All Songs Considered

Taylor Goldsmith of the band Dawes performs at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival. Dawes is back for the 2019 festival broadcast. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption

Wilco's Jeff Tweedy says Ode to Joy is defiantly joyful in the face of global political and cultural upheaval. Annabel Mehran/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Thom Yorke and Dajana Roncione in a scene from the video for Yorke's ANIMA, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Netflix hide caption

Lucy Dacus Elizabeth Weinberg/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Brittany Howard Danny Clinch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Hobo Johnson's Frank Lopes Jr. in a scene from his video for the song "Typical Story." YouTube screen grab by NPR hide caption

Spoon Oliver Halfin/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Cute pups need playlists, too. Carol Yepes/Getty Images hide caption

Radiohead, pictured in 1997, around the original release of OK Computer. Jim Steinfeldt/Getty Images hide caption

Sufjan Stevens Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Carole King performing live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1973 YouTube screen shot by NPR hide caption

Richard Thompson Tom Bejgrowicz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Kevin Morby in a scene from his video for the song "OMG Rock N Roll." YouTube screen grab by NPR hide caption

A woman smokes a cigarette in a scene from Cate Le Bon's video for the song "Home to You." YouTube screen grab by NPR hide caption

Beck's new album, Hyperspace, is due out sometime later this year. Citizen Kane Wayne/Courtesy of the artist hide caption