Oso Oso draws near, and a new Liz Riggs novel whisks you into the beating heart of Nashville.

Diving back into James Baldwin with Meshell Ndegeocello.

Living in the past with Drive-By Truckers, and Bear-ing the burden with novelist Julia Phillips.

Sturgill Simpson keeps the summer electric, and Ann Powers takes us to the heart of Joni Mitchell.

Get ‘Big Ideas’ with Remi Wolf and right-size your summer with SML.

Have a Wilco summer, and trip through retail detritus with a terrific hip-hop trio.

Never getting rid of PJ Harvey, and traveling west with Joy Sullivan’s poems.

Touring the memory with Pedro the Lion and “Looking Up” with Courtney Ellis

Getting emotional with Deer Tick and breathing in David Berman’s “Actual Air”

Living through the “Dark Times” with Vince Staples and matching a poet “Bite for Bite.”