Cate Le Bon: Pompeii – otherworldly and beguiling

Eighth album from adventurous Welsh singer forms its own sonic universe

Mercury Rev: Bobbie Gentry’s The Delta Sweete Revisited review – Celebration of artistic bravery

Mercury Rev enlist Hope Sandoval, Norah Jones, Margo Price, Phoebe Bridgers for Bobbie Gentry tribute album

How Kathy Mattea got her groove – and voice – back

The country singer is back in form with a voice she reckons is now like a Ferrari

David Bowie and Prince among Record Store Day exclusive releases

The annual celebration of independent record shops takes place on April 21st

Louis Walsh: ‘Boyzone were more fun than Westlife’

‘Ireland’s Got Talent’ star on ungrateful popstars and being falsely accused of sex assault

Glen Campbell: The sweet voice of crossover country music

Obituary: Glen Campbell. Born: April 22nd, 1936. Died: August 8th, 2017

Mississippi Mystery – The 50-year-old enigma of Bobbie Gentry’s ‘Ode to Billie Joe’

Trying to unearth the story behind the reclusive Bobbie Gentry’s Ode to Billie Joe

The singer’s silence amplifies the mystery behind the song that made her a star, now the subject of a book of the same name, writes Karl Whitney