Daniel Bachman asked friends and family to chronicle the sound of pouring rain and strong winds to craft the personal palette for Almanac Behind. Aldona Dye/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Daniel Bachman
The Essex singer Dodie. Her debut full-length, Build A Problem, tops our shortlist of the best new albums out on May 7. Parri Thomas/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Daniel Bachman's The Morning Star comes out July 27. Greta Svalberg/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Daniel Bachman. Greta Svalberg/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bruce Langhorne's soundtrack for the 1971 film The Hired Hand has inspired musicians for decades, even when it was hard to find. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Daniel Bachman's self-titled LP is among the year's best solo guitar releases. YouTube hide caption
Daniel Bachman's new album, Daniel Bachman, comes out Nov. 11. Jesse Sheppard/Courtesy of the artist. hide caption
Daniel Bachman's new album, River, comes out May 19. Courtesy of the artist/Eric Marth hide caption
Daniel Bachman performs for a Field Recordings video shoot at Stratford Hall, birthplace of Robert E. Lee in Stratford, Virginia. Mito Habe-Evans/NPR hide caption
Bill Orcutt has reinvigorated and befuddled our ideas about the guitar. Hans van der Linden via Flickr hide caption
Daniel Bachman performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Nov. 16, 2012. Ryan Smith/NPR hide caption
Daniel Bachman was a teenager when he struck up a friendship with Jack Rose, the prolific guitarist who died in 2009 at 38. Eric Marth hide caption