Kaia Kater: Strange Medicine review – Canadian banjo virtuoso packs a powerful punch
One to watch
One to watch: Myles Smith
April 2024
T Bone Burnett: The Other Side review – a radiant meditation
Leyla McCalla: Sun Without the Heat review – a freewheeling, joyous listen
March 2024
Waxahatchee: Tigers Blood review – sprightly Americana with added poise
Waxahatchee: Tigers Blood review – intimate Americana tackling life’s great tangle
February 2024
Oliver Anthony review – Rich Men North of Richmond star stirs the pot
The country singer, whose rootsy anti-elites anthem was a huge US hit, is clearly talented but his disavowal of politics is not very persuasive
January 2024
The reader interview
Post your questions for Sheryl Crow
Whether you want to know how Tuesday Night Music Club sounds to the singer-songwriter 30 years on, ask her about her all-star collaborators or hear more about her new album, C’mon, C’mon and ask
Jess Williamson review – silken-voiced singer embraces new upbeat worldview
Alone on the stage with her guitar and iPhone drums, the US singer traverses country, folk and pop with a rich voice that sneers, flutters and soars
Molly Tuttle review – galloping bluegrass as fun as a campfire jam
The US singer-songwriter is a virtuoso guitarist – with a galvanising charm that electrifies her audience
December 2023
Best music of 2023
From Britney to Germán Bringas: the best old music our writers discovered in 2023
Best music of 2023
The 50 best albums of 2023, No 5 – Mitski: The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
November 2023
Harp: Albion review – former Midlake frontman traipses through twilight
‘My digestive system was a volcano’: indie star Youth Lagoon on surviving chronic illness to make a masterpiece
October 2023
Mitski: how the US songwriter scored the year’s quietest global chart smash
An outlier amid pop stars and club bangers, My Love Mine All Mine is getting millions of streams a day. Its singer is reaching new fans – and repairing her relationship with old ones
September 2023
Mitski: The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We review – moving, exquisitely measured Americana
The Japanese-American singer-songwriter sounds deceptively sweet on this lush, contemplative album largely recorded in Nashville
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Mitski: The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We review – a songwriter with stunning melodic power
Playing country-inflected orchestral pop with sardonic wit and deep feeling, Mitski underlines why she’s one of the very best singer-songwriters working today
Margo Cilker: Valley of Heart’s Delight review – more engaging, minimal Americana
Mark Linkous’s final Sparklehorse album: words of love and beauty from beyond the grave
Kitty Empire's artist of the week
Wilco review – guitar fireworks fused with complex emotions
