Arun Sood and Angeline Morrison: Donn/Dubh review – British folk giants startlingly transform sacred histories

(Real World)Leaning on their Hebridean heritage, the duo meld 10th-century Celtic cantos with distortion, dream-pop and post-rock, with shades of Twin Peaks and Boards of Canada

Bon Dylan review – Justin Vernon’s Bob Dylan covers set brings magic to Wisconsin

At his Eauxs Claire festival, Bon Iver dazzles with a one-off set dedicated to the folk legend

Wild Gods: The Glorious Abysmal review – truly fascinating songs born of tweed-beating and psychedelic trips

Inspired by communal Hebridean Gaelic song and ceremonial music, these reels and ballads reveal the fascinating proximity of post-rock and folk rock

Brown Wimpenny: Long Live Brown Wimpenny review – Manchester folk collective get bawdy and shambolic

Named after a 19th-century relative, this sprawling group foreground folk’s rough edges, but are best in the emotional, less showy moments

Marisa Anderson: The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music review – Harry Smith’s archives light up again

The US guitarist excavates the outer reaches of the famed collector’s work, pointedly – and beautifully – reinterpreting songs from nations touched by major US conflicts

Various artists: Asili ya Mama review – Tanzanian field recordings tell women’s stories with an energetic trill

These stories of family bonds capture traditional music that’s equal parts rhythmic, melodic and harmonic, and rarely heard outside Indigenous communities

Huw Marc Bennett: Heol Las review – exhilarating Welsh folk injected with synths, sitars and surf rock

The multi-instrumentalist puts his magical spin on traditional Glamorgan tunes, fusing the past, present and future in a momentous third album

Hedera: Hedera review – Cornwall, Georgia and Bali combine on joyful debut

The Bristol-based folk ensemble travel widely on their first album, exploring global influences with sparkling, springlike warmth

Hen Ogledd: Discombobulated review – a manifesto for collective action from Richard Dawson’s folk-rockers

Featuring taunts in Welsh, ‘bard rap’ and spirited jigs, the British quartet’s ragged, rich music underpins their vision for change

Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi review – big, generous, provocative music-making on a small stage

Grammy-winning Giddens fused folk, opera, jazz, pop and classical elements in a recital ‘honouring composers who don’t often get called composers’

Earth and Other Planets review – reimagined Holst with harmonica and a hoedown

Left-field duo Stevens & Pound threaded funky folk stylings with poetry by Robert Macfarlane and virtuoso playing by Britten Sinfonia to create The Silent Planet, a rethinking of Holst’s Planets Suite, with the addition of the newly composed Earth

Tessa Rose Jackson: The Lighthouse review – grief, grace and memory in a luminous folk rebirth

Moving from dream pop to acoustic clarity, the Dutch-British songwriter delivers her most personal record yet where loss is transformed into something quietly powerful

Robert Plant’s Saving Grace review – self-effacing superstar still sounds astonishing

Playing a mix of traditional folk and radically rearranged acoustic Led Zeppelin classics, the former Zep frontman is in fine voice – but also happy to step out of the spotlight

Laura Cannell: Brightly Shone the Moon review – bleakness and beauty in a haunting carol collection

The violinist sets out on her darkest exploration of yuletide yet, giving a murky and melancholy twist on familiar Christmas standards

Sara Ajnnak and the Ciderhouse Rebellion: Landscapes of the Spirit, Parts 1-4 review – elemental power, eerie beauty

The Ume Sámi vocalist and British folk duo complete their four-part cycle with a dark, dazzling finale that blends ancient song with fearless improvisation