
Jim Allen
Contributing Writer, NPR Music
Contributing Writer, NPR Music
Townes Van Zandt's Sky Blue is due out March 7 — Van Zandt's 75th birthday — on Fat Possum. John Lomax III/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Jason Eady's I Travel On comes out Aug. 10. Scott Morgan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
John Prine. Danny Clinch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
While Nick Lowe's "Tokyo Bay" bops and swings like a song from six decades ago, its lyrics aren't your traditional rockabilly fare. Jim Herrington/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Yo La Tengo's There's A Riot Going On comes out March 16. GODLIS/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Oneida's Romance is out March 9. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tom Jones contributes a cover to Strange Angels, an Elmore James tribute compilation that benefits MusicCares and Edible Schoolyard NYC. Tristan Fewings/Getty Images hide caption
Simon Joyner's Step Into The Earthquake is out Oct. 6 Frances Joyner/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
David Crosby's Sky Trails is out Sept. 29. Henry Diltz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Clientele's Music For the Age Of Miracles is out Sept. 22. Andy Willsher hide caption
Gregg Allman's posthumous album, Southern Blood, is out Sept. 8. Danny Clinch hide caption
The Blind Boys of Alabama's new album, Almost Home, is out August 18. Jim Herrington/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
David Crosby's Sky Trails comes out Sept. 29. Henry Diltz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Stephen Stills and Judy Collins' Everybody Knows comes out Sept. 22. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
James Elkington's new album, Wintres Woma, is out June 30. Courtesy of artist hide caption