PopMatters' 20 Best Folk Albums of 2020
Folk music alone is not capable of dismantling the powerful or subverting the oppressive. Nor is it capable of healing the sick or mending the beaten
Source
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Long Violent History | Tyler Childers | Sep-18-2020, Appalachian Folk Music |
| #2 | Spider Tales | Jake Blount | May-29-2020, Bluegrass |
| #3 | songs | Adrianne Lenker | Oct-23-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #4 | Saint Cloud | Waxahatchee | Mar-27-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #5 | Microphones in 2020 | The Microphones | Aug-07-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #6 | Caught It from the Rye | Tré Burt | Jan-31-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #7 | Die Midwestern | Arlo McKinley | Aug-14-2020, Americana |
| #8 | Folk n' Roll Vol. 1: Tales of Isolation | Ondara | May-29-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #9 | The Ridge | Julian Dean Taylor | Jun-19-2020, |
| #10 | World On The Ground | Sarah Jarosz | Jun-05-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #11 | Old Flowers | Courtney Marie Andrews | Jul-24-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #12 | Thread | Sally Anne Morgan | Sep-11-2020, Folk Rock |
| #13 | Bonny Light Horseman | Bonny Light Horseman | Jan-24-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #14 | Head Above The Water | Brigid Mae Power | Jun-05-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #15 | Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 | Gillian Welch | Jul-31-2020, Americana |
| #16 | Heart's Ease | Shirley Collins | Jul-24-2020, English Folk Music |
| #17 | Where the World Is Thin | Kris Drever | Oct-02-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #18 | Song For Our Daughter | Laura Marling | Apr-10-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #19 | Bet on Love | Pharis & Jason Romero | May-15-2020, Appalachian Folk Music |
| #20 | Fly on the Wall | The Sweater Set | May-08-2020, |
| #21 | Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2 | Gillian Welch | Sep-18-2020, Americana |
| #22 | Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 | Gillian Welch | Nov-13-2020, Americana |
| #23 | instrumentals | Adrianne Lenker | Oct-22-2020, Ambient |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Long Violent History | Tyler Childers | Album, Sep-18-2020, Appalachian Folk Music |
| #2 | Spider Tales | Jake Blount | Album, May-29-2020, Bluegrass |
| #3 | songs | Adrianne Lenker | Album, Oct-23-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #4 | Saint Cloud | Waxahatchee | Album, Mar-27-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #5 | Microphones in 2020 | The Microphones | Album, Aug-07-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #6 | Caught It from the Rye | Tré Burt | Album, Jan-31-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #7 | Die Midwestern | Arlo McKinley | Album, Aug-14-2020, Americana |
| #8 | Folk n' Roll Vol. 1: Tales of Isolation | Ondara | Album, May-29-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #9 | The Ridge | Julian Dean Taylor | Album, Jun-19-2020, |
| #10 | World On The Ground | Sarah Jarosz | Album, Jun-05-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #11 | Old Flowers | Courtney Marie Andrews | Album, Jul-24-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #12 | Thread | Sally Anne Morgan | Album, Sep-11-2020, Folk Rock |
| #13 | Bonny Light Horseman | Bonny Light Horseman | Album, Jan-24-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #14 | Head Above The Water | Brigid Mae Power | Album, Jun-05-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #15 | Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 | Gillian Welch | Album, Jul-31-2020, Americana |
| #16 | Heart's Ease | Shirley Collins | Album, Jul-24-2020, English Folk Music |
| #17 | Where the World Is Thin | Kris Drever | Album, Oct-02-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #18 | Song For Our Daughter | Laura Marling | Album, Apr-10-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #19 | Bet on Love | Pharis & Jason Romero | Album, May-15-2020, Appalachian Folk Music |
| #20 | Fly on the Wall | The Sweater Set | Album, May-08-2020, |
| #21 | Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2 | Gillian Welch | Album, Sep-18-2020, Americana |
| #22 | Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 | Gillian Welch | Album, Nov-13-2020, Americana |
| #23 | instrumentals | Adrianne Lenker | Album, Oct-22-2020, Ambient |