Paul Kelly: Seventy review – reflections on ageing from a musician bigger than ever
After five decades, the songs are still memorable, warm and a little sex-mad. It’s classic Kelly – and Joe’s back, too
Širom: In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper review – a cacophonous folk kaleidoscope
The Slovenian trio conjure strange beauty from a vast arsenal of global instruments on an album that hums, drones and dances with intense power
Hannah Frances: Nested in Tangles review – ramshackle arrangements power restless revelations
Wayward tempos and snapping drums break fresh ground in this unruly release from the Vermont musician
Cerys Hafana: Angel review – tracing the life cycle with the Welsh triple harp
On their third release in 18 months, this exceptional musician draws from folk story, Breton influences and nature to explore the sublime potential of its title
Patrick Wolf review – a moon-lit marvel lights up the Minack theatre
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of his album Wind in the Wires in the Cornish landscape that inspired it, Wolf claims his status as a goth-folk pioneer
Big Thief: Double Infinity review – folk-rock perfection will restore your faith in humanity
Classic melodies, spring water acoustics and pared-back poeticism about living in the moment fill Adrianne Lenker and co’s latest with life
End of the Road review – from industrial rackets to pristine folk, festivals don’t get more varied or vital
Full of warmth despite the rain, highs include Mexico City experimentalists Titanic and Vermont songwriter Lily Seabird’s gorgeously open-hearted voice
Norwegian Chamber Orch/ Kuusisto/Barruk review – Proms first as Ume Sámi songs take centre stage
Pekka Kuusisto and his world-class NCO brought a programme blending classical, folk and pop with Sámi vocalist Katarina Barruk, in this thoughtful Prom
Benedicte Maurseth: Mirra review – hardanger fiddle captures the fleeting magic of the fjordlands
Rhythmic repetitions and rustling textures evoke the traditional music and ecological harmony of Maurseth’s native Norway
Cass McCombs: Interior Live Oak review – double album doubles the pleasures of one of indie-rock’s finest
With existential lullabies and ritualistic stomps, tear-jerking odes and ballads worthy of Sinatra, US indie’s steadfast storyteller makes a wonderfully unhurried double album his best yet
The New Eves: The New Eve Is Rising review – imagine if the Velvet Underground scored Midsommar …
Velvets-style drone rock, trad folk, anarcho-punk and hippy whimsy are all discernible in the Brighton quartet’s debut album – all played with white-knuckle intensity
Poor Creature: All Smiles Tonight review – Lankum and Landless members steep tradition in lightness
Masters of atmosphere, Ruth Clinton, Cormac MacDiarmada and John Dermody contrast hauntological synths with robust noise on this playful debut
Duo Ruut: Ilmateade review – Estonian duo’s soulful look to the skies
The pair play with the traditions of Baltic Finnic runo song to explore the connections between the weather and emotion, giving ancient forms crossover potential
Jacob Alon: In Limerence review – dreamy story songs of myth and melancholy
The Scottish songwriter delivers a confident, well-expressed debut even if their songs sometimes stray into overfamiliar indie-folk territory
Quinie: Forefowk, Mind Me review – collecting songs on horseback, this Scottish musician is alive with ideas
With folk songs gathered from a gallop across Argyll, Josie Vallely’s album is a resonant tribute to her ancestral land