Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and virtuoso guitarist Molly Tuttle's So Long Little Miss Sunshine (Acoustic EP), a companion EP to her acclaimed Grammy-nominated album So Long Little Miss Sunshine, is out now. It was recorded with touring bandmates Vanessa McGowan and Mary Meyer and produced by Steve Berns. The EP strips back five standout tracks from the album and places Tuttle's voice, intricate guitar playing, and songwriting front and center. The intimate recordings offer a fresh perspective on some of the album's most personal songs. 

Laurie Anderson, Davóne Tines, Bill Frisell celebrate Allen Ginsberg at 100 with Thomas Bartlett on Little Island in NYC. Emmylou Harris takes her European farewell tour to Belgium and Germany. Vijay Iyer plays Albany's TOPOS Festival and Detroit Jazz Festival. Cécile McLorin Salvant performs in Minneapolis and at Utah’s Moab Music Festival. Molly Tuttle launches her tour with Lukas Nelson in Massachusetts.

Grammy-winning composer Donnacha Dennehy’s Limina is out now. The album features premiere recordings of two pieces: the piano concerto Limina and Violin Concerto, performed by National Symphony Orchestra Ireland, conductor Ryan McAdams, pianist Eliza McCarthy, and violinist Stephen Waarts; it was recorded at the National Concert Hall, Dublin. The five-star Guardian review exclaims: "These two concertos, beautifully paired, again find Donnacha Dennehy writing music that is both firmly grounded—both rhythmically and in his fascination with the harmonic series—and joyously unfettered."

Brad Mehldau, Chris Thile and friends perform Ride into the Sun in Los Angeles and Oakland. Mary Halvorson makes her Blue Note Tokyo debut with her Amaryllis sextet. Emmylou Harris performs at Denmark's Tønder Festival and UK's The Longroad Festival. Colin Currie Group performs Steve Reich in Edinburgh. Gustavo Santaolalla brings Ronroco to Bogotá. Newlywed Molly Tuttle returns to Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.

"Amid a remarkable series of recordings and live shows, she's created a unique vocal style and curatorial skills that make each new recording an event," NPR's Fresh Air host Terry Gross says of Cécile McLorin Salvant. "Her latest recording, With Every Breath I Take, is her most daring yet." "[A] spirit of inquiry is what makes McLorin Salvant special and without peer," says Fresh Air reviewer Martin Johnson. "[She] has amazing range and astonishing technique, but she employs them purely in the investigation of a song ... It's music with an extraordinary past and an amazing present." You can hear the review here.

Natalie Merchant was on the Word in Your Ear podcast to talk about the roots and evolution of Cabinet of Wonder, her collaboration with Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Children's Theatre, which reimagines Mother Goose and her rhymes for a new generation of young children. "She’s never had an audience reaction as enthusiastic and emotional," says the show. "It’s a magnificent project to give children experiences that modern life rarely affords." You can hear the episode here.

Fifteen, the first album from the collective trio of saxophonist and flutist Henry Threadgill, pianist Vijay Iyer, and drummer Dafnis Prieto, is out now on Nonesuch Records; it is also the label debut for all three musicians. The record takes its name from the number of years the trio has been performing together—first at a series of benefits for NYC's The Jazz Gallery, and then around the US and internationally. It comprises three compositions by Threadgill and Iyer and two by Prieto. Also out today is a video for "Last Night," written by Threadgill, made during the recording session; you can watch it here.

Natalie Merchant’s Cabinet of Wonder—a digital collection of 17 songs and accompanying videos from her collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and Chicago Children’s Theatre (CCT)—is out now on Nonesuch Records. Cabinet of Wonder reimagines Mother Goose and her rhymes for a new generation of young children through modern interpretations of the classic children’s canon and three originals by Merchant—performed by her, musicians from the CSO and special guests—in orchestral arrangements by Megan Gould. Cabinet of Wonder represents three years of behind-the-scenes work among the project’s collaborators and the culmination of Merchant's four decades of involvement in children’s arts and education. 

Jeff Parker and ETA IVtet celebrate their new album, Happy Today, in California, at The Freight in Berkeley and The Lodge Room in LA. Rhiannon Giddens and Silkroad Ensemble are in upstate NY at Chautauqua and the Skaneateles Festival, where Cécile McLorin Salvant performs too. Mary Halvorson joins Jacob Garchik in Austria. Emmylou Harris takes her European farewell tour to Norway. Gustavo Santaolalla kicks off South American Ronroco tour in Chile.

Laurie Anderson and the jazz band Sexmob, whose new triple-LP / double-CD live album Let X=X was released earlier this year on Nonesuch, have shared a live performance of her song "Language Is a Virus," filmed at the Umbria Jazz Festival last month. You can watch it here. Anderson and the band tour California and perform in Chicago next month. 

Laurie Anderson is at Tanglewood in Lenox, MA, in a conversation with director Peter Sellars and performing with Sexmob. Julia Bullock is Carmen at Lakes Area Music Festival in Minnesota. Rhiannon Giddens joins Francesco Turrisi and others at Kilkenny Arts Festival in Ireland. Brad Mehldau plays with Joe Farnsworth Trio at Smoke Jazz Club in NYC, where Cécile McLorin Salvant celebrates Tin Pan Alley at Little Island. Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians gets its New Zealand premiere.

Rhiannon Giddens has shared “Freight Train,” a spare interpretation of the song by North Carolina music legend Elizabeth Cotten, from her upcoming album, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers. The track features only Giddens’s lead vocal and Dirk Powell on acoustic guitar, revealing the economy and emotional depth that have allowed “Freight Train” to travel across generations. You can watch the lyric video here.