My Morning Jacket

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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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

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

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

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

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

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My Morning Jacket's new album is titled Circuital. Danny Clinch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James (center) says the band's new album, Circuital, presented a special challenge: recording in his hometown of Louisville for the first time. Danny Clinch hide caption