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Derby's foremost purveyor of wounded blues and fraught emotions on fine form

Debut album from Tricky's former partner, finessed by stellar producers

Certain rarely-heard names, such as Jo Jo Gunne or Atomic Rooster, are guaranteed to induce a nostalgia rush in men of a certain age. The fact that such '70s semi-stars aren't acknowledged 'greats' makes their very mention all the more bittersweet. In a good way.

Way before Emmylou Harris or even Patsy Cline, women were singing country songs to make your heart crack. Among these 25 examples from pre-WW2, only the Carter Family and Patsy Montana will be familiar to most. But just as thrilling are the Coon Creek Girls, a kind of 1930s version of the Be Good Tanyas, and Gertrude Gossett, who sounds like an early Gillian Welch. Every track is a discovery, and you wonder how the Louisiana Lou, The Girls Of The Golden West and Moonshine Kate ever lapsed into obscurity. Sleevenotes are courtesy of The Handsome Family's Rennie Sparks.

Bearded psych-poppers' premature midlife crisis

Fine fifth studio album from Mr E

Thrilling mash-up of hip hop, dancehall and jungle from London rapper

Futurist jazz 10-piece from Norway

Ungainly gothic masterpiece marks partial return to classic rock

Reissue of lost avant-AOR classic