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

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Carrie & Lowell Sufjan Stevens Mar-31-2015, Indie Folk
#2 Divers Joanna Newsom Oct-23-2015, Chamber Folk
#3 Loyalty The Weather Station May-12-2015, Contemporary Folk
#4 Something More Than Free Jason Isbell Jul-17-2015, Singer-Songwriter
#5 If I've Only One Time Askin' Daniel Romano Jul-31-2015, Country
#6 On Your Own Love Again Jessica Pratt Jan-27-2015, Contemporary Folk
#7 Short Movie Laura Marling Mar-20-2015, Indie Folk
#8 Faded Gloryville Lindi Ortega Aug-07-2015, Alt-Country
#9 Second Hand Heart Dwight Yoakam Apr-10-2015, Bakersfield Sound
#10 Nashville Obsolete Dave Rawlings Machine, David Rawlings Sep-18-2015, Americana
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Carrie & Lowell | Sufjan Stevens | Album, Mar-31-2015, Indie Folk |
| #2 | Divers | Joanna Newsom | Album, Oct-23-2015, Chamber Folk |
| #3 | Loyalty | The Weather Station | Album, May-12-2015, Contemporary Folk |
| #4 | Something More Than Free | Jason Isbell | Album, Jul-17-2015, Singer-Songwriter |
| #5 | If I've Only One Time Askin' | Daniel Romano | Album, Jul-31-2015, Country |
| #6 | On Your Own Love Again | Jessica Pratt | Album, Jan-27-2015, Contemporary Folk |
| #7 | Short Movie | Laura Marling | Album, Mar-20-2015, Indie Folk |
| #8 | Faded Gloryville | Lindi Ortega | Album, Aug-07-2015, Alt-Country |
| #9 | Second Hand Heart | Dwight Yoakam | Album, Apr-10-2015, Bakersfield Sound |
| #10 | Nashville Obsolete | Dave Rawlings MachineDavid Rawlings | Album, Sep-18-2015, Americana |