PopMatters' 10 Best Folk Albums of 2024

The year's best folk albums transcend genre boundaries, yet each entry remains firmly grounded in the folk ethos of connection and storytelling.

Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Bright Future Adrianne Lenker Mar-22-2024, Singer-Songwriter
#2 Dunya Mustafa Sep-27-2024, Singer-Songwriter
#3 Patterns in Repeat Laura Marling Oct-25-2024, Chamber Folk
#4 Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances Mar-01-2024, Singer-Songwriter
#5 Revelator Phosphorescent Apr-05-2024, Americana
#6 Folk & Anchor Rising Appalachia May-17-2024,
#7 Love in Constant Spectacle Jane Weaver Apr-05-2024, Psychedelic Pop
#8 TE-KWARO ALANGO-EKUKU Ekuka Morris Sirikiti Aug-09-2024,
#9 Visitor John Moreland Apr-05-2024, Americana
#10 The Liberated Woman's Songbook Dawn Landes Mar-29-2024,
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Bright Future | Adrianne Lenker | Album, Mar-22-2024, Singer-Songwriter |
| #2 | Dunya | Mustafa | Album, Sep-27-2024, Singer-Songwriter |
| #3 | Patterns in Repeat | Laura Marling | Album, Oct-25-2024, Chamber Folk |
| #4 | Keeper of the Shepherd | Hannah Frances | Album, Mar-01-2024, Singer-Songwriter |
| #5 | Revelator | Phosphorescent | Album, Apr-05-2024, Americana |
| #6 | Folk & Anchor | Rising Appalachia | Album, May-17-2024,  |
| #7 | Love in Constant Spectacle | Jane Weaver | Album, Apr-05-2024, Psychedelic Pop |
| #8 | TE-KWARO ALANGO-EKUKU | Ekuka Morris Sirikiti | Album, Aug-09-2024,  |
| #9 | Visitor | John Moreland | Album, Apr-05-2024, Americana |
| #10 | The Liberated Woman's Songbook | Dawn Landes | Album, Mar-29-2024,  |