Jess Williamson review – silken-voiced singer embraces new upbeat worldview
Alone on the stage with her guitar and iPhone drums, the US singer traverses country, folk and pop with a rich voice that sneers, flutters and soars
Molly Tuttle review – galloping bluegrass as fun as a campfire jam
The US singer-songwriter is a virtuoso guitarist – with a galvanising charm that electrifies her audience
Harp: Albion review – former Midlake frontman traipses through twilight
Tim Smith’s first album with Kathi Zung takes inspiration from William Blake and the Cure to create a landscape of 80s reverb and ghostly vocals
Mitski: The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We review – a songwriter with stunning melodic power
Playing country-inflected orchestral pop with sardonic wit and deep feeling, Mitski underlines why she’s one of the very best singer-songwriters working today
Wilco review – guitar fireworks fused with complex emotions
The still-startling sonics of Jeff Tweedy and his Chicago survivors keeps them sharp-edged as they return to their Americana roots
Boygenius review – Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus meet hysteria with humour
The US supergroup have legions of fans swooning – literally – as they crown a summer of female cultural-dominance with an epic outdoor show
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway: City of Gold review – gritty country with pyrotechnics
The bluegrass star’s new record picks up where last year’s Crooked Tree left off, with a whirlwind of virtuoso Americana
Lucinda Williams: Stories from a Rock N Roll Heart review – a powerful post-stroke return
The Americana pioneer delivers a rousing set with a little help from A-list friends including Bruce Springsteen
Bonnie Raitt review – a blues fireball in full bloom
With typically charismatic fervour and to a star-studded audience, the master of heartbreak brilliantly honours her singular path through modern music
John Fogerty review – a triumphant celebration of Creedence Clearwater classics
The 77-year old sings like he’s reclaiming the songs he spent years trying to wrestle back from record labels and former band members
SBT: Joan of All review – heartfelt but fizzling indie rock
One-time Smog collaborator Sarabeth Tucek returns after a decade away with a double album that works best when it’s spiky
Weyes Blood review – spiritual road trip through Americana and beyond
The singer-songwriter’s secular hymnals and eerie psych-folk songs have an almost sacred quality when played live, leaving the crowd in a state of spellbound rapture
Lucinda Williams review – dirt mixed with tears in an evening of consummate Americana
The singer-songerwriter leaned in to the precariousness of life as she paid tribute to lost friends, including Jeff Beck and Tom Petty
Plains: I Walked With You a Ways review – Katie Crutchfield and Jess Williamson find a deep sense of ease
Waxahatchee and the Texas songwriter unite new and old country traditions to create something magical
Jake Blount: The New Faith review – Afrofuturism for the apocalypse
Blount and co draw on spirituals on this strikingly minimalist album set in a future world devastated by climate change