JamBase — A new interview with Zakir Hussain finds the tabla master discussing his upcoming tour with Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer, working with Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart and more. more info

JamBase — Master musicians Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer will hit the road for a collaborative tour this fall. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — What would Johann Sebastian Bach make of a goat rodeo? There can be little doubt that the greatest composer ever would have been unfazed hearing his music played by a trio of cello, mandolin and bass, as Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer did at W... more info

Mercury News, California — The 2014-15 season at Bing Concert Hall begins Sept. 21. Highlights range from Toumani Diabaté, Emmylou Harris and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham to the Emerson String Quartet and the Kronos Quartet to the San Francisco Symphony and the Moscow State Sym... more info

Topix — From left: Edgar Meyer, Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, and Chris Thile, who perform together in the Goat Rodeo Sessions. more info

Topix — Early in the Austin City Limits taping last night, Punch Brothers frontman Chris Thile mentioned an episode of the landmark PBS program from 1990 featuring Strength in Numbers, a supergroup once composed of Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Mark O'Connor, Edgar ... more info

Guardian Music — Malian singer who played at the Guardian Open Weekend picks up award for best newcomer from world music magazineThe Tuareg group Tinariwen, Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara and Ravi Shankar's daughter Anoushka Shankar are among the winners of the Song... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A series in Sunday Calendar about what Times writers & contributors are listening to right now... A “goat rodeo,” for anyone who may have skipped school that day, is an aviation term referring to “a scenario that requires about 100... more info

Mercury News, California — Nadja Solerno-Sonnenberg gripped her violin and bounded onto the stage with her band, the energetic New Century Chamber Orchestra, which excels because all its players think and feel together. more info

Mercury News, California — The trio of Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer will play June 13 in Saratoga and June 23 in Carmel. more info