A photo of the Ribaudo family tomb in the Staglieno Cimitero Monumentale in Genoa, Italy was used as the cover art for Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart." Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Izzy Young in Sept. 2007. Frank Beacham/Courtesy of Frank Beacham hide caption
In 2018, Prince's estate released a recording from the artist's fabled vault called Piano & A Microphone 1983. Allen Beaulieu/The Prince Estate hide caption
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
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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