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Folk
Critics' Highest Rated Folk Albums of 2021
Lingua Ignota
Sinner Get Ready
87
critic score
(13)
Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi
They're Calling Me Home
87
critic score
(8)
Neil Young
Young Shakespeare
86
critic score
(10)
Lord Huron
Long Lost
83
critic score
(11)
The Felice Brothers
From Dreams to Dust
83
critic score
(7)
Julien Baker
Little Oblivions
81
critic score
(35)
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine
A Beginner’s Mind
81
critic score
(14)
Cory Hanson
Pale Horse Rider
81
critic score
(7)
Clairo
Sling
80
critic score
(26)
The Staves
Good Woman
80
critic score
(20)
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Users' Highest Rated Folk Albums of 2021
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine
A Beginner’s Mind
83
user score
(421)
Lingua Ignota
Sinner Get Ready
83
user score
(1,043)
Isabella James
Isabella James
77
user score
(29)
Maple Glider
To Enjoy is the Only Thing
77
user score
(41)
Clairo
Sling
76
user score
(1,253)
Arooj Aftab
Vulture Prince
75
user score
(201)
Naked Days
My Head Hz
75
user score
(32)
Lord Huron
Long Lost
75
user score
(265)
San Salvador
La Grande Folie
74
user score
(31)
Ballaké Sissoko
Djourou
73
user score
(43)
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Recent Folk Albums
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine
A Beginner’s Mind
81
critic score
(14)
The Felice Brothers
From Dreams to Dust
83
critic score
(7)
José González
Local Valley
76
critic score
(11)
James Vincent McMorrow
Grapefruit Season
60
critic score
(3)
Kacey Musgraves
star-crossed
75
critic score
(28)
Peste Noire
Le Retour des Pastoureaux
Steve Gunn
Other You
79
critic score
(11)
Lorde
Solar Power
65
critic score
(32)
The Killers
Pressure Machine
79
critic score
(27)
Great Silkie
Dawn Chorus
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Upcoming Folk Albums
Oct 8, 2021
Billy Bragg
The Million Things That Never Happened
Critics' Top Folk Artists
Nick Drake
Bob Dylan
Elliott Smith
Patty Griffin
Laura Marling
Rhiannon Giddens
Neil Young
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Hiss Golden Messenger
The Unthanks
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43
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48
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58
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36
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34
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29
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33
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26
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22
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16
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12
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13
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9
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15
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10
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11
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12
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7
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8
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16
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8
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14
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13
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17
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15
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23
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23
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27
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24
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26
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23
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32
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42
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28
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47
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47
2005
65
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74
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92
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112
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142
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126
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141
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119
2013
151
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135
2015
118
2016
128
2017
144
2018
165
2019
126
2020
189
2021
150
3,283 releases
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American Primitivism
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Indie Folk
Neofolk
Psychedelic Folk
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