Exclaim!'s Top 10 Folk & Country Albums of 2015

Our Best of 2015 albums lists by genre continue today with our staff picks for the 10 best folk and country albums this year. Click next...

Published: December 04, 2015 13:00 Source

# 1

Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens

Album • Mar 31 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 2

Divers by Joanna Newsom

Album • Oct 23 / 2015 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 3

Loyalty by The Weather Station

Album • May 12 / 2015 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 4

Something More Than Free by Jason Isbell

Album • Jul 17 / 2015 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 5

If I've Only One Time Askin' by Daniel Romano

Album • Jul 31 / 2015 Country Countrypolitan

# 6

On Your Own Love Again by Jessica Pratt

Album • Jan 27 / 2015 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 7

Short Movie by Laura Marling

Album • Mar 20 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 8

Faded Gloryville by Lindi Ortega

Album • Aug 07 / 2015 Alt-Country

# 9

Second Hand Heart by Dwight Yoakam

Album • Apr 10 / 2015 Bakersfield Sound Neo-Traditionalist Country

# 10

Nashville Obsolete by Dave Rawlings Machine + David Rawlings

Album • Sep 18 / 2015 Americana