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Album reviews: Mick Flannery’s Goodtime Charlie tells vivid, evocative stories about ordinary people

An apt follow-up to his 2021 album In The Game, Flannery’s latest is musically exploratory and well worth a listen

Album reviews: Olivia Rodrigo masters the art of credible storytelling

The American singer-songwriter tells her tales of poignant pain with an authenticity that belies her young age

Album reviews: Fizz find strength in some mighty numbers

Four solo artists from Britain and Ireland make the most of their combined skill in The Secret to Life, one of this year’s best pop offerings

Album reviews: Soda Blonde dreaming big with urbane, unsettling pop songs

The Irish band’s second album features a collection of tunes that veer from stark and vulnerable to ambitious and audacious

Album reviews: Teddy Thompson covers the bases with touching country collection

The singer songwriter bares his soul with a set of tunes from various artists on My Love of Country

Album reviews: Rhiannon Giddens’ You’re the One is a versatile mishmash of American song styles

Limerick-based multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens has released her first solo record since 2017’s Freedom Highway, but it’s somewhat lacking the spark found on her collaborative work

Tony Clayton-Lea: On-form Hozier pulling new rabbits from magician’s hat in latest album Unreal Earth

Confident musician collaborates with other artists on his new album but there are no signs that you’re listening to anything other than Hozier

Album reviews: Manics’ Nicky Wire steps away from band’s usual style with eclectic solo effort

The second solo album by the Manic Street Preachers’ founding member has been digitally released on Bandcamp, the album distribution online platform

Album reviews: Snow Patrol revisit the past and remind us where it all began

The release of Final Straw’s 20th-anniversary edition has much to please fans, with plenty of extras on this double album

Album reviews: Blur majors on the melody and melancholy with robust new album

Thirty years on, the British band are still producing great pop tunes at the same time as more considered numbers

Album reviews: Mahalia dishes out lovelorn summer soundtrack on new album IRL

Precocious young musician comes of age with album of soulful ballads on breakup which share both heartbreak and joy in freedom

Album reviews: Lucinda Williams sings a raw song of triumph over adversity

Her remarkable stamina and strength, distinctive talent and unvarnished authenticity hit all the right notes in this collaborative album

Album reviews: Julie Byrne’s new album is tinged by tragedy but with an optimistic note

Album reviews: Sigur Rós’s music is the aural equivalent of watching the Aurora Borealis

First album from Icelandic group in ten years sees the group stretching the parameters of what mostly instrumental music can be

Album reviews: Jenny Lewis keeps it country in her own inimitable style

As is her wont, veteran US singer/songwriter Jenny Lewis blends wit and wisdom in her latest offering

Album reviews: Grohl grapples with death to deliver his best songs in years

But Here We Are is a work of weight and worth as the Foo Fighters’ lead singer retains his positivity but makes room for despair too

‘I like people who aren’t too concerned about what others think about them’ – musician, Dan Fitzpatrick

The Dublin-based musician on ambition, influences and loving an old leather jacket that belonged to his dad

Album reviews: Bright Sparks show their penchant for oddball pop tunes

The brothers’ new album succeeds in weaving lyrical ideas through varying music styles, from psychedelia to classical

Album reviews: It’s the same old song with Lewis Capaldi’s bog standard pop tunes

The Scottish singer may have penned some heartfelt lyrics, but you can’t feeling that you’ve heard it all before

Album reviews: Sheeran adds to his collection of decent tunes with Subtract

The English singer-songwriter may still divide opinion but his emotional engagement with the songs and his collaboration with Aaron Dessner makes this Ed Sheeran’s best album so far