Sturgill Simpson
Lorde's long awaited Solar Power is out Friday. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Black Thought. His latest, Streams of Thought Vol. 3: Cane & Able, tops our shortlist of the best albums out on Oct. 16. Joshua Woods/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Before recording Cuttin' Grass Vol. 1, Sturgill Simpson (seated at center with guitar) assembled an all-star crew of bluegrass players to help him reimagine songs selected from across his own acclaimed — and genre-defying — albums. Semi Song/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Kesha's new album High Road comes out Jan. 31. Dana Trippe/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Brittany Howard's solo debut Jaime appears on NPR Music's best 10 albums of September. Danny Clinch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tegan and Sara. Their new album, Hey, I'm Just Like You, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on Sept. 27. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sturgill Simpson's new album and movie, Sound & Fury, comes out Sept. 27. Semi Song/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sturgill Simpson. Reto Sterchi/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Jason Isbell joins Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers onstage during the Americana Music Honors & Awards Nominations Ceremony May 9, 2017. Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Americana Music hide caption
Sturgill Simpson may have an uneasy relationship with the Nashville establishment, but the Grammys have nominated him for Album Of The Year. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from top left: Iggy Pop (Andreas Neumann), Sturgill Simpson, The Record Company (Galea McGregor / WXPN) Courtesy of the artist, unless otherwise noted hide caption
Sturgill Simpson's latest album is A Sailor's Guide To Earth. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sturgill Simpson On World Cafe
Sturgill Simpson's new album, A Sailor's Guide to Earth, is meant as a musical letter to his wife and son. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sturgill Simpson Puts A Paternal Twist On Hard-Edged Country
Sturgill Simpson's latest album is A Sailor's Guide To Earth, out April 15 on Atlantic. Reto Sterchi/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sturgill Simpson's new album, A Sailor's Guide To Earth, comes out April 15. Reto Sterchi/Courtesy of the artist hide caption