PopMatters' 15 Best Folk Albums of 2021
These 15 folk albums are the year's best because they represent folk music's expanding roots while best serving a unifying, underlying hope.
Source
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | American Silence | Chris Pierce | Feb-26-2021, |
| #2 | Simple Syrup | Sunny War | Mar-26-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #3 | You, Yeah, You | Tré Burt | Aug-27-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #4 | Blue Heron Suite | Sarah Jarosz | May-07-2021, Contemporary Folk |
| #5 | They're Calling Me Home | Rhiannon Giddens | Apr-09-2021, Contemporary Folk |
| #6 | in defense of my own happiness | Joy Oladokun | Jun-04-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #7 | Wary + Strange | Amythyst Kiah | Jun-18-2021, Country Soul |
| #8 | Long Lost | Lord Huron | May-21-2021, Indie Folk |
| #9 | Tokyo Utopia | UQiYO | Oct-08-2021, |
| #10 | Glade | Courtney Hartman | Nov-05-2021, |
| #11 | Calla Lily | The Brother Brothers | Apr-16-2021, Americana |
| #12 | Prospect | AHI | Nov-05-2021, |
| #13 | Watchhouse | Watchhouse | Aug-13-2021, Americana |
| #14 | From Dreams to Dust | The Felice Brothers | Sep-17-2021, Americana |
| #15 | The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers | Valerie June | Mar-12-2021, Country Soul |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | American Silence | Chris Pierce | Album, Feb-26-2021, |
| #2 | Simple Syrup | Sunny War | Album, Mar-26-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #3 | You, Yeah, You | Tré Burt | Album, Aug-27-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #4 | Blue Heron Suite | Sarah Jarosz | Album, May-07-2021, Contemporary Folk |
| #5 | They're Calling Me Home | Rhiannon Giddens | Album, Apr-09-2021, Contemporary Folk |
| #6 | in defense of my own happiness | Joy Oladokun | Album, Jun-04-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #7 | Wary + Strange | Amythyst Kiah | Album, Jun-18-2021, Country Soul |
| #8 | Long Lost | Lord Huron | Album, May-21-2021, Indie Folk |
| #9 | Tokyo Utopia | UQiYO | Album, Oct-08-2021, |
| #10 | Glade | Courtney Hartman | Album, Nov-05-2021, |
| #11 | Calla Lily | The Brother Brothers | Album, Apr-16-2021, Americana |
| #12 | Prospect | AHI | Album, Nov-05-2021, |
| #13 | Watchhouse | Watchhouse | Album, Aug-13-2021, Americana |
| #14 | From Dreams to Dust | The Felice Brothers | Album, Sep-17-2021, Americana |
| #15 | The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers | Valerie June | Album, Mar-12-2021, Country Soul |