Nonesuch artists are up for several Grammys on Sunday ... John Adams's Nixon in China hits movie theaters via The Met: Live in HD ... The Black Keys are on The Tonight Show ... Wanda Jackson tours Germany ... Jessica Lea Mayfield tours the Midwest with Justin Townes Earle ... Randy Newman plays Louisiana and Florida ... Mandy Patinkin stars at New York's Public Theater ... Punch Brothers cover Colorado ... Allen Toussaint plays NYC ... Dawn Upshaw sings Britten in St. Paul ... Sara Watkins plays close to home with The Decemberists ... and more ...

Chris Thile performs his Mandolin Concerto in Iowa ... John Adams conducts Nixon in China at the Met ... David Byrne attends 25th anniversary True Stories screening in San Francisco ... Carolina Chocolate Drops hit upstate New York, Vermont ... Shawn Colvin returns to Yoshi's San Francisco ... Wanda Jackson headlines Rockin’ Race Jamboree in Spain ... Kronos Quartet makes it a two-fer in Minneapolis ... Jessica Lea Mayfield kicks off tour with Justin Townes Earle ... Fernando Otero plays NYC,  Allen Toussaint too ... and more ... 

Joshua Rifkin celebrates 40th anniversary of Joplin's Piano Rags album in NYC ... Alarm Will Sound performs Reich's Tehillim for NYC's Ecstatic Music Festival ... Ben Folds tours Midwest ... Philip Glass goes solo in Colombia ... Wanda Jackson plays free hometown show in Oklahoma City .... Glenn Kotche, Bang on a Can play Reich in Kentucky ... The Low Anthem performs at Bowdoin ... Stockholm celebrates Reich ... Allen Toussaint continues NYC residency ... Sara Watkins plays Boston with The Decemberists ... Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish give recital in Connecticut ... and more ...

Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman give final live performance of complete Highway Rider at Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA ... Timothy Andres plays in NYC's Ecstatic Music Festival ... The Black Keys' Austin City Limits set airs on PBS ... Shawn Colvin plays Washington state ... Ben Folds kicks off tour in Minneapolis ... Philip Glass pays tribute to Allen Ginsberg with Patti Smith in Paris ... Wanda Jackson, Jack White play sold-out shows in NYC, LA ... Audra McDonald sings at Utah State  ... Randy Newman has solo shows in Arkansas, Texas ... Punch Brothers play three shows in the Midwest ...  Allen Toussaint launches weekly series in NYC ... Dawn Upshaw sings Bartók, Berio with Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra ... and more ...

Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass do Dracula at Sydney Festival ... Laurie Anderson performs Delusion in Ann Arbor ... Timothy Andres joins in at the Ecastatic Music Festival Marathon in NYC ... Wanda Jackson, Jack White play Grand Ole Opry ... Magnetic Fields documentary opens in Chicago ... Fernando Otero performs in NYC ... Punch Brothers sell out NYC's Bowery Ballroom for p-Bingo night ... Allen Toussaint turns 73, plays The Bright Mississippi with Don Byron, Nicholas Payton at Chicago's Symphony Center ... Sara Watkins hosts A Prairie Home Companion ... and more ... 

Emmylou Harris kicks off the 2011 Sydney Festival ... John Adams Slonimsky's Earbox featured in LA Phil live cinematic broadcast across the US ... Timothy Andres performs with his brother in Connecticut ... The Black Keys are musical guests on Saturday Night Live ... Björk hosts karaoke marathon in Iceland to fight energy company sale ... David Byrne talks Here Lies Love on MPR's The Current ... Randy Newman joins Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in New Orleans ... The Low Anthem plays close to home ... Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music closes on Broadway ... Allen Toussaint plays Tokyo ... and more ...

Punch Brothers perform on NPR's Mountain Stage ... Emmylou Harris hosts Miracle on Music Row in Nashville to benefit Bonaparte's Retreat dog shelter ... The Mark Morris Dance Group concludes its run of The Hard Nut at BAM in Brooklyn ... Jeff Bridges, the star of True Grit, hosts Saturday Night Live ... and more ...

The Black Keys play three California festivals ... John Adams concludes San Francisco Symphony residency ... Timothy Andres premieres piano piece in NYC ... Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Low Anthem conclude joint tour ... The Low Anthem joins Emmylou Harris on Grand Ole Opry ... Shawn Colvin, Patty Griffin perform benefit in Austin ... Christina Courtin concludes tour with Aoife O'Donovan ... The Hard Nuts opens in Brooklyn ... Punch Brothers close out fall tour in Chicago ... and more ... 

The Black Keys appear on Fuse's SPIN25 show, tour Florida ... John Adams conducts El Niño with San Francisco Symphony, Dawn Upshaw ... Timothy Andres accompanies a serial-killer song-cycle in Brooklyn, appears on NPR's From the Top ... Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Low Anthem tour the South together ... Ben Folds shows his photos at National Geographic in DC ... Audra McDonald plays ARTrageous benefit in Arizona ... Allen Toussaint heads New Orleans Artists Against Hunger and Homelessness benefit ... and more ...

Nonesuch Records wishes everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving, and a very fruitful Black Friday. Here are a few concerts in the coming days to keep in mind as well: Ben Folds returns home to Nashville for a concert with the Nashville Symphony to benefit the orchestra and local volunteer firefighters; Punch Brothers are guests on A Prairie Home Companion; Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau play a pair of duo shows in Europe; and Oumou Sangare concludes a brief US tour.

Emmylou Harris, The Low Anthem close out their tour together ... John Adams conducts Dutch premiere of City Noir ... Laurie Anderson and her dog perform at Art for Animals benefit ... Carolina Chocolate Drops continue French tour ... Shawn Colvin tours Midwest with Loudon Wainwright ... Ben Folds takes Lonely Avenue South ... Bill Frisell does Disfarmer ... Kronos Quartet plays Portugal ... Brad Mehldau continues Highway Rider Europe tour ... Punch Brothers play the South ... Oumou Sangare is in the Bronx ... Allen Toussaint, Nicholas Payton celebrate New Orleans ... Sara Watkins concludes European tour ... and more ...

NY Phil performs Adams's Hamonielehre at Carnegie Hall ... Laurie Anderson does Delusion in Florence ... The Black Keys play Germany's Rolling Stone fest ... Carolina Chocolate Drops play Benelux ... Shawn Colvin has two shows in NYC ... Ben Folds hits Buffalo and Philadelphia ... Emmylou Harris, The Low Anthem play Montclair and Albany ... Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica close US tour in Boston ... Kronos Quartet performs in Poland and Germany ... Jessica Lea Mayfield joins Jay Farrar in Kentucky and Ohio ... Brad Mehldau premieres Highway Rider in London ... Punch Brothers, Stephen Sondheim visit Strathmore  ... Allen Toussaint takes New Orleans Nights to New England ... Caetano Veloso joins Beck at MOCA benefit ... Sara Watkins tours UK ... and more ...