The Staves: Good Woman review – folk-poppers rail against patriarchy

On their third release, the Watford trio’s beautiful songwriting thrums with frustration at powerlessness and passivity

Frankie Armstrong: Cats of Coven Lawn review – at 80, still as intimate as ever

The Natural Voice authority marks her 80th year with an album of politics, yearning and otherworldliness, always stretching her sound

Debbie Armour and Gayle Brogan harmonise beautifully and add unnerving sounds to British seasonal songs

The Nottingham-born singer returns to her roots, with a more personal edge

Raymond’s accomplished guitar playing, inspired on her second album by her Welsh upbringing, makes for horror-tinged blues full of atmosphere

The artist’s lush fourth album, written between New York and Hong Kong, is a stirring exploration of different homes

The Irish composer combines traditional séan-nos singing with an electronic soundscape, connecting past and future

Paula Murrihy’s debut is a collection of folk-leaning music from Brahms, Debussy and Mahler, plus traditional songs

Jones’s sorrowful vocals bear witness to the dreams and hardships of those crossing the US-Mexico border

The highlight of this eight-CD box set is 31 previously unreleased tracks

Mc Vittie’s new album tempers her soft folk in collaborations with electronic duo Isan and trumpeter Arve Henriksen

The London duo’s third album is trying too hard

The Mary Oliver of folk sings of love and determination in a vital album that addresses the state of America

Kate Gathercole and Mark Waters mark the shape-shifting effects of Covid in rural Britain, mixing traditional music with post-rock and ambience

Nobody has ever sung Dylan quite like this Nashville-based Australian singer-songwriter, nor with such a rare interpretive gift