Sofía Valdés' song "Handful of Water" is featured in February's edition of Heavy Rotation. Val Schnack/Courtesy of Warner Records hide caption

Aaron Lee Tasjan
Aaron Lee Tasjan performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Dec. 12, 2018 (Cameron Pollack/NPR). Cameron Pollack/NPR hide caption
Aaron Lee Tasjan performs live for World Cafe. Still from video/WXPN hide caption
Aaron Lee Tasjan On World Cafe
William Prince was one of our favorite discoveries at AmericanaFest. Bob Boilen/NPR hide caption
"I try to have a little more empathy for myself and try to encourage these things that I'm naturally thinking and feeling, rather than thinking, 'That's too weird if I do that,'" Aaron Lee Tasjan says. Curtis Wayne Millard/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Aaron Lee Tasjan Employs 'A Little More Empathy' And A Lot More Freedom In New Music
Troye Sivan's Bloom is on our short list of the best albums out on Aug. 31. Heidi Silmane/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Aaron Lee Tasjan's Karma For Cheap comes out Aug. 31. Curtis Wayne Millard/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Secret Sisters Abraham Rowe/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
Aaron Lee Tasjan performs in the World Cafe studio. Tiana Timmerberg/WXPN hide caption
Aaron Lee Tasjan On World Cafe
Aaron Lee Tasjan's new album, Silver Tears, comes out Oct. 28. Curtis Wayne Millard/Courtesy of the artist. hide caption