Pop juggernaut Charlie Puth's Voicenotes is one of our picks for the essential albums coming out May 11. Benjamin Lennox/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Brent Cobb's Providence Canyon comes out May 11. Don Van Cleave/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Brent Cobb's new album, Providence Canyon, comes out May 11. Don Van Cleave/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Brent Cobb. Don Van Cleave/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Brent Cobb performs at the 2017 Newport Folk Festival. Adam Kissick for NPR 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

Brent Cobb performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Nov. 10, 2016. (Claire Harbage/NPR) Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

Whether you go for the throwback sounds of Lake Street Dive (left) or the high-tech electronica of Moby (right), 2016 had plenty to offer. Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Brent Cobb's new album, Shine On Rainy Day, comes out Oct. 7. Don VanCleave/Courtesy of the artist. hide caption

Brent Cobb's major-label debut, Shine On Rainy Day, comes out Oct. 7. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Brent Cobb at EastSide Manor Studios in Nashville, Tenn. Todd Burkett/WXPN hide caption

Dave Cobb is the producer of Southern Family, a compilation album due out March 18. Michael W. Bunch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption