Jordan Lee of Mutual Benefit. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Pokey LaFarge's latest album is Manic Revelations. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Kansas City musician Krystle Warren, whose forthcoming album is titled Three the Hard Way, has lived in France for nine years. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

A man painted green takes part in a Beltane May Day celebration on May 1, 2013 in Glastonbury, England. Matt Cardy/Getty Images hide caption

Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill perform live on Mountain Stage. Brian Blauser/Mountain Stage hide caption

Aldous Harding. Courtesy of 4AD hide caption

T Sisters perform on Mountain Stage. Brian Blauser/Mountain Stage hide caption

Daniel Norgren (right) performs with drummer Erik Berndtsson and bassist Anders Grahn on the Woods Stage at Pickathon 2016. Liam Gillies/Courtesy of Pickathon hide caption

In her new album as Fiver, Simone Schmidt imagines the songs that might have been sung by women incarcerated at Ontario's Rockwood Asylum in the 19th century. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Jimi Hendrix Experience's Are You Experienced? was released 50 years ago Friday. Evening Standard/Getty Images hide caption

"This instrument right here, born in Africa, but then made in America and then altered by white America — that's the story of so much of our music," Rhiannon Giddens says of the banjo. John Peets/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Chastity Brown's new album, Silhouette Of Sirens, comes out May 19. Wale Agboola/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Jason Isbell joins Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers onstage during the Americana Music Honors & Awards Nominations Ceremony May 9, 2017. Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Americana Music hide caption

Bedouine's self-titled debut comes out June 23. YouTube hide caption

Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge in a still from their video for "Bone Collector." YouTube hide caption

The Queen Of Hearts is the new project by Olivia Chaney and The Decemberists. They're known as Offa Rex Courtesy of the Artist hide caption

Glen Hansard's new single is "Are You Getting Through," from a forthcoming movie called The Journey. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Itinerant Arias by Christopher Paul Stelling Courtesy of the Artist hide caption

Lola Marsh's new album, Remember Roses, comes out June 9. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Holly Macve outside of the World Cafe performance studio at WXPN in Philadelphia. Galea McGregor/WXPN hide caption