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Top left: Lily Konigsberg; top middle: Neffy; top right: Sloppy Jane; bottom right: Aisha Badru; bottom middle: Snail Mail; bottom left: Jim James of My Morning Jacket Courtesy of the artists hide caption

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New Mix: Tiny Desk Contest Winner Neffy, Snail Mail, My Morning Jacket, More

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The late rapper Juice WRLD. His posthumous full-length, Legends Never Die, tops our list of the best new albums out this week. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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July 10, 2020

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Jim James, a frequent performer at the Newport Folk Festival, returns again this year. He's seen here in a set from 2013. Adam Kissick/For NPR music hide caption

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Newport Folk 2017 Preview: Drive By Truckers, Jim James, John Prine And More

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Top row, left to right: Cover art for Wilco, Kamasi Washington and Grimes; Middle row, left to right: Sufjan Stevens, Chvrches and Kendrick Lamar; Bottom row, left to right: Father John Misty, Joanna Newsom, Courtney Barnett Courtesy of the artists hide caption

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Poll Results: Listeners Pick Their Favorite Albums Of 2015

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There's an appealing inscrutability to the music of My Morning Jacket that continues on the band's new album, The Waterfall. Danny Clinch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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My Morning Jacket's 'The Waterfall' Can Beat You Down Or Lift You Up

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Clockwise from upper left: My Morning Jacket, Sharon Van Etten, Matt Pond PA, Desaparecidos Courtesy of the artists hide caption

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All Songs Considered: Hear Brand New My Morning Jacket, More

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Clockwise from upper left: Nathan Williams of Wavves, David Bowie, John Denver, Phoenix, and Kanene Pipkin of Lone Bellow Courtesy of the artists hide caption

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New David Bowie, My Morning Jacket Covers John Denver

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tUnE-yArDs is one of the artists performing at this year's Newport Folk Festival. fjludo via Flickr hide caption

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A Newport Folk Festival Preview

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Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker Needle, and Yim Yames make up New Multitudes. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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New Multitudes On World Cafe

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