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Joan Shelley
S.G. Goodman's Teeth Marks is one of NPR Music's favorite roots albums of the year. Photo Illustration: Jackie Lay/NPR hide caption
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Joan Shelley on World Cafe
On Joan Shelley's The Spur, even home's sparest comforts feel hard-won. Mickie Winters/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Top left: Florist; middle: Dana Gavanski; top right: dani mack; bottom right: Joan Shelley; bottom left: Craig Finn Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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Caroline Keane Fiona Morgan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Thistle & Shamrock: New Summer Sounds
Brittany Howard made NPR Music's No.1 album of 2019 with Jaime. She's on our playlist of best songs of the year, too. Brantley Guttierez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"I think the hardest things for a person to hear are best delivered in quiet and loving tones," Joan Shelley says. "They might not be nice and loving sentiments, but they're best whispered." Jamie Stow/WXPN hide caption
Joan Shelley On World Cafe
Clockwise from upper left: Burna Boy, Big Thief, Lizzo, Tyler, The Creator, Billie Eilish, Better Oblivion Community Center Courtesy of the artists hide caption
ASC Year in Review 2019
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Joan Shelley's latest album, Like The River Loves the Sea, is out now. Amber Estes Thieneman/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bon Iver's i,i appears on NPR Music's best albums of August. Graham Tolbert/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Highwomen's "Crowded Table" is one of NPR Music's best songs of July. Alysse Gafkjen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Clockwise from upper left: Seratones, Joan Shelley, Jordan Moser, Haybaby, (Sandy) Alex G Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Joan Shelley On Mountain Stage
Sylvan Esso's What Now is Stephen Thompson's favorite album of 2017. Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
