Exclaim!'s 10 Best Folk and Country Albums of 2019

"The stigma that country music is made for well-adjusted straight white men is just baloney," says current Exclaim! cover star Orville Peck....

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Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Pony Orville Peck Mar-22-2019, Alt-Country
#2 The Highwomen The Highwomen Sep-06-2019, Contemporary Country
#3 Quiet Signs Jessica Pratt Feb-08-2019, Contemporary Folk
#4 Designer Aldous Harding Apr-26-2019, Contemporary Folk
#5 The Shape of Your Name Charlotte Cornfield Apr-05-2019,
#6 Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest Bill Callahan Jun-14-2019, Singer-Songwriter
#7 Emily Alone Florist Jul-26-2019, Indie Folk
#8 While I'm Livin' Tanya Tucker Aug-23-2019, Country
#9 Croak in the Weeds Andre Ethier Oct-11-2019, Singer-Songwriter
#10 Forever Overhead Tim Baker Apr-19-2019, Singer-Songwriter
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pony | Orville Peck | Album, Mar-22-2019, Alt-Country |
| #2 | The Highwomen | The Highwomen | Album, Sep-06-2019, Contemporary Country |
| #3 | Quiet Signs | Jessica Pratt | Album, Feb-08-2019, Contemporary Folk |
| #4 | Designer | Aldous Harding | Album, Apr-26-2019, Contemporary Folk |
| #5 | The Shape of Your Name | Charlotte Cornfield | Album, Apr-05-2019,  |
| #6 | Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest | Bill Callahan | Album, Jun-14-2019, Singer-Songwriter |
| #7 | Emily Alone | Florist | Album, Jul-26-2019, Indie Folk |
| #8 | While I'm Livin' | Tanya Tucker | Album, Aug-23-2019, Country |
| #9 | Croak in the Weeds | Andre Ethier | Album, Oct-11-2019, Singer-Songwriter |
| #10 | Forever Overhead | Tim Baker | Album, Apr-19-2019, Singer-Songwriter |