"I feel that the people who have the expression 'Make America Great Again' written on their hats have, in my humble, ignorant, English opinion, misidentified what is great about America," Frank Turner says. Ben Morse/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Damien Jurado's The Horizon Just Laughed is on our shortlist of essential albums out on May 4. Lindsey Barnes/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Frank Turner performs on Mountain Stage this week. Amos Perrine/Mountain Stage hide caption

Clockwise from upper left: Joan Shelley, alt-J, Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields, Girlpool, Elliott Smith Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Clockwise from upper left: Bob Dylan, Big Grams, Bill Ryder-Jones, Daughter Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Frank Turner performs at a Tiny Desk Concert in June. Hayley Bartels/NPR hide caption

Frank Turner's new album is Tape Deck Heart. Brantley Gutierrez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Frank Turner. Courtesy of the artist hide caption