Top Folk Albums
Rank All Time Artist Album Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
15
 Van Morrison Astral Weeks Chamber Folk Singer/Songwriter 1968
2
49
 Joni Mitchell Blue Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1971
3
56
 Love Forever Changes Psychedelic Folk Psychedelic Pop, Psychedelic Rock 1967
4
85
 Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home Contemporary Folk Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1965
5
115
 Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2015
6
138
 Simon and Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water Folk Pop Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1970
7
139
 Bruce Springsteen Nebraska Contemporary Folk Americana, Singer/Songwriter 1982
8
149
 Leonard Cohen Songs of Leonard Cohen Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1967
9
177
 Bob Dylan The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1963
10
178
 Nick Drake Five Leaves Left Chamber Folk Singer/Songwriter 1969
11
195
 Joni Mitchell Court and Spark Folk Pop Singer/Songwriter 1974
12
237
 Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2007
13
242
 Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Indie Folk Indie Rock 1998
14
249
 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes Chamber Folk, Indie Folk Americana 2008
15
253
 Elliott Smith Either/Or Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 1997
16
276
 Nick Drake Bryter Layter Chamber Folk Singer/Songwriter 1971
17
281
 Bon Iver Bon Iver, Bon Iver Indie Folk Art Pop 2011
18
301
 Nick Drake Pink Moon Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1972
19
329
 Joanna Newsom Ys Chamber Folk Singer/Songwriter 2006
20
334
 Bonnie "Prince" Billy I See a Darkness Contemporary Folk Alt-Country, Americana, Singer/Songwriter 1999
21
372
 Simon and Garfunkel Bookends Folk Pop Folk Rock 1968
22
427
 Richard and Linda Thompson I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight Contemporary Folk British Folk Rock 1974
23
468
 Leonard Cohen Songs of Love and Hate Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1971
24
483
 Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding Contemporary Folk Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1967
25
485
 Grizzly Bear Veckatimest Indie Folk, Psychedelic Folk Psychedelic Pop 2009
26
489
 James Taylor Sweet Baby James Folk Pop Singer/Songwriter, Soft Rock 1970
27
503
 Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2015
28
528
 Mount Eerie A Crow Looked at Me Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2017
29
535
 Joanna Newsom Have One On Me Chamber Folk, Progressive Folk Singer/Songwriter 2010
30
563
 Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning Indie Folk 2005
31
635
 Rosalía El mal querer Flamenco Nuevo Art Pop, Flamenco Pop 2018
32
640
 Leonard Cohen You Want It Darker Chamber Folk Singer/Songwriter 2016
33
658
 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken Bluegrass 1972
34
692
 Tim Buckley Happy Sad Psychedelic Folk Singer/Songwriter 1969
35
708
 Various Artists Woodstock Contemporary Folk Film Soundtrack, Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock 1970
36
723
 Angel Olsen Burn Your Fire for No Witness Indie Folk, Psychedelic Folk Singer/Songwriter 2014
37
751
 Big Thief U.F.O.F. Indie Folk 2019
38
755
 Woody Guthrie Dust Bowl Ballads Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1940
39
766
 Syd Barrett The Madcap Laughs Psychedelic Folk Psychedelic Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1970
40
769
 Bob Dylan The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert Contemporary Folk Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1998
41
783
 The Incredible String Band The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter Psychedelic Folk 1968
42
809
 Gillian Welch Time (The Revelator) Contemporary Folk Americana 2001
43
811
 John Prine John Prine Contemporary Folk Country, Singer/Songwriter 1971
44
824
 Simon and Garfunkel Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme Folk Pop Folk Rock 1966
45
837
 Sun Kil Moon Benji Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2014
46
838
 Tim Buckley Starsailor Avant-Folk Experimental Rock, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1970
47
863
 Bob Dylan The Times They Are A-Changin' Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1964
48
868
 The Microphones The Glow, Pt. 2 Indie Folk, Psychedelic Folk Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock 2001
49
885
 Simon and Garfunkel Sounds of Silence Folk Pop Folk Rock 1966
50
895
 Alexander Skip Spence Oar Psychedelic Folk Singer/Songwriter 1969
51
915
 Cat Power You Are Free Indie Folk Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2003
52
921
 Leonard Cohen Songs from a Room Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1969
53
937
 Tim Buckley Goodbye and Hello Contemporary Folk Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1967
54
946
 Damien Rice O Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2002
55
959
 Aretha Franklin Amazing Grace Gospel Southern Soul 1972
56
976
 Cowboy Junkies The Trinity Session Contemporary Folk Alt-Country 1988
57
1003
 Elliott Smith Figure 8 Indie Folk Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter 2000
58
1030
 Bruce Springsteen The Ghost of Tom Joad Contemporary Folk Americana, Singer/Songwriter 1995
59
1044
 Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares Bulgarian Folk Music 1975
60
1067
 Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues Chamber Folk, Indie Folk 2011
61
1100
 Karen Dalton It's So Hard to Tell Who's Going to Love You the Best Contemporary Folk 1969
62
1138
 Okkervil River Black Sheep Boy Indie Folk Indie Rock 2005
63
1171
 Animal Collective Sung Tongs Avant-Folk, Freak Folk Neo-Psychedelia 2004
64
1173
 Marty Robbins Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Cowboy 1959
65
1180
 Fred Neil Fred Neil/Everybody's Talkin' Contemporary Folk Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1966
66
1214
 Donovan Sunshine Superman Psychedelic Folk Psychedelic Pop, Singer/Songwriter 1966
67
1227
 Paul Simon There Goes Rhymin' Simon Folk Pop Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1973
68
1233
 Clifton Chenier Bogalusa Boogie Zydeco 1975
69
1274
 The Pentangle Basket of Light Folk Baroque British Folk Rock 1969
70
1281
 Grizzly Bear Shields Indie Folk, Psychedelic Folk 2012
71
1284
 Bright Eyes Lifted or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground Indie Folk 2002
72
1291
 Joan Baez Joan Baez Folk Revival 1960
73
1317
 Grizzly Bear Yellow House Indie Folk, Psychedelic Folk 2006
74
1376
 The Decemberists The Crane Wife Indie Folk Folk Rock, Indie Pop 2006
75
1385
 Sufjan Stevens Michigan Chamber Folk, Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2003
76
1390
 Joanna Newsom Divers Chamber Folk Singer/Songwriter 2015
77
1396
 Nico The Marble Index Avant-Folk, Chamber Folk 1968
78
1419
 The Decemberists Picaresque Indie Folk Chamber Pop 2005
79
1425
 Palace Brothers There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You Indie Folk Alt-Country 1993
80
1452
 Joni Mitchell For the Roses Folk Pop Singer/Songwriter 1972
81
1470
 Devendra Banhart Rejoicing in the Hands Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2004
82
1505
 Midlake The Trials of Van Occupanther Indie Folk Americana, Folk Rock 2006
83
1525
 Joanna Newsom The Milk-Eyed Mender Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2004
84
1576
 Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2004
85
1593
 The Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet The Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet/The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 8 Stride Cool Jazz 1958
86
1609
 Nico Chelsea Girl Chamber Folk 1967
87
1624
 Babatunde Olatunji Drums of Passion Apala 1960
88
1639
 Bob Dylan Another Side of Bob Dylan Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1964
89
1640
 Joni Mitchell Ladies of the Canyon Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1970
90
1651
 Aldous Harding Designer Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2019
91
1656
 Beirut Gulag Orkestar Indie Folk 2006
92
1664
 Roy Harper Stormcock Progressive Folk Singer/Songwriter 1971
93
1666
 Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega Folk Pop Singer/Songwriter 1985
94
1677
 Van Morrison & The Chieftains Irish Heartbeat Celtic Folk Music 1988
95
1729
 The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers (They're Off and Rolling) Close Harmony Pop, Rock & Roll 1957
96
1756
 The Weavers The Weavers at Carnegie Hall Contemporary Folk 1957
97
1759
 Camarón La leyenda del tiempo Flamenco Nuevo 1979
98
1834
 Phoebe Bridgers Stranger in the Alps Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2017
99
1836
 Beirut The Flying Club Cup Indie Folk 2007
100
1852
 Beth Orton Central Reservation Folk Pop Singer/Songwriter 1999
101
1896
 Planxty Planxty Irish Folk Music 1973
102
1902
 Muddy Waters Folk Singer Delta Blues 1964
103
1905
 Ketama/Toumani Diabaté/Danny Thompson Songhai African Folk Music, Flamenco Nuevo Songhai Music 1988
104
1928
 Bonnie "Prince" Billy The Letting Go Contemporary Folk Americana, Singer/Songwriter 2006
105
1932
 Sharon Van Etten Tramp Indie Folk Alternative Singer/Songwriter 2012
106
1955
 Cat Stevens Teaser and the Firecat Folk Pop Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1971
107
1986
 Buffy Sainte-Marie Illuminations Psychedelic Folk Singer/Songwriter 1969
108
1992
 Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Contemporary Folk, Country Blues 1962
109
1999
 Pata Negra Blues de la frontera Flamenco Nuevo 1988
110
2042
 Vashti Bunyan Just Another Diamond Day Chamber Folk Singer/Songwriter 1970
111
2057
 Joan Manuel Serrat Mediterráneo Nueva canción española 1971
112
2063
 Lightnin' Hopkins The Roots of Lightnin' Hopkins/Lightnin' Hopkins Acoustic Texas Blues 1959
113
2070
 The Original Soundtrack O Brother, Where Art Thou? American Folk Music Country, Film Soundtrack 2000
114
2091
 Comus First Utterance Freak Folk, Progressive Folk 1971
115
2097
 John Fahey The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death American Primitivism 1965
116
2107
 Big Thief Two Hands Indie Folk Folk Rock 2019
117
2120
 Michael Hurley/The Unholy Modal Rounders/Jeffrey Fredericks & The Clamtones Have Moicy! Contemporary Folk 1976
118
2131
 Iron & Wine The Shepherd's Dog Indie Folk Americana, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2007
119
2156
 The Everly Brothers Songs Our Daddy Taught Us Close Harmony, Folk Pop Country Pop 1958
120
2157
 Harry Belafonte Belafonte at Carnegie Hall Caribbean Folk Music 1959
121
2176
 Linda Perhacs Parallelograms Psychedelic Folk Singer/Songwriter 1970
122
2194
 Jason Isbell Southeastern Contemporary Folk Americana, Singer/Songwriter 2013
123
2227
 Tom Rush The Circle Game Contemporary Folk 1968
124
2248
 John Grant Queen of Denmark Folk Pop Singer/Songwriter 2010
125
2251
 Iron & Wine The Creek Drank the Cradle Contemporary Folk Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2002
126
2267
 The Roches The Roches Folk Pop 1979
127
2273
 The Fugs The Village Fugs/The Fugs' First Album Psychedelic Folk Beat Poetry, Folk Rock, Garage Rock 1965
128
2316
 Tim Hardin Tim Hardin 1 Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1966
129
2325
 Beck Morning Phase Chamber Folk Singer/Songwriter 2014
130
2337
 Kiko Veneno Échate un cantecito Rumba Flamenca Singer/Songwriter 1992
131
2339
 Bill Callahan Apocalypse Contemporary Folk Americana, Singer/Songwriter 2011
132
2342
 Pearls Before Swine One Nation Underground Psychedelic Folk 1967
133
2352
 Phil Ochs I Ain't Marching Anymore Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1965
134
2365
 Judee Sill Judee Sill Chamber Folk Singer/Songwriter 1971
135
2378
 Phil Ochs Pleasures of the Harbor Chamber Folk Baroque Pop, Singer/Songwriter 1967
136
2403
 Aldous Harding Party Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2017
137
2433
 M. Ward Post-War Indie Folk Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2006
138
2454
 Master Musicians of Jajouka Brian Jones Presents The Pipes of Pan at Joujouka Arabic Folk Music 1971
139
2482
 Robyn Hitchcock I Often Dream of Trains Psychedelic Folk Singer/Songwriter 1984
140
2493
 Beth Orton Trailer Park Folk Pop Singer/Songwriter 1996
141
2541
 The Louvin Brothers Tragic Songs of Life Close Harmony 1956
142
2555
 Joni Mitchell Clouds Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1969
143
2563
 Third Ear Band Third Ear Band Free Folk, Progressive Folk 1970
144
2571
 Fabrizio De André Crêuza de mä Contemporary Folk 1984
145
2573
 Fleet Foxes Crack-Up Chamber Folk, Progressive Folk 2017
146
2588
 Indigo Girls Indigo Girls Folk Pop Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1989
147
2616
 The Mountain Goats The Sunset Tree Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2005
148
2617
 Whitney Light Upon the Lake Indie Folk Indie Rock 2016
149
2632
 The Incredible String Band The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion Psychedelic Folk 1967
150
2641
 The Everly Brothers Roots Close Harmony Country Pop 1968
151
2644
 The Everly Brothers It's Everly Time Close Harmony Pop 1960
152
2667
 Nico Desertshore Avant-Folk, Chamber Folk 1970
153
2674
 Tim Buckley Dream Letter: Live in London 1968 Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1990
154
2701
 Gillian Welch Revival Contemporary Folk Americana 1996
155
2734
 Veneno Veneno Flamenco Nuevo Andalusian Rock 1977
156
2737
 Buffy Sainte-Marie It's My Way! Folk Revival Singer/Songwriter 1964
157
2807
 Bruce Springsteen We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions American Folk Music Americana, Folk Rock 2006
158
2812
 (Sandy) Alex G House of Sugar Indie Folk Neo-Psychedelia 2019
159
2833
 Mumford & Sons Sigh No More Folk Pop, Indie Folk 2009
160
2850
 Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man Out of Season Contemporary Folk 2002
161
2870
 Skip James Today! Delta Blues 1966
162
2874
 Don McLean American Pie Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1971
163
2883
 Julia Jacklin Crushing Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2019
164
2891
 Kate and Anna McGarrigle Dancer with Bruised Knees Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1977
165
2907
 The Chieftains The Chieftains 4 Irish Folk Music 1973
166
2911
 Pearls Before Swine Balaklava Psychedelic Folk 1968
167
2937
 M. Ward Transfiguration of Vincent Contemporary Folk Americana, Singer/Songwriter 2003
168
2939
 Mahalia Jackson Newport 1958 Gospel 1958
169
2941
 10,000 Maniacs In My Tribe Folk Pop Jangle Pop 1987
170
2956
 Planxty The Well Below the Valley Irish Folk Music 1973
171
2962
 Band of Horses Cease to Begin Folk Pop Indie Rock 2007
172
2964
 Laura Marling Semper Femina Chamber Folk Singer/Songwriter 2017
173
2967
 Secos & Molhados Secos & Molhados Folk Pop Art Pop, Progressive Pop 1973
174
2971
 Laura Marling Once I Was an Eagle Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2013
175
2975
 Tim Buckley Blue Afternoon Psychedelic Folk Singer/Songwriter 1969
176
2995
 Ladysmith Black Mambazo Shaka Zulu Nguni Folk Music Mbube 1987

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Tim Hardin Tim Hardin 2 Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1967
Syd Barrett Barrett Psychedelic Folk Psychedelic Rock 1970
Jessica Pratt Quiet Signs Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2019
Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music Cajun 1965
John Martyn One World Progressive Folk Singer/Songwriter 1977
Sufjan Stevens Seven Swans Chamber Folk, Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2004
Joan Baez Diamonds and Rust Folk Pop Singer/Songwriter 1975
James Cleveland and The Angelic Choir Peace Be Still Gospel 1962
Kings of Convenience Quiet Is the New Loud Folk Pop, Indie Folk Indie Pop 2001
The Bothy Band The Bothy Band/1975 Irish Folk Music 1975
Dixie Chicks Home Bluegrass Contemporary Country 2002
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci Barafundle Psychedelic Folk Psychedelic Pop 1997
Jessica Pratt On Your Own Love Again Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2015
Father John Misty Fear Fun Indie Folk, Psychedelic Folk Singer/Songwriter 2012
The Mountain Goats Tallahassee Indie Folk Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2002
The Microphones Mount Eerie Avant-Folk, Psychedelic Folk Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock 2003
(Sandy) Alex G Rocket Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2017
José González Veneer Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2003
Kristin Hersh Hips and Makers Indie Folk Alternative Singer/Songwriter 1994
Bert Jansch Bert Jansch Folk Baroque Singer/Songwriter 1965
Al Stewart Year of the Cat Folk Pop Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1976
Geoffrey Oryema Exile African Folk Music 1990
The Tallest Man On Earth The Wild Hunt Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2010
John Fahey Blind Joe Death American Primitivism 1959
The Decemberists The King Is Dead Indie Folk Country Rock 2011
Fred Neil Bleecker & MacDougal Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1965
CocoRosie La Maison De Mon Rêve Freak Folk Art Pop, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock 2004
Natalia Lafourcade Hasta La Raiz Folk Pop Chamber Pop 2015
Bright Eyes Cassadaga Indie Folk Alt-Country 2007
Weyes Blood Front Row Seat to Earth Psychedelic Folk 2016
Huun-Huur-Tu The Orphan's Lament Tuvan Throat Singing 1994
Mississippi Fred McDowell Delta Blues Delta Blues 1964
Leonard Cohen New Skin for the Old Ceremony Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1974
Elvis Presley How Great Thou Art Gospel 1967
Bobbie Gentry Ode to Billie Joe Contemporary Folk Country Soul 1967
First Aid Kit The Lion's Roar Folk Pop, Indie Folk 2012
Richard Dawson Peasant Avant-Folk, Progressive Folk 2017
Timber Timbre Hot Dreams Contemporary Folk 2014
Bridget St John Songs for the Gentle Man Chamber Folk British Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1971
The Pentangle Sweet Child Folk Baroque, Progressive Folk British Folk Rock 1968
Monsters of Folk Monsters of Folk Indie Folk Folk Rock 2009
Arlo Guthrie Alice's Restaurant Contemporary Folk Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1967
Sisa Qualsevol nit pot sortir el sol Psychedelic Folk Psychedelic Pop 1975
Maria Muldaur Maria Muldaur Folk Pop 1973
Andy Irvine & Paul Brady Andy Irvine & Paul Brady Celtic Folk Music, Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1976
Gillian Welch Hell Among the Yearlings Contemporary Folk Americana 1998
Songs: Ohia Magnolia Electric Co. Contemporary Folk Alt-Country 2003
Andy Shauf The Party Indie Folk Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter 2016
Laura Marling Short Movie Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2015
Neko Case/k.d. lang/Laura Veirs case/lang/veirs Chamber Folk 2016
Patrick Wolf Wind in the Wires Contemporary Folk Art Pop, Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter 2005
Devendra Banhart Cripple Crow Contemporary Folk 2005
The Dodos Visiter Folk Pop, Indie Folk Folk Rock, Indie Rock 2008
The Avett Brothers I and Love and You Folk Pop Alt-Country, Americana 2009
The Kingston Trio At Large Folk Revival 1959
Townes Van Zandt Townes Van Zandt Contemporary Folk Country, Singer/Songwriter 1969
Shirley Collins & Davy Graham Folk Roots, New Routes Folk Baroque 1964
Leo Kottke 6 & 12 String Guitar American Primitivism 1969
Townes Van Zandt Our Mother the Mountain Contemporary Folk Country, Singer/Songwriter 1969
Phil Ochs All the News That's Fit to Sing Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1964
Gillian Welch The Harrow and the Harvest Contemporary Folk Americana 2011
Paul Simon So Beautiful or So What Folk Pop Singer/Songwriter 2011
Vainica Doble Heliotropo Folk Pop Psychedelic Pop 1973
James Taylor Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon Folk Pop Singer/Songwriter 1971
Phil Ochs Phil Ochs in Concert Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1966
Gastr del Sol Camoufleur Chamber Folk Experimental Rock, Post-Rock 1998
Francesco Guccini Radici Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1972
First Aid Kit Stay Gold Folk Pop, Indie Folk 2014
Nic Jones Penguin Eggs Contemporary Folk, English Folk Music Singer/Songwriter 1980
Mac DeMarco This Old Dog Folk Pop Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter 2017
Dick Gaughan Handful of Earth Scottish Folk Music 1981
Elvis Presley His Hand in Mine Gospel Pop 1960
Micah P. Hinson Micah P. Hinson & The Gospel of Progress Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2004
Adam Green Friends of Mine Anti-Folk Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter 2003
Reverend Gary Davis Pure Religion and Bad Company Gospel Acoustic Blues 1957
The Holy Modal Rounders The Holy Modal Rounders Contemporary Folk, Old-Time 1964
Laura Marling I Speak Because I Can Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2010
Altan Island Angel Irish Folk Music 1993
Mavis Staples You Are Not Alone Gospel Rhythm & Blues, Soul 2010
Bonnie "Prince" Billy Master and Everyone Contemporary Folk Americana, Singer/Songwriter 2003
Jake Bugg Jake Bugg Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2012
M. Ward Hold Time Folk Pop Singer/Songwriter 2009
Devendra Banhart Niño Rojo Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2004
Van Morrison Hard Nose the Highway Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1973
Califone Roots & Crowns Psychedelic Folk Alt-Country 2006
Bukka White The Legacy of the Blues Delta Blues 1969
Cat Stevens Catch Bull at Four Folk Pop Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1972
Vic Chesnutt North Star Deserter Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter, Slowcore 2007
Julie Byrne Not Even Happiness Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2017
Villagers Becoming a Jackal Indie Folk Indie Pop 2010
Steeleye Span Please to See the King English Folk Music British Folk Rock 1971
John Fahey America American Primitivism 1971
Eric Andersen Blue River Contemporary Folk Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1972
Ryley Walker Primrose Green Chamber Folk Singer/Songwriter 2015
Joan Baez Joan Baez / 5 Contemporary Folk 1964
Laura Marling A Creature I Don't Know Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2011
Elliott Smith Elliott Smith Indie Folk Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1995
Susana Baca Susana Baca Música Criolla Peruana 1997
Richie Havens Mixed Bag Contemporary Folk Folk Rock 1967
John Fahey Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) American Primitivism 1973
Donovan A Gift from a Flower to a Garden Folk Pop Singer/Songwriter 1967
The Weather Station The Weather Station Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2017
Shirley & Dolly Collins Love, Death & the Lady English Folk Music 1970
She & Him Volume One Folk Pop Alt-Country 2008
Mount Eerie Now Only Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2018
boygenius boygenius EP Indie Folk Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2018
Vashti Bunyan Lookaftering Chamber Folk 2005
John Stewart California Bloodlines Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1969
Kings of Convenience Riot on an Empty Street Folk Pop, Indie Folk Indie Pop 2004
Robert Plant Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar Progressive Folk Folk Rock 2014
Beirut The Rip Tide Indie Folk 2011
Cánovas, Rodrigo, Adolfo y Guzmán Señora azul Folk Pop Pop Rock 1974
Judy Henske & Jerry Yester Farewell Aldebaran Psychedelic Folk Psychedelic Rock 1969
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan Ballad of the Broken Seas Chamber Folk Singer/Songwriter 2006
Taraf de Haidouks Band of Gypsies L?ut?reasc? 2001
Nanci Griffith Other Voices, Other Rooms Contemporary Folk Country, Singer/Songwriter 1993
Smog Dongs of Sevotion Indie Folk 2000
Bert Jansch Jack Orion Folk Baroque 1966
John Martyn Bless the Weather Contemporary Folk British Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1971
Chelsea Wolfe Birth of Violence Dark Folk Gothic Country, Singer/Songwriter 2019
Christy Moore Ride On Celtic Folk Music, Contemporary Folk 1984
CocoRosie Noah's Ark Freak Folk Folktronica, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock 2005
Ryley Walker Golden Sings That Have Been Sung Chamber Folk, Psychedelic Folk Singer/Songwriter 2016
DM Stith Heavy Ghost Chamber Folk, Psychedelic Folk Singer/Songwriter 2009
Bonnie "Prince" Billy Ease Down the Road Contemporary Folk Alt-Country, Americana, Singer/Songwriter 2001
Ray LaMontagne Trouble Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2004
Phil Ochs Rehearsals for Retirement Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1969
Circuit des Yeux Reaching for Indigo Avant-Folk Art Pop 2017
Peter Case Peter Case Folk Pop Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1986
Marianne Faithfull Negative Capability Chamber Folk Singer/Songwriter 2018
Bonnie "Prince" Billy Lie Down in the Light Contemporary Folk Alt-Country, Americana, Singer/Songwriter 2008
Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney Superwolf Contemporary Folk Alt-Country 2005
Mellow Candle Swaddling Songs Progressive Folk Folk Rock 1972
Avi Buffalo Avi Buffalo Indie Folk Indie Pop 2010
Roy Harper HQ/When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease Progressive Folk Progressive Rock 1975
M. Ward Transistor Radio Contemporary Folk Americana 2005
Ty Segall Sleeper Psychedelic Folk Singer/Songwriter 2013
Eliza Carthy Red Rice Contemporary Folk, English Folk Music 1998
Mount Eerie Wind's Poem Avant-Folk Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2009
Judee Sill Heart Food Chamber Folk Singer/Songwriter 1973
Department of Eagles In Ear Park Indie Folk 2008
Richard Dawson Nothing Important Avant-Folk Singer/Songwriter 2014
Espers Espers II Psychedelic Folk 2006
Judy Collins Who Knows Where the Time Goes Contemporary Folk Folk Rock 1968
The Moldy Peaches The Moldy Peaches Anti-Folk Indie Pop, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock 2001
The Low Anthem Oh My God, Charlie Darwin Contemporary Folk 2009
Juana Molina Un Día Avant-Folk Folktronica, Progressive Pop 2008
Suzanne Vega 99.9 F° Folk Pop Singer/Songwriter 1992
Six Organs of Admittance School of the Flower American Primitivism, Psychedelic Folk 2005
Elvis Presley Elvis' Christmas Album Gospel Christmas Music, Rock & Roll 1957
Josh T. Pearson Last of the Country Gentlemen Contemporary Folk Americana, Singer/Songwriter 2011
Martha Wainwright Martha Wainwright Folk Pop Singer/Songwriter 2005
Laura Marling Alas, I Cannot Swim Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2008
Hurray for the Riff Raff Small Town Heroes Contemporary Folk Alt-Country, Americana 2014
Smog Red Apple Falls Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1997
Sílvia Pérez Cruz & Raül Fernández Miró Granada Contemporary Folk 2014
Patty Griffin Children Running Through Contemporary Folk Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2007
Conor Oberst Conor Oberst Indie Folk Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2008
Turin Brakes The Optimist LP Folk Pop Indie Pop 2001
Joan Baez Joan Baez in Concert Folk Revival 1962
Damien Rice 9 Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2006
Zeal and Ardor Devil Is Fine Spirituals Avant-Garde Metal 2016
Jackson C. Frank Jackson C. Frank/Blues Run the Game Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1965
Mumford & Sons Babel Folk Pop, Indie Folk 2012
Marlon Williams Make Way for Love Chamber Folk Singer/Songwriter 2018
Paavoharju Laulu Laakson Kukista Psychedelic Folk 2008
Joan Baez Joan Baez, Vol. 2 Folk Revival 1961
Haley Heynderickx I Need to Start a Garden Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2018
Get Well Soon Rest Now, Weary Head! You Will Get Well Soon Indie Folk Alternative Rock, Chamber Pop 2008
Elvis Presley He Touched Me Gospel Pop 1972
The Swell Season / Various Artists Once: Music from the Motion Picture Folk Pop Film Soundtrack, Singer/Songwriter 2007
Rhiannon Giddens Freedom Highway American Folk Music 2017
Aimee Mann Mental Illness Folk Pop Singer/Songwriter 2017
Neil Young Live at Massey Hall 1971 Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2007
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci Spanish Dance Troupe Indie Folk, Psychedelic Folk Folk Rock, Indie Pop 1999
The Everly Brothers A Date with The Everly Brothers Close Harmony Pop 1960
Bonnie "Prince" Billy I Made a Place Contemporary Folk Americana, Singer/Songwriter 2019
Joan Baez Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2 Folk Revival 1963
Bedouine Bedouine Chamber Folk Singer/Songwriter 2017
Andrew Bird My Finest Work Yet Indie Folk Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter 2019
Lankum The Livelong Day Irish Folk Music 2019
Agnes Obel Aventine Indie Folk Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter 2013
Maria Arnal & Marcel Bages 45 cerebros y 1 corazon Avant-Folk 2017
Leo Kottke My Feet Are Smiling American Primitivism 1973
Scarlett Johansson Anywhere I Lay My Head Folk Pop Pop Rock 2008
Dr. Dog Fate Indie Folk Indie Pop 2008
Skip James Devil Got My Woman Delta Blues 1968
Leo Kottke Greenhouse American Primitivism 1972
Julia Jacklin Don't Let the Kids Win Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2016
Damien Rice My Favourite Faded Fantasy Chamber Folk Singer/Songwriter 2014
Sun Kil Moon Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood Progressive Folk Singer/Songwriter 2017
Jolie Holland Escondida Contemporary Folk Americana, Singer/Songwriter 2004
Marissa Nadler July Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2014
Shirley Collins Lodestar English Folk Music 2016
Nadia Reid Preservation Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2017
Avi Buffalo At Best Cuckold Indie Folk Indie Pop 2014
Phosphorescent Pride Contemporary Folk Americana 2007
Whitney Forever Turned Around Indie Folk Indie Pop 2019
Adrianne Lenker Abysskiss Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2018
Rhiannon Giddens There is No Other American Folk Music 2019
William Tyler Modern Country American Primitivism 2016
Jim O'Rourke The Visitor Chamber Folk 2009
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu Gurrumul Indigenous Australian Music Singer/Songwriter 2008
Damien Jurado The Horizon Just Laughed Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2018
Cass McCombs Wit's End Chamber Folk, Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2011
Woods Bend Beyond Psychedelic Folk Folk Rock 2012
William Tyler Impossible Truth American Primitivism 2013
Rhiannon Giddens Tomorrow is My Turn American Folk Music 2015
Elliott Smith New Moon Indie Folk Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2007
Roky Erickson with Okkervil River True Love Cast Out All Evil Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2010
Villagers The Art of Pretending to Swim Indie Folk Indie Pop 2018
Marissa Nadler Songs III: Bird on the Water Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2007
Akron/Family Love Is Simple Psychedelic Folk Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock 2007
Devendra Banhart Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2007
Ry Cooder Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down Contemporary Folk Americana 2011
Sun Kil Moon Universal Themes Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2015
Florist Emily Alone Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2019
Joan Shelley Like the River Loves the Sea Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2019
John Fahey Days Have Gone By American Primitivism 1967
Kathryn Williams Little Black Numbers Folk Pop Singer/Songwriter 2000
Mount Eerie Clear Moon Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2012
Shugo Tokumaru Exit Folk Pop Art Pop, Singer/Songwriter 2007
Ed Sheeran X Folk Pop Singer/Songwriter 2014
The Mountain Goats The Life of the World to Come Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2009
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins Diamond Mine Indie Folk 2011
Elvis Perkins Ash Wednesday Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2006
The Avett Brothers Emotionalism Contemporary Folk Alt-Country 2007
Mavis Staples One True Vine Gospel Deep Soul 2013
Okkervil River The Silver Gymnasium Indie Folk Indie Rock 2013
Current 93 Black Ships Ate the Sky Neofolk 2006
Jonathan Wilson Gentle Spirit Chamber Folk Singer/Songwriter 2011
Noah and the Whale The First Days of Spring Folk Pop Indie Pop 2009
The Leisure Society The Sleeper Folk Pop, Indie Folk Indie Pop 2009
Damien Jurado Where Shall You Take Me? Indie Folk Americana, Singer/Songwriter 2003
Sharon Van Etten Epic Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2010
Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda Kirtan New Age 2017
Anaïs Mitchell Young Man in America Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2012
Natalia Lafourcade Musas (Un Homenaje al Folclore Latinoamericano en Manos de Los Macorinos, Vol. 1) Mexican Folk Music, Nueva canción latinoamericana 2017
Various Artists Dark Was The Night Folk Pop, Indie Folk Indie Rock 2009
Andrew Bird Break It Yourself Indie Folk Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter 2012
Lambchop OH (Ohio) Contemporary Folk Americana 2008
Cass McCombs Catacombs Contemporary Folk Alt-Country, Singer/Songwriter 2009
Rosalía Los ángeles Flamenco Nuevo 2017
Amen Dunes Love Psychedelic Folk 2014
Midlake The Courage Of Others Indie Folk Folk Rock 2010
Grouper Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill Psychedelic Folk Ambient 2008
Paul Weller True Meanings Chamber Folk Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2018
Other Lives Tamer Animals Chamber Folk Chamber Pop, Indie Rock 2011
Grouper The Man Who Died in His Boat Psychedelic Folk Ambient 2013
Beth Orton Comfort of Strangers Folk Pop Singer/Songwriter 2006
Alela Diane To Be Still Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2009
King Creosote From Scotland With Love Indie Folk 2014
This Is the Kit Moonshine Freeze Indie Folk 2017
Kings of Convenience Declaration Of Dependence Indie Folk 2009
Zeal and Ardor Stranger Fruit Spirituals Avant-Garde Metal 2018
The Swell Season Strict Joy Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2009
Niño de Elche Antologia del cante flamenco heterodoxo Avant-Folk, Flamenco Nuevo 2018
Goldfrapp Tales of Us Chamber Folk Art Pop, Chamber Pop 2013
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions Until the Hunter Psychedelic Folk Dream Pop 2016
LUMP LUMP Indie Folk Art Pop, Folktronica 2018
Volcano Choir Repave Indie Folk 2013
Conor Oberst Upside Down Mountain Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2014
Joni Mitchell Joni Mitchell/Song to a Seagull Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 1968
The Mountain Goats Beat the Champ Indie Folk Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2015
Elvis Perkins Elvis Perkins In Dearland Contemporary Folk Folk Rock 2009
Sufjan Stevens The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album Indie Folk Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter 2006
Villagers Darling Arithmetic Indie Folk 2015
Sun Kil Moon April Contemporary Folk Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2008
The Mountain Goats Transcendental Youth Indie Folk 2012
Port O'Brien All We Could Do Was Sing Indie Folk Folk Rock, Indie Rock 2008
Thurston Moore Demolished Thoughts Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2011
The Avett Brothers The Carpenter Folk Pop Americana 2012
First Aid Kit Ruins Indie Folk Americana 2018
Bert Jansch The Black Swan Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2006
Iron & Wine Woman King EP Indie Folk Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2005
Timber Timbre Creep On Creepin' On Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2011
Christina Rosenvinge La joven Dolores Folk Pop Indie Pop 2011
Marissa Nadler Strangers Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2016
Bob Dylan The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack Contemporary Folk Film Soundtrack, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2005
Slow Club Paradise Folk Pop Indie Pop 2011
Alela Diane About Farewell Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2013
Laura Veirs July Flame Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2010
Dead Man's Bones Dead Man's Bones Psychedelic Folk Indie Pop 2009
Timber Timbre Timber Timbre Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2009
Josh Rouse Subtítulo Folk Pop Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter 2006
The Decemberists What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World Indie Folk Folk Rock 2015
She & Him Volume Two Folk Pop Indie Pop 2010
The Mountain Goats All Eternals Deck Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2011
The Tallest Man On Earth There's No Leaving Now Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2012
Anaïs Mitchell Hadestown Chamber Folk 2010
Jolie Holland Springtime Can Kill You Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2006
Mirel Wagner Mirel Wagner Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2011
Cass McCombs Big Wheel and Others Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2013
Fleet Foxes Sun Giant Chamber Folk, Indie Folk 2008
José González In Our Nature Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2007
Mazzy Star Seasons of Your Day Psychedelic Folk Dream Pop 2013
Tunng Good Arrows Indie Folk Folktronica, Indie Pop 2007
Shearwater The Golden Archipelago Indie Folk Indie Rock 2010
Russian Red I Love Your Glasses Folk Pop Singer/Songwriter 2008
The New Raemon A propósito de Garfunkel Contemporary Folk Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter 2008
The Mountain Goats Get Lonely Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter 2006
The Tallest Man On Earth Shallow Grave Contemporary Folk Singer/Songwriter 2008