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1
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Martin Simpson - Vagrant Stanzas
July 28, 2013
Folk
Critic Score
86
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
May 27, 2013
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
,
Contemporary Folk
Critic Score
86
40
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Patty Griffin - American Kid
May 7, 2013
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
85
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Josephine Foster - I'm a Dreamer
November 12, 2013
Freak Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
83
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Oliver Wilde - A Brief Introduction to Unnatural Light Years
July 22, 2013
Indie Folk
,
Shoegaze
Critic Score
83
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Hiss Golden Messenger - Haw
April 1, 2013
Folk
Critic Score
83
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
7
.
Roy Harper - Man and Myth
September 23, 2013
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
82
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
8
.
Lady Lamb - Ripely Pine
February 19, 2013
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
82
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Guy Clark - My Favorite Picture of You
July 23, 2013
Americana
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
Critic Score
81
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
William Tyler - Impossible Truth
March 19, 2013
American Primitivism
Critic Score
81
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Robbie Fulks - Gone Away Backward
August 27, 2013
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
81
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Mutual Benefit - Love's Crushing Diamond
October 25, 2013
Indie Folk
,
Folk
,
Chamber Folk
Critic Score
81
20
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze
April 9, 2013
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Rock
,
Psychedelic Folk
Critic Score
81
39
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
TORRES - Torres
January 22, 2013
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
80
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Alela Diane - About Farewell
June 25, 2013
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
80
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Grouper - The Man Who Died in His Boat
February 5, 2013
Ambient
,
Psychedelic Folk
Critic Score
80
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Steve Gunn - Time Off
June 18, 2013
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
79
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Villagers - {Awayland}
January 14, 2013
Folk
Critic Score
79
23
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Patty Griffin - Silver Bell
October 8, 2013
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
78
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Jonathan Wilson - Fanfare
October 14, 2013
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
Critic Score
78
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Volcano Choir - Repave
September 3, 2013
Indie Folk
Critic Score
77
23
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Richard Thompson - Electric
February 5, 2013
Folk
Critic Score
77
20
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Juana Molina - Wed 21
October 29, 2013
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
77
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
24
.
Ty Segall - Sleeper
August 20, 2013
Psychedelic Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
77
20
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
A Hawk and a Hacksaw - You Have Already Gone To The Other World
April 2, 2013
Folk
Critic Score
77
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
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