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The Best Folk Albums of the 2010s
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1
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Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown
March 9, 2010
Americana
,
Chamber Folk
,
Chamber Jazz
,
Contemporary Folk
,
Alt-Country
Critic Score
94
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
91
47
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Lankum - The Livelong Day
October 25, 2019
Celtic Folk
Critic Score
90
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
90
20
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
October 21, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Critic Score
89
32
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Sam Lee & Friends - The Fade In Time
June 16, 2015
Folk
,
Chamber Folk
Critic Score
89
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Joanna Newsom - Divers
October 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Critic Score
89
43
reviews
Amazon
Music
8
.
Bob Dylan - More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14
November 2, 2018
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
89
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
9
.
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Live
April 28, 2017
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
89
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
February 14, 2011
Art Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
89
44
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Ry Cooder - Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down
August 29, 2011
Folk
,
Americana
Critic Score
88
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
The Gloaming - 2
February 26, 2016
Folk
,
Chamber Folk
Critic Score
87
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
February 10, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
87
42
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Sparrow & the Workshop - Crystals Fall
April 11, 2010
Indie Folk
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
86
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest
June 28, 2011
Folk
,
Americana
Critic Score
86
25
reviews
Amazon
Music
16
.
Martin Simpson - Vagrant Stanzas
July 28, 2013
Folk
Critic Score
86
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Sam Lee - Ground of Its Own
June 25, 2012
Chamber Folk
,
Folk
Critic Score
86
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Offa Rex - The Queen of Hearts
July 14, 2017
Psychedelic Folk
,
Folk
Critic Score
86
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
May 27, 2013
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
,
Contemporary Folk
Critic Score
86
40
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
July 12, 2019
Singer-Songwriter
,
Alt-Country
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
85
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Richard Dawson - 2020
October 11, 2019
Art Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Avant-Folk
Critic Score
85
19
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
June 21, 2011
Indie Folk
,
Art Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
85
41
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Fleet Foxes - First Collection: 2006-2009
November 9, 2018
Indie Folk
,
Chamber Folk
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
February 23, 2010
Chamber Folk
,
Progressive Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
85
34
reviews
Amazon
Music
25
.
Patty Griffin - American Kid
May 7, 2013
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
85
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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