Clockwise from upper left: Death Cab for Cutie in 2005, Sam Cooke, John Vanderslice, Shel Silverstein Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Sam Cooke
Courtney Barnett, one of this year's performers, at the Newport Folk Festival in 2015. Bob Boilen/NPR hide caption
Newport Folk 2018 Preview: Cheech And Chong, Kaia Kater, Glorietta, And More
The music that makes one of us emotional doesn't always make sense to others. William Lovelace/Getty Images hide caption
The music that makes one of us emotional doesn't always make sense to others. William Lovelace/Getty Images hide caption
Sam Cooke in 1964, performing on the ABC variety show Shindig! just a few months before his death that December. ABC Photo Archives/Getty Images hide caption
Clockwise from top: The Beatles, James Blake, Colin Meloy, Marisa Anderson Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Clockwise from top: The Beatles, James Blake, Colin Meloy, Marisa Anderson Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Music critic Milo Miles
Martin Luther King Jr. waves from the Lincoln Memorial on the Mall in Washington, D.C. during the March on Washington. AFP hide caption
Sam Cooke in an RCA Recording Studio in Los Angeles, circa 1959. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption