Leo Kottke

The Kate, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook

Even if you can’t place Leo Kottke’s name, you’ve heard his music: that distinctive laidback yet exceedingly precise acoustic guitar picking that’s appeared everywhere from the classic Terence Malick film “Days of Heaven” to the old Garrison Keillor “Prairie Home Companion” radio series to the theme music for fellow Minnesotan Al Franken’s podcast. Kottke, who’s played venues all around the state in his half-century of touring, performs Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook. $58. katharinehepburntheater.org.