First Listen

Brandee Younger's Soul Awakening comes out June 7. Erin Patrice O'Brien/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue featured an ad-hoc accidental masterpiece of a band, which played rousing, irreverent versions of songs from his catalog. Ken Regan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Pelican's Nighttime Stories comes out June 7. Marfa Capodanno/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Stef Chura's Midnight comes out June 7. Chloe Sells/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Ian Noe's Between the Country comes out May 31. Kyler Clark/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Lee "Scratch" Perry teams up with Adrian Sherwood (right) on his new album, Rainford. Daniel Oduntan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Flor de Toloache's Indestructible comes out May 31. Andrei Averbuch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Kishi Bashi's Omoiyari comes out May 31. Max Ritter/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Justin Townes Earle's The Saint of Lost Causes comes out May 24. Joshua Black Wilkins/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Petrol Girls' Cut & Stitch comes out May 24. Martyna Wisniewska/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Mavis Staples' We Get By comes out May 24. Myriam Santos/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Sebadoh's Act Surprised comes out May 24. Justin Pizzoferrato/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Brad Mehldau's Finding Gabriel comes out May 17. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Lucette's Deluxe Hotel Room comes out May 17. Fairlight Hubbard/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Christone "Kingfish" Kingfish's new album, Kingfish, comes out May 17. Rory Doyle/Courtesy of the artist hide caption