Various Artists – Pasé Bél Tan: Francophonies and Creolities in Louisiana review – foot-stomping joy

Influenced by jazz and early blues, this collection of largely African American folk music from the 50s to the 80s spans poignant lyricism to full-throated celebration

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: Flight b741 review – a cheerfully rocking album about global collapse

Channelling garage bands, Little Feat and more, the prolific Aussies pair nihilistic lyrics with 70s-style riffs in a darkly enjoyable romp

Various artists: Africatown, AL: Ancestor Sounds review – music that defies the darkest of pasts

From blues to industrial and rap, these extraordinary recordings showcase the community of descendants of the last slavers’ ship to the US

Liam Gallagher John Squire review – their best work since Oasis and the Stone Roses

To the surprise of no one, the duo’s prosaically titled debut sounds like a cross between their former bands – and their fans will love it

Van Morrison review – gently shakes, rattles and rolls back the years

The 78-year-old’s voice is still strong but his reworkings of early rock’n’roll tunes are more wily than wild

An 80th Birthday Concert for Bert Jansch review – moving homage to 60s folk guitar hero

Pentangle’s Jacqui McShee as well as Robert Plant, Bernard Butler and Sam Lee were among stellar acts celebrating the late musician in impressive style

Playing for the Man at the Door review – vital snapshot of mid-century African American music

Subtitled Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick 1958-1971, this 66-song set is full of gripping storytelling and arresting instrumentals from the American south

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

Dave Okumu & the 7 Generations: I Came from Love review – spirituals, soul … and Grace Jones

Okumu’s imaginative ‘collaboration’ with his ancestors and successors is a genre-switching journey through an extensive lineage of Black experience

Mo’Ju: Oro, Plata, Mata review – ambitious neo-soul takes on capitalism and catastrophe

The Filipino Wiradjuri rapper’s tightly written fourth album shows an artist entering the prime of their career

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

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

Michelle Branch: The Trouble With Fever review – solid country-pop, not notes on a scandal

While the album lands some damning jabs, the songwriting is insightful and even-keeled

Moor Mother: Jazz Codes review – a stunning continuum of Black music

What started life as a poetry book has evolved into an ambitious anthropological project spanning jazz, R&B, hip-hop and more

Mavis Staples & Levon Helm: Carry Me Home review – a final blaze of glory for the late Band musician

On poignant yet defiant recordings made in 2011 shortly before Helm’s death, Staples’ commanding vocals give enormous vibrancy to blues, folk and soul standards