The legendary German guitarist Michael Rother plays music from the two groups he is most known for: Neu! and Harmonia - at Knockdown Center on March 30, as part of Outline.

Accordion-wielding Chilean singer/songwriter Pascuala Ilabaca makes music rooted in traditional sounds with shades of jazz, pop, and rock. She plays March 27 at  David Rubenstein Atrium.

Anoushka Shankar and John Schaefer discuss the creative process behind her latest album, Chapter III: We Return To Light, with a special live performance at National Sawdust on March 26.

Catalan folk duo Tarta Relena's vocal-based music limns centuries and borders, and often uses electronics. They play as part of the lineup on March 25 at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn. 

Chamber music, French chanson, West African folk, and jazz all mix freely in music by two virtuoso duos of Sissoko-Segal and Peirani-Parisien. They play at Joe's Pub on March 23.

Los Angeles-based new music collective Wild Up breaks their acclaimed Darkness Sounding festival out of LA for the first time, premiering it in New York City at 92NY on March 21-23.

L.A. singer Angélica Garcia draws on Latin pop and electronic music, and writes mostly in Spanish about spirituality and especially the feminine spirit. She plays at BAMcafé on March 19.

London-based Sona Jobarteh, the first female Kora virtuoso from a West African Griot family, is also a singer, producer, composer, and educator. She plays at Brooklyn Bowl on March 18.

Berlin-based techno/electro-musician and songwriter Jan Blomqvist considers silence and connectivity, in new songs from his latest album, MUTE, in-studio.