Willie Nelson: A Beautiful Time – Reflections on the end of days

Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal pay tribute to a great blues duo

Old friends take their cue from Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee’s 1952 album Get On Board

Christian Lee Hutson – Quitters: A fitting soundtrack to a bleak age

Hutson is looking around him, wondering about truth, lies and fractured dreams

Hurray for the Riff Raff: Life on Earth – Utterly compelling

Alynda Segarra’s mostly excellent eighth album addresses issues close to home

The best of Times – Joe Breen on Irish Times design editor Andy Barclay

An Irishman’s Diary

Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Barn – veteran rockers enjoy their hay day

Into their late ’70s, Young and his band have no intention of turning down the guitars

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: Raise the Roof – Haunted loss tinged with beauty

Acclaimed duo reunite for an outstanding album of curatorial wonder

David Crosby: For Free review – More proof of his regeneration

Musician’s son produced his latest record featuring delicate and moving work

Van Morrison: Latest Record Project Volume 1 – Brilliance battered by bitterness

The great melodies and voice are sadly overshadowed by the conspiracy theories