‘A folk music wolf in doom metal clothing’: readers’ favourite albums of 2024 so far
Following our rundown of the best albums in the first half of the year, you responded with your own suggestions, from Kali Malone to Kim Gordon
June 2024
Shania Twain at Glastonbury review – country-pop legend doesn’t hold her horses
Kinky Friedman obituary
Johnny Cash: Songwriter – posthumous patchwork is a pleasant surprise
Kinky Friedman, country singer known as ‘Jewish cowboy’, dies aged 79
Kings of Leon review – mesmeric power from masters of the restrained anthem
‘He’d turned into a weird old grandpa’: how Johnny Cash resurrected his career – and became an icon
Unsung Hero review – real-life journey of Christian music migrants from Australia
May 2024
Darius Rucker on country music, race and drugs: ‘I don’t think anyone went harder than us’
Wild Rose: film about Glaswegian country singer to be turned into stage musical
Ten-gallon hits! Why country is the biggest pop music craze of 2024
Gareth Parry obituary
Frank Ifield obituary
Three things
Three things with Troy Cassar-Daley: ‘Johnny Cash wanted to strum my guitar before he signed it’
Kacey Musgraves review – sweet and salty country-pop magic
April 2024
Jovial, randy and anything but dark: Johnny Cash’s surprise return single Well Alright reviewed
Rescued from Cash’s low ebb in the early 1990s, this fun, lightweight song is a long way from the moody recordings with Rick Rubin he soon turned towards
Lost Johnny Cash songs from 1993 to be released as a new album
The country star’s son co-produces Songwriter, worked up from demos with a group of former bandmates and guests including Vince Gill and Dan Auerbach backing Cash’s vocals
Country star Lainey Wilson on her long road to Grammy glory: ‘Maybe I wasn’t as crazy as people thought!’
Leyla McCalla: Sun Without the Heat review – a freewheeling, joyous listen
European cities hope jet-setting Taylor Swift fans will splash the cash for Eras tour
