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

Songs We Love
Handpicked by NPR Music staff and public radio hostsChris Crofton's Hello It's Me comes out June 22. Dustin Lane/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Travller is Jonny Fritz, Cory Chisel and Robert Ellis. J. Carroll/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"The thing about bikers and truckers is they're just regular folks, and that's definitely my demographic," Ashley McBryde tells NPR. "I'm never looking for a pedestal." John Peets/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Ashley Monroe's fourth album, Sparrow, comes out April 20. Hannah Burton/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Joshua Hedley's Mr. Jukebox comes out April 20. Jamie Goodsell/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Caroline Rose's LONER comes out Feb. 23. CJ Harvey/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Courtney Marie Andrews' May Your Kindness Remain comes out March 23. Laura E. Partain/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Caleb Caudle's Crushed Coins comes out Feb. 23. Andy Tennille/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Mary Gauthier's Rifles & Rosary Beads comes out Jan. 26. Laura Partain/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Brandi Carlile's By The Way, I Forgive You comes out Feb. 16. Alysse Gafkjen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Maren Morris's "Dear Hatred" is an epistolary conversation with hatred itself. Terry Wyatt/FilmMagic/Getty Images hide caption
Brent Cobb. Don Van Cleave/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
From left, Jesse Lafser, Brittany Howard and Becca Mancari of Bermuda Triangle. Courtesy of Sarah Harvey hide caption
Becca Mancari's Good Woman comes out Oct. 6. Zachary Gray/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Cordovas. Rebecca Ward/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer's Not Dark Yet comes out Aug. 18. Jacob Blickenstaff/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tyler Childers' Purgatory comes out Aug. 4. David McClister/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tyler Childers, 'Lady May'
Glen Campbell's Adiós comes out June 9. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Cale Tyson's debut album, Careless Soul, comes out July 14. Josh Wool/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Nick Lowe... in a country mood. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Nick Lowe, 'Walk On By'
Allison Pierce's new album, Year Of The Rabbit, comes out Friday. LeAnn Mueller/Courtesy of the artist hide caption