Donald Glover, performing as Childish Gambino on Saturday Night Live May 5, 2018. NBC/Will Heath/NBC hide caption

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Lindi Ortega inside the World Cafe Performance Studio. Galea McGregor /WXPN hide caption

Sweet Lizzy Project started five years ago as a producer-singer duo. It grew from there. Alejandro Menendez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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

Lori McKenna's The Tree comes out July 20. Becky Fluke/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Kelly Willis' Back Being Blue comes out May 18. George Brainard/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Canadian singer Tenille Townes listens in the studio of Nashville producer Jay Joyce while recording her debut album. Reid Long/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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

Erin Rae's Putting On Airs comes out June 8. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Willie Nelson's Last Man Standing is out April 27 on Legacy Recordings. James Minchin/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Monroe isn't shy about her accomplishments on Sparrow; the singer admits to blasting the album in her car. Hannah Burton/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Vocalist and accordion player Jorge Hernández engages the crowd of inmates in the main yard of Folsom State Prison. Lance Dawes/Courtesy of Los Tigres Del Norte hide caption

Elise Davis' new album, Cactus, is due out later this year. Alysse Gafkjen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

"It sounds like a friend now instead of an enemy," John Prine says of his singing voice. Danny Clinch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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