Spanish singer Roslaía's El Mal Querer is on our short list of the best albums out on Nov. 2. John Parra/WireImage hide caption

Bob Dylan with a mandolin during the Blood On the Tracks sessions. Ken Regan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Cher's 3614 Jackson Highway album cover, featuring the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, a.k.a. The Swampers. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Jennifer Hudson performs during the the March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2018. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Bob Dylan, pictured in 1974, while working on what would become Blood on the Tracks. Barry Feinstein hide caption

Bettye LaVette. Mark Seliger/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Bettye LaVette's Things Have Changed is out now on Verve Records. Mark Seliger/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Lord Huron's Vide Noir comes out April 20 via Whispering Pines/Republic Records. Pamela Littky/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Bob Dylan's Trouble No More is out Nov. 3. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Bob Dylan, recipient of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature. Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Bob Marley, with his guitar in the yard at Tuff Gong (his home and headquarters). Kingston, Jamaica, March 1976. David Burnett/Contact Press Images hide caption

Bob Dylan, who announced he would accept in person the Nobel Prize for Literature, was silent after it was announced he would receive the prize. Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Bob Dylan speaks onstage at the MusiCares 2015 Person Of The Year Gala in Los Angeles. Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in October, though he has not yet accepted it. The Swedish Academy has announced he plans to do so this weekend in Stockholm. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption

Bob Dylan's new album, Triplicate, comes out March 31. John Shearer/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Bob Dylan. William Claxton/Courtesy of Sony Music hide caption

Charles Lloyd (left) and Lucinda Williams recorded a live version of "Masters Of War" at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Nov. 28, 2016. Erik Jacobs, Ebru Yildiz for NPR hide caption

Bob Dylan's compilation album of live recordings, The 1966 Live Recordings, comes out Nov. 11. D.A. Pennabaker/Courtesy of the artist. hide caption

Bob Dylan performs on July 4, 1978 at the Pavillon de Paris. Pierre Guillaud/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Bob Dylan performs in Culver City, Calif. in June 2009. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption

Bob Dylan performs at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963. His set included "Only a Pawn in Their Game," which he would also play at the 1963 March on Washington. Eyeneer hide caption