Album Reviews Album reviews: Compilation album Light in the Attic & Friends is full of blues, soul and funk treatsElsewhere, Harp’s new album brings to mind 1960s psychedelia-pop songwriters and 1970s UK prog-rock bands
Album Reviews Album reviews: Viral TikTok singer PinkPantheress impresses on pop fusion debut Heaven KnowsThe artist (also known as Vicky Walker)’s debut album confidently cherry-picks from a broad range of contemporary pop-music styles
Album Reviews Album reviews: Van Morrison’s latest celebrates the early rock ’n’ roll songs that made him Elsewhere, art-punk legends make songs of dissonance and dystopia; and a country singer’s style is imbued with real soul and electrified blues
Album Reviews Album reviews: James Blunt’s latest is as cheerfully unmemorable as you’d imagineElsewhere, ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr releases an excellent best-of collection; and a rocking, rollicking pub band may be best left in the pub
Album Reviews Album reviews: You’ll be Crazymad for CMAT’s charming second albumCiara Mary-Alice Thompson delivers self-effacing humour, personality and oodles of insight in new album
Album Reviews Rolling Stones pull out a twilight triumph with Hackney DiamondsThe band haven’t released a relevant record in over 40 years, but the wait was worth it as they return with a certifiable creative resurgence
Album Reviews Album reviews: Sharper lyrics, same old music in ‘new’ Ed Sheeran releaseThe English singer-songwriter’s seventh studio album deviates little from his previous six
Music Album reviews: Waters attempts to eclipse Dark Side of the MoonOriginal Pink Floyd member Roger Waters has a go at re-inventing the classic 1970s album, and occasionally succeeds
Music Album reviews: Mick Flannery’s Goodtime Charlie tells vivid, evocative stories about ordinary peopleAn apt follow-up to his 2021 album In The Game, Flannery’s latest is musically exploratory and well worth a listen
Album Reviews Album reviews: Olivia Rodrigo masters the art of credible storytellingThe American singer-songwriter tells her tales of poignant pain with an authenticity that belies her young age
Album Reviews Album reviews: Fizz find strength in some mighty numbersFour 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 Album reviews: Soda Blonde dreaming big with urbane, unsettling pop songsThe Irish band’s second album features a collection of tunes that veer from stark and vulnerable to ambitious and audacious
Album Reviews 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 Album reviews: Rhiannon Giddens’ You’re the One is a versatile mishmash of American song stylesLimerick-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
Album Reviews Tony Clayton-Lea: On-form Hozier pulling new rabbits from magician’s hat in latest album Unreal EarthConfident 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 Album reviews: Manics’ Nicky Wire steps away from band’s usual style with eclectic solo effortThe second solo album by the Manic Street Preachers’ founding member has been digitally released on Bandcamp, the album distribution online platform
Music Album reviews: Snow Patrol revisit the past and remind us where it all beganThe release of Final Straw’s 20th-anniversary edition has much to please fans, with plenty of extras on this double album
Music Album reviews: Blur majors on the melody and melancholy with robust new albumThirty years on, the British band are still producing great pop tunes at the same time as more considered numbers
Music 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 Album reviews: Lucinda Williams sings a raw song of triumph over adversityHer remarkable stamina and strength, distinctive talent and unvarnished authenticity hit all the right notes in this collaborative album