Carolina Chocolate Drops offer free shows in NYC ... Richard Goode solos in NYC ... Kronos plays for SF families ... The Low Anthem winds down tour ... Natalie Merchant plays PEN Festival Cabaret ... Pat Metheny plays Pacific Northwest ... Punch Brothers are in Baton Rouge ... Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau duo ... Allen Toussaint does double sets at Jazz Fest ... Rokia Traoré tours UK ... Dawn Upshaw performs Knoxville in St. Paul ... Wilco awes Australia ... and more ...

The Black Keys are on a bill with Snoop Dogg ... Shawn Colvin, Allen Toussaint are in New Orleans ... Christina Courtin opens for Mike Doughty in NYC ... Bill Frisell, Punch Brothers play Seattle ... Richard Goode, Joshua Redman play in Chicago ... Kronos Quartet comes to Carmel ... The Low Anthem plays Portland, Maine ... Natalie Merchant takes Leave Your Sleep to eTown ... Pat Metheny's Orchestrion tour continues in California ... Sara Watkins guests with Garrison Keillor in NYC ... Wilco tours Tokyo ... and more ...

Laurie Anderson, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Emmylou Harris make Record Store Day appearances ... Louis Andriessen curates at Carnegie Hall ... The Black Keys play CMU and FLA ... Robin Holcomb, Wayne Horvitz curate at The Stone ... The Low Anthem plays Brooklyn ... Pat Metheny tours the Southwest ... Punch Brothers conquer California ... Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau duo in New York state ... Rokia Traoré rounds out US tour ... Caetano Veloso hits SFJAZZ ... Sarah Watkins celebrates Earth Day in Nashville ... Glenn Kotche celebrates Burt Bacharach in Osaka ... and more ...

Record Store Day, the annual celebration of indie record stores across the US and around the world, returns this Saturday, April 17. Nonesuch artists will be well represented this year, with in-store performances and/or new vinyl from Laurie Anderson, The Black Keys, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Emmylou Harris, and Wilco.

Caetano Veloso does DC ... Laurie Anderson plays four nights in Sweden ... the Assads go back to their roots ... The Black Keys headline Yuri's Night Bay Area ... Bill Frisell has four nights at Yoshi's Oakland ... Richard Goode plays Detroit ... Kronos is in residence at Duke ... The Low Anthem is in Toronto ... Brad Mehldau Trio too ... Pat Metheny plays three shows in Florida ... Punch Brothers make music in Montana ... Rokia Traoré begins US tour ... Wilco ends one ... and more ...

Wilco tour heads up the East Coast as Blogotheque posts its "Take-Away Show" ... Carolina Chocolate Drops stop off at The Showroom in Spartanburg, South Carolina ... Bill Frisell makes Savannah Music Festival debut on double bill with ngoni virtuoso Bassekou Kouyate ... Phillip Glass plays the Pacific Northwest ... The Low Anthem has shows in Salt Lake City, Boulder, and Omaha ... Brad Mehldau Trio sets up for a weekend at Yoshi's ... and more ...

The Low Anthem tours West Coast ... John Adams leads all-Adams program in Paris ... Carolina Chocolate Drops do Black Banjo Gathering ... Christina Courtin opens in NYC ... Bill Frisell plays Baghdad/Seattle Suite in New Mexico ... Kronos takes A Chinese Home to Notre Dame ... The Magnetic Fields bring Realism to Berlin ... Brad Mehldau plays Mexico City ... Portland, Maine, hosts Chris Thile and Punch Brothers sets ... Allen Toussaint plays Bern Jazz Fest ... Wilco continues sold-out tour ... and more ...

The Low Anthem, Carolina Chocolate Drops continue confab at SXSW ... John Adams is in Paris for Cité de la Musique Forum John Adams ... Laurie Anderson airs Amelia Earhart in Basel ... Louis Andriessen gets honorary doctorate in Birmingham ... Kronos closes Carnegie Hall Perspectives with Young Artists Concert ... The Magnetic Fields bring Realism to the UK ... Brad Mehldau solos in Netherlands ... Pat Metheny plays Orchestrion in Italy ... Signature Theatre celebrates Sondheim's 80th ... Chris Thile performs Mandolin Concerto in Delaware ... Allen Toussaint plays Rome ... Dawn Upshaw, Emanuel Ax perform in San Francisco ... and more ...