Lido Pimienta calls Miss Colombia a "cynical love letter" to her home country. Daniella Murillo/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
First Listen Enjoy select, upcoming albums, in their entirety.
First Listen
Hear upcoming albums in their entirety
"It does feel really vulnerable, and a little scary because of that vulnerability," Brandy Clark says of Your Life is a Record. Chris Phelps/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Frances Quinlan ponders what it means to love well on Likewise. Julia Khoroshilov/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The second volume of G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology features prime-era albums Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express, Tallulah and 16 Lovers Lane, plus tons of rarities. Courtesy of Domino hide caption
"I'm naturally soft spoken," Laetitia Tamko says. "But when I sing, I'm not soft spoken." Kholood Eid for NPR hide caption
'There Will Be No Darkness': Laetitia Tamko On The Making Of 'Vagabon'
"It's not a bad thing to be old fashioned, but, you know, not everything old fashioned was great either. This kind of meets in the middle," Jon Pardi says of his new album. Jim Wright/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Cameron Duddy (center) says that Midland's new album combines "the powers of the three voices coming together." Harper Smith/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Baby Rose started winning talent shows at 14, but lost a college scholarship and a spot on The Voice before finding her way back to music. Donte Maurice/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and his Party, performing live at the WOMAD festival in 1985. Andrew Catlin/Courtesy of Real World Records hide caption
The Apollo 11 mission celebrates 50 years this month. Brian Eno's score for 1983's For All Mankind documentary — released as Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks — has been reissued with brand new music. NASA/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Baroness' Gold & Grey comes out June 14. Courtesy of Abraxan Hymns hide caption
Kate Tempest's The Book of Traps and Lessons comes out June 14. Julian Broad/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Iron & Wine's Sam Beam teams up with Calexico for Years to Burn, their first album-length collaboration since 2005. Piper Ferguson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
One of the many landscapes that inspired John Luther Adams' Become Desert. Courtesy of John Luther Adams hide caption
Bill Callahan's Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest comes out June 14. Hanly Banks Callahan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Brandee Younger's Soul Awakening comes out June 7. Erin Patrice O'Brien/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue featured an ad-hoc accidental masterpiece of a band, which played rousing, irreverent versions of songs from his catalog. Ken Regan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Pelican's Nighttime Stories comes out June 7. Marfa Capodanno/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Stef Chura's Midnight comes out June 7. Chloe Sells/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Ian Noe's Between the Country comes out May 31. Kyler Clark/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Lee "Scratch" Perry teams up with Adrian Sherwood (right) on his new album, Rainford. Daniel Oduntan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Flor de Toloache's Indestructible comes out May 31. Andrei Averbuch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption