Exclaim!'s Top 10 Folk and Country Albums of 2017

Last week, we began the annual rollout of our genre-specific album lists for the Best of 2017, including the Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums, our T...

Published: December 04, 2017 13:00 Source

# 1

The Weather Station by The Weather Station

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 2

A Crow Looked at Me by Mount Eerie

Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 3

Semper Femina by Laura Marling

Album • Mar 10 / 2017 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 4

The Nashville Sound by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Americana Alt-Country

# 5

Goodnight Rhonda Lee by Nicole Atkins

Album • Jul 21 / 2017 Pop Soul

# 6

Northern Passages by The Sadies

Album • Feb 10 / 2017 Country Rock Alt-Country

# 7

Queens of the Breakers by The Barr Brothers

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Folk Rock Indie Folk

# 8

Peasant by Richard Dawson

Album • Jun 02 / 2017 Progressive Folk Avant-Folk

# 9

All American Made by Margo Price

Album • Oct 20 / 2017 Neo-Traditionalist Country Contemporary Country

# 10

Not Even Happiness by Julie Byrne

Album • Jan 12 / 2017 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter