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
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Jonatha Brooke performing live for World Cafe Emily DeHart/WXPN hide caption
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The Beachers perform at Nuevofeset 2019 Rich McKie/WXPN hide caption
Kevin Johansen performing live at Nuevofest 2019 in Philadelphia. Rich McKie/WXPN hide caption
Yanga performs live at Nuevofest 2019 in Philadelphia at World Cafe Live. Rich McKie/WXPN hide caption
Los Rivera Destino perform at Nuevofest hosted by World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. Rich McKie/WXPN hide caption
Tall Juan performs live at Nuevofest 2019 at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. Rich McKie/WXPN hide caption
Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas perform the 1999 hit "Smooth" at the 42d Annual Grammy Awards in February 2000. Santana received eight awards including Record of the Year that night. Hector Mata/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
STEFA* performs live at Nuevofest 2019 in Philadelphia. Rich McKie/WXPN hide caption
Lady HD performing live at Nuevofest 2019 in Philadelphia. Rich McKie/WXPN hide caption
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Watch Brandi Carlile perform at the 2019 Americana Honors & Awards ceremony. Pete Souza/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Clockwise from top left: Dawes (Magdalena Wosinska), Amy Ray (Brian Fisher), Kathleen Edwards (Victor Tavares), J.S. Ondara (Josh Cheuse) Courtesy of the artists hide caption