PopMatters' 20 Best Folk Albums of 2018

As Cecil Sharp once inferred, folk music tends to swell in times of social and political turbulence.

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# 1
Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Indie Folk
# 2
Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Indie Folk Contemporary Folk
# 3
Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Alt-Country Chamber Folk
# 4
EP • Oct 26 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 5
Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 6
Album • Jan 26 / 2018
# 7
Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 8
Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 9
Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Folktronica Dream Pop
# 10
Album • May 26 / 2018 Alt-Country
# 11
Album • Apr 19 / 2018
# 12
Album • May 14 / 2018
# 13
Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Blue-Eyed Soul
# 14
EP • Nov 06 / 2018
# 15
Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter
# 17
Album • Jan 19 / 2018 Americana Indie Folk
# 18
Album • Nov 16 / 2018
# 19
Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 20
Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Contemporary Folk A cappella