Long-lost recordings from a blues hero

A fiery performance from an undersung legend deep into her career

Timeless tales of loss and redemption fuel folk-informed Southern songwriter’s stirring return

With the release of his new album, The Time Of The Foxgloves, Michael Hurley leads Uncut through his wild and idiosyncratic career – from Greenwich Village in the ’60s onwards

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

Released in January, Yasmin Williams’ mesmerising album Urban Driftwood respected the old traditions of folk music but simultaneously made fresh currency out of them. Stephen Deusner meets Williams in Nashville to map the course of her incredible year since – and her plans for 2022. “I’m pretty optimistic about the future,” she says. “At least, way more than I was a year ago…”

Bruce Springsteen contains multitudes: activist, balladeer, bandleader, rock star and more. Many of these different Bruces align in his landmark No Nukes concert performance – which is finally given a full release this month, 40 years on. With help from some of Springsteen’s closest allies, Stephen Deusner examines how in 2021 the Boss is still searching for ways to reconcile these different sides of himself.

A lockdown rethink results in a  third LP full of hopeful soul

Fat Possum’s first new blues artist in 20 years offers a lonely, politically charged debut

Two very different early albums from the Kentucky singer-songwriter