First Listen

Helado Negro's This Is How You Smile drops March 8 on RVNG Intl. Anna Groth-Shive/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Amanda Palmer's There Will Be No Intermission is out March 8 via 8ft Records/Cooking Vinyl. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Patty Griffin's self-titled 10th album comes out March 8 via Thirty Tigers. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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

Flight of the Conchords' live album Live In London is due out March 8 on Sub Pop. Colin Hutton/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Della Mae's The Butcher Shoppe EP comes out March 1 via Rounder. Ryan Nolan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Ryuichi Sakamoto's BTTB (20th Anniversary Edition) comes out March 1 via Milan Records. nss (zakkubalan)/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Hand Habits' placeholder comes out March 1 via Saddle Creek. Jacob Boll/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

TEEN's Good Fruit comes out March 1 via Carpark Records. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Benny Sings' City Pop comes out Feb. 22 via Stones Throw. Takuroh Oyama/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Ray Charles' Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 1 & 2 is due out Feb. 22 on Concord Music Group. Courtesy of The Ray Charles Foundation hide caption

Our Native Daughters' Songs Of Our Native Daughters comes out Feb. 22 via Smithsonian Folkways. Terri Fensel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Julia Jacklin's Crushing comes out Feb. 22 via Polyvinyl. Nick Mckk/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Adia Victoria's Silences is out Feb. 22 on Atlantic. Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Yola's Walk Through Fire comes out Feb. 22 via Easy Eye Sound. Alysse Gafkjen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption