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1
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Sam Lee - Ground of Its Own
June 25, 2012
Chamber Folk
,
Folk
Critic Score
86
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Rodriguez - Searching for Sugar Man [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
July 24, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
84
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
3
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Anaïs Mitchell - Young Man in America
February 28, 2012
Folk
,
Americana
Critic Score
84
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Bob Dylan - Tempest
September 10, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
84
33
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Bill Fay - Life Is People
August 21, 2012
Folk
Critic Score
82
22
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Mount Eerie - Clear Moon
May 22, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Avant-Folk
,
Psychedelic Folk
,
Drone
Critic Score
81
19
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Darren Hayman and The Long Parliament - The Violence
November 5, 2012
Folk
Critic Score
81
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
February 7, 2012
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
81
34
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Crown and Treaty
April 30, 2012
Folk
Critic Score
81
12
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
10
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Field Report - Field Report
September 11, 2012
Folk
Critic Score
80
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Nanci Griffith - Intersection
February 20, 2012
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
80
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Grizzly Bear - Shields
September 18, 2012
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
79
38
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Damien Jurado - Maraqopa
February 21, 2012
Folk
Critic Score
78
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Meursault - Something for the Weakened
July 16, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
78
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Bellowhead - Broadside
October 30, 2012
Folk
Critic Score
78
5
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
16
.
Josephine Foster - Blood Rushing
September 18, 2012
Freak Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
78
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
October 2, 2012
Indie Folk
Critic Score
78
25
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
May 1, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
78
23
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour / Golden Mile
March 20, 2012
Indie Folk
Critic Score
78
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Angel Olsen - Half Way Home
September 4, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
77
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Lost In The Trees - A Church That Fits Our Needs
March 20, 2012
Chamber Folk
,
Indie Pop
Critic Score
77
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
The Unthanks - Diversions Vol 3: Songs from the Shipyards
November 5, 2012
Chamber Folk
Critic Score
76
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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The Staves - Dead & Born & Grown
November 12, 2012
Folk
Critic Score
76
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Murder by Death - Bitter Drink Bitter Moon
September 25, 2012
Indie Folk
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
76
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Dark Dark Dark - Who Needs Who
October 2, 2012
Folk
Critic Score
76
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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