First Listen

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and his Party, performing live at the WOMAD festival in 1985. Andrew Catlin/Courtesy of Real World Records hide caption

The Apollo 11 mission celebrates 50 years this month. Brian Eno's score for 1983's For All Mankind documentary — released as Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks — has been reissued with brand new music. NASA/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption

Baroness' Gold & Grey comes out June 14. Courtesy of Abraxan Hymns hide caption

Kate Tempest's The Book of Traps and Lessons comes out June 14. Julian Broad/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Iron & Wine's Sam Beam teams up with Calexico for Years to Burn, their first album-length collaboration since 2005. Piper Ferguson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

One of the many landscapes that inspired John Luther Adams' Become Desert. Courtesy of John Luther Adams hide caption

Bill Callahan's Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest comes out June 14. Hanly Banks Callahan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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