PopMatters' 20 Best Folk Albums of 2018
As Cecil Sharp once inferred, folk music tends to swell in times of social and political turbulence.
Source
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | See You Around | I'm With Her | Feb-16-2018, Indie Folk |
| #2 | All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do | The Milk Carton Kids | Jun-29-2018, Indie Folk |
| #3 | Seed & Silo | Rebekah Rolland | Jul-20-2018, Alt-Country |
| #4 | Boygenius | boygenius | Oct-26-2018, Indie Rock |
| #5 | abysskiss | Adrianne Lenker | Oct-05-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #6 | The Art of Forgetting | Kyle Carey | Jan-26-2018, |
| #7 | (after) | Mount Eerie | Sep-21-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #8 | I Need to Start a Garden | Haley Heynderickx | Mar-02-2018, Indie Folk |
| #9 | Shape of Silence | Saint Sister | Oct-05-2018, Folktronica |
| #10 | Desert Sounds | Jacob Acosta | May-26-2018, Alt-Country |
| #11 | The Lost Cause | Dhruv Visvanath | Apr-19-2018, |
| #12 | Dead Reckoning | The Jellyman's Daughter | May-14-2018, |
| #13 | This Too Shall Light | Amy Helm | Sep-21-2018, Blue-Eyed Soul |
| #14 | Shadow of a Stone | Geoff Gibbons | Nov-06-2018, |
| #15 | Next Time | Greg Laswell | Sep-21-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #17 | Ruins | First Aid Kit | Jan-19-2018, Americana |
| #18 | So Below | Banjolectric | Nov-16-2018, |
| #19 | Some People I Know | The Brother Brothers | Oct-19-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #20 | Magic Ship | Mountain Man | Sep-21-2018, Contemporary Folk |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | See You Around | I'm With Her | Album, Feb-16-2018, Indie Folk |
| #2 | All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do | The Milk Carton Kids | Album, Jun-29-2018, Indie Folk |
| #3 | Seed & Silo | Rebekah Rolland | Album, Jul-20-2018, Alt-Country |
| #4 | Boygenius | boygenius | EP, Oct-26-2018, Indie Rock |
| #5 | abysskiss | Adrianne Lenker | Album, Oct-05-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #6 | The Art of Forgetting | Kyle Carey | Album, Jan-26-2018, |
| #7 | (after) | Mount Eerie | Album, Sep-21-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #8 | I Need to Start a Garden | Haley Heynderickx | Album, Mar-02-2018, Indie Folk |
| #9 | Shape of Silence | Saint Sister | Album, Oct-05-2018, Folktronica |
| #10 | Desert Sounds | Jacob Acosta | Album, May-26-2018, Alt-Country |
| #11 | The Lost Cause | Dhruv Visvanath | Album, Apr-19-2018, |
| #12 | Dead Reckoning | The Jellyman's Daughter | Album, May-14-2018, |
| #13 | This Too Shall Light | Amy Helm | Album, Sep-21-2018, Blue-Eyed Soul |
| #14 | Shadow of a Stone | Geoff Gibbons | EP, Nov-06-2018, |
| #15 | Next Time | Greg Laswell | Album, Sep-21-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #17 | Ruins | First Aid Kit | Album, Jan-19-2018, Americana |
| #18 | So Below | Banjolectric | Album, Nov-16-2018, |
| #19 | Some People I Know | The Brother Brothers | Album, Oct-19-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #20 | Magic Ship | Mountain Man | Album, Sep-21-2018, Contemporary Folk |