The documentary Joan Baez: Sing Me Home premieres on American Masters at 8 p.m. on PBS. DVD/CD of film was released on Oct. 13.

Mika performs on Late Show with David Letterman. Also: Tina Fey, Chris Russo.

Phoenix performs on Last Call with Carson Daly. Also: Charlie Hunman.

Rascal Flatts performs on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Also: Serena Williams, Ken Jeong.

Toby Keith performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Also: Jamie Foxx.

Already in its 11th year, the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival will feature Micachu and the Shapes, The Drums, Kings of Convenience, Crystal Antlers and a whole slew of local Icelandic acts.

A Fine Frenzy performs on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Also: Forest Whitaker, Christian Siriano.

Built to Spill performs on Late Show with David Letterman. Also: Don Rickles.

Harper Simon performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Also: Taye Diggs, Kristin Cavallari.

Hockey performs on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Also: Gerard Butler, Ivanka Trump.

Keane performs on Last Call with Carson Daly. Also: Mike Rowe.

Brooklyn-based Elizabeth & the Catapult will be touring the U.S. with Justin Nozuka. They'll set off on Oct. 15 in Decatur, Ga. and continue up through the southeast. The band will continue their shows through November, set to wind down on Dec. 3 in Seattle, Wash. with a show at Nuemo's. They'll also be joined by Christina Courtin.

Brooklyn-based Elizabeth & the Catapult will be touring the U.S. with Justin Nozuka. They'll set off on Oct. 15 in Decatur, Ga. and continue up through the southeast. The band will continue their shows through November, set to wind down on Dec. 3 in Seattle, Wash. with a show at Nuemo's. They'll also be joined by Christina Courtin.

Los Lobos, Marc Anthony, Gloria Estefan, George Lopez and Thalía are all scheduled to perform at this special concert event right on the White House's South Lawn, in celebration of National Hispanic Month. PBS stations, the network's website, and www.whitehouse.gov will air the concert live starting at 8 p.m. EST.

The Cowboy Junkies headline this three-day North Carolina arts and music festival.

Thao with the Get Down Stay Down will be touring in support of their second full-length album, Known Better Learn Faster. The tour kicks off in Santa Barbara, Calif. on Oct. 15. They'll play through October and wrap up with a show in Pomona, Calif.

The Rhode Island trio The Low Anthem have returned from their European tour to continue raising support in the U.S. for their latest Oh My God, Charlie Darwin. Their first show is Oct. 15. They'll be making their West Coats debut with the Portland-based Blind Pilot, and then move on to close the year with a few shows alongside Josh Ritter.

Minneapolis music journalist Jon Bream's new book offers an illustrated history of Neil Diamond's career, published by Voyageur Press.

Eric Church performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Also: Serena Williams, Dr. Drew Pinsky.

Director: Scott Sanders; Writers: Scott Sanders, Michael Jai White, Byron Minns; Starring: Michael Jai White, Arsenio Hall, Tommy Davidson. (Limited)

Director: F. Gary Gray; Writer: Kurt Wimmer; Starring: Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Colm Meaney, Leslie Bibb, Viola Davis, Michael Gambon.

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Cloris Leachman, Blake Lively, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Christina Ricci, Anton Yelchin, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Bilson, Kevin Bacon, Robin Wright Penn, Ethan Hawke. (Limited)

Director/Writer: Lynn Roth; Starring: Alfred Molina, Ido Port, Rami Hoebreger, Gilya Stern, Theodore Bikel. (NY)

Director: Sebastián Silva; Writers: Silva, Pedro Peirano; Starring: Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedon, Alejandro Goic. (NY)

Director: Nelson McCormick; Writer: J.S. Cardone; Starring: Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Penn Badgley, Jon Tenney, Amber Heard, Christopher Meloni.

Director: Spike Jonze; Writers: Jonze, Dave Eggers; Starring: Catherine Keener, Benicio Del Toro, Forest Whitaker, James Gandolfini, Michelle Williams, Catherine O'Hara.

Art Brut will embark on a U.S. tour to bolster support for his recent release, Art Brut Vs. Satan. The first show is in Cambridge, Mass. on Oct. 16. The will continue through November, winding down at the Bowery Ballroom in New York, N.Y. on Nov. 15.

First annual Down on the Suwannee Music Festival will feature Willie Nelson, Big Kenny of Big & Rich, Josh Thompson, David Cooler, Mike Mullis and Mercy Mountain Band.

The Osaka-born Shonen Knife will embark on a North American tour in order to celebrate the North American release of their new record, Super Group. The first show is in New York on Oct. 16, and the tour will continue through November with special guests, Ty Segall, JEFF the brotherhood and Golden Triangle. Super Group is set to hit stores on Aug. 25.

Performance

Shakira is the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. Hosted by: Gerard Butler.

Matishayu will embark on an especially loaded North American tour, packed with 40 dates which will be promoted through his partnership with peer-to-peer ticketing method, Posse. The tour kicks off on Oct. 17 in Calgary, CAN and will continue through Dec. 8, wrapping up in Rochester, N.Y. at The Armory. By using Posse, fans can be rewarded by these concerts.

The indie-rockers plan to hit up 26 cities, kicking off in Arizona, then heading to the east coast, and wrapping it up back out west in Solana Beach, California. The group also plans to premiere some new material from an upcoming studio album at some of the shows.

This San Francisco festival features The Flaming Lips, MGMT, The Decemberists, MSTRKRFT, Girl Talk and more.

White Rabbits will kick off a fall tour after the success of their Sophomore release, It's Frightening. The first show will be on Oct. 17 at Washington, D.C.'s Rock N Roll Hotel. They'll be sharing the stage with Suckers, Local Natives and Glass Ghost during their trek. The tour winds down on Nov. 10 at the Turner Hall Ballroom in Milwaukee, Wisc.

Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele has picked out some fall tour dates to spread his musical cheer to the masses. He'll start up in Birmingham, Ala. He'll be joined by Cryptacize, The Fiery Furnaces, Colour Revolt and Tickley Feather along the way, where he'll hit up North Carolina, New York, Minnesota and many more in between. The tour will wind down in Los Angeles, Calif. on Nov. 21.

Mat Kerney performs on Last Call with Carson Daly. Also: Stan Lee.

Rosanne Cash performs from her new album The List on Late Show with David Letterman. Other guests: Vince Vaughn, Carey Mulligan.

The musical FELA! begins previews at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Broadway.

Amazing Baby performs on Last Call with Carson Daly. Also: Ryan Friendlinghaus.

Cobra Starship with Estelle perform on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Also: Jon Hamm, Freestyle Motocross Athletes.

Landon Pigg performs song, "Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop," on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Also: Seth Meyers, Chris Paul.

Ludacris performs on The Jay Leno Show. Also: Martha Stewart.

The Sounds perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Also: Edward Norton, Paul Schaffer.

One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur is released today on CD and DVD from F-Stop/Atlantic. The documentary is directed by Curt Wooden, and features Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard.

This five-day music and film festival in NYC will feature School of Seven Bells, Broadcast, Margaret Cho, Pissed Jeans, Zac Brown Band, Atlas Sound, Japandroids, The Budos Band, Pitbull, The Very Best, The Temper Trap, Crystal Antlers, Portugal. The Man and hundreds of others.

This year's CMJ in NYC will include panel discussions on new technology in music, small record labels, breaking into film scoring and several other topics.

Following an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman and in support of their latest record, Bitte Orca, Dirty Projectors will embark on a fall tour beginning with a show in Baltimore, Md. The band will play through the next month, and wind down their trek with a show on Oct. 22 at the Bowery Ballroom in New York, N.Y.

New LP from former Dead Kennedys frontman. (Alternative Tentacles)

Fourth studio LP from British soul-singer.

(EMI)

New LP from four-time Grammy-winning country artist.

Sixth studio LP from German industrial rockers.

Self-titled debut album featuring performers from Cat Power (Rick Steff) and The Black Crowes (Luther Dickinson).

New LP from former members of Beta Band. Special edition release will feature a 60+ page hardcover companion book.

US release of Prodigy's critically-acclaimed latest LP. (Cooking Vinyl)

Tina Turner's double live CD/DVD package released on EMI. Recordings taken from 2008 tour.

This multimedia box set by Insound explores Jack Kerouac's Big Sur to great depths, with a copy of the new documentary and a recently unearthed 1963 manuscript. Jay Farrar contributes both prose and song, in an essay and his collaboration album with Ben Gibbard. Available for pre-order.