Herself

Soft, stunning set of unmoored ballads

Blackwaterside features tracks from Jim Ghedi, Sam Lee, Michael Tanner and more

One of the most distinctive voices in pop music fell silent last month - a combination of street toughness and tenderness, a trademark vibrato and raw, unschooled energy. We pay tribute to a legend, while the singer herself, in an unpublished archive interview, holds forth on the Fabs, the Boss and more

Kate Bush, Nick Drake, Ronnie Spector, Fontaines D.C., Television, John McLaughlin, Aldous Harding, Son House and more

A fiery performance from an undersung legend deep into her career

Locked down in New Orleans during the pandemic, restless creative spirit Alynda Segarra looks to nature and psychedelic exploration

Singing not drowning – Chan Marshall’s spontaneous jukebox

Johnny Marr, Carole King, Lou Reed, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Cate Le Bon, Michael Hurley, Black Country, New Road, Blossom Toes and more

Phantasmagorical French body horror

A fine portrait of one of folk’s great lost souls