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Joni Mitchell, photographed in 1970. An album of Mitchell's early recordings, Archives Volume 1: The Early Years, was among the best archival releases of 2020. Roy Jones/Getty Images hide caption
The rapper 2 Chainz. His long-awaited full-length, So Help Me God, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on Nov. 13. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
David Rawlings & Gillian Welch Henry Diltz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings On World Cafe
Jason Isbell performs at the To Nashville, With Love Benefit Concert on March 9. Amy Harris/AP hide caption
Ann Powers on World Cafe Nashville
Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga perform "Shallow" in A Star Is Born. It's likely to win Best Original Song at the Academy Awards this Sunday, but should it? Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption
David Rawlings and Gillian Welch wrote "When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings" for the Joel and Ethan Cohen Film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Henry Diltz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile's Lotta Sea Lice is out now via Matador Records. Danny Cohen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bjork performs during the Coachella Music Festival in April 2007 in Indio, Calif. Karl Walter/Getty Images hide caption
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings. Henry Diltz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Gillian Welch On World Cafe
Gillian Welch, pictured here with partner Dave Rawlings, will release a new album, Boots No. 1 The Official Revival Bootleg, on Nov. 25. Henry Diltz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Solange, Black Honey, Gillian Welch, Major Stars Courtesy of the artists hide caption
"Some of these songs didn't belong on a first record, but it doesn't mean they're not good songs," says Gillian Welch. John Patrick Salisbury/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Hear Gillian Welch's Unreleased 'Dry Town' From A Collection Of Demos
Robyn Hitchcock presented Gillian Welch and David Rawlings with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting at the Americana Music Association Honors and Awards Show on Sept. 16, 2015. Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Americana Music hide caption
David Rawlings and Gillian Welch perform on Mountain Stage. Mountain Stage hide caption
Gillian Welch And David Rawlings On Mountain Stage
David Rawlings and Gillian Welch. Mark Seliger/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Listen To An Interview With Gillian Welch And David Rawlings
The wall at Hatch Show Print in Nashville, Tenn. WXPN hide caption
Elizabeth Cook and Jason Isbell's 45rpm cover of Townes Van Zandt's "Pancho and Lefty" is literally hot off the press. WXPN hide caption
World Cafe hose David Dye and singer-songwriter Elizabeth Cook check out Grimey's Records in Nashville, Tenn. WXPN hide caption
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings share songs from her newest album, The Harrow & The Harvest. Tim Teeling/WFUV hide caption
Gillian Welch: Stark, Mysterious Beauty
The Harrow and the Harvest is the first new album from Gillian Welch and David Rawlings since 2003. Mark Seliger/Courtesy of the artist hide caption