Sparks of Ancient Light
Al Stewart
September 15, 2008Best Folk Albums
Explore Folk albums, classic releases, hidden gems and influential records. This page helps music lovers discover albums connected by genre, sound and musical history.
Tempest
Bob Dylan
September 10, 2012
Dream Letter: Live in London 1968
Tim Buckley
May 25, 1990
Absolute Zero (Bruce Hornsby album)
Bruce Hornsby
April 12, 2019
Thanks for the Dance
Leonard Cohen
November 22, 2019
Separations
Pulp
June 19, 1992
Stardust (Willie Nelson album)
Willie Nelson
April 12, 1978
Worried Men in Second-Hand Suits
Frank Tovey
October 19, 1992
Wide Open Light
Ben Harper
June 2, 2023
Man and Myth
Roy Harper
September 23, 2013
Out of All This Blue
The Waterboys
September 8, 2017
Visions (Norah Jones album)
Norah Jones
March 8, 2024
Way to Blue
Nick Drake
May 31, 1994
The Laughing Apple
Cat Stevens
September 15, 2017
Before This World
James Taylor
June 15, 2015
Persevere
The Proclaimers
May 22, 2001
Detours
Sheryl Crow
February 5, 2008
Nine Objects of Desire
Suzanne Vega
September 10, 1996
If on a Winter's Night...
Sting
October 26, 2009
Plains Music
Manfred Mann's Earth
August 17, 1991
Cantora, un Viaje Íntimo
Mercedes Sosa
March 30, 2009
Clouds
Joni Mitchell
May 1, 1969
Closing Time
Tom Waits
March 6, 1973
The River
Bruce Springsteen
October 17, 1980
Saving Grace
Robert Plant
September 26, 2025
Nina Simone Sings Ellington
Nina Simone
December 15, 1962
Self Civil War
Julian Cope
January 10, 2020
Lovers in the City
Tanita Tikaram
February 13, 1995
Let It Rain
Tracy Chapman
October 15, 2002
Perdida
Stone Temple Pilots
February 7, 2020
Colour the Small One
Sia
January 19, 2004
Unearthed
Johnny Cash
November 25, 2003
Graceland (album)
Paul Simon
August 25, 1986
The Beatles (album)
The Beatles
November 22, 1968
Relaxer (album)
Alt-J
June 2, 2017
Rory Gallagher
Rory Gallagher
May 21, 1971
The Burning World
Swans
December 19, 1989
ABCDEFG
Chumbawamba
March 1, 2010
Merrie Land
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
November 16, 2018
The Concert for Bangladesh
George Harrison & Friends
December 20, 1971
Fakebook
Yo La Tengo
July 14, 1990
MTV Unplugged No. 2.0
Lauryn Hill
May 7, 2002
Chimes at Midnight
Madrugada
January 28, 2022
Abyss (album)
Chelsea Wolfe
August 7, 2015
Something Else by the Kinks
The Kinks
September 15, 1967
Folklore
16 Horsepower
June 17, 2002
Out of Season
Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man
October 28, 2002
Sean-Nós Nua
Sinéad O'Connor
October 8, 2002
Roman Candle
Elliott Smith
July 14, 1994
Jim & Ingrid Croce
Jim Croce and Ingrid Croce
September 19, 1969
Photographs & Memories
Jim Croce
September 26, 1974
Here If You Listen
David Crosby
October 26, 2018
From Genesis to Revelation
Genesis
March 28, 1969
I Still Do
Eric Clapton
May 20, 2016
King of America
Elvis Costello
February 21, 1986
Post Card
Mary Hopkin
February 21, 1969
Just as I Am (Bill Withers album)
Bill Withers
May 1, 1971
Boz
Boz Scaggs
February 4, 1966
What We Did on Our Holidays
Fairport Convention
December 23, 1968
Us and Us Only
The Charlatans
October 18, 1999
Nested
Laura Nyro
June 18, 1978
Dance Fever
Florence And The Machine
May 13, 2022
Greatest Hits
Fleetwood Mac
November 21, 1988
The Zealot Gene
Jethro Tull
January 28, 2022
Cal (soundtrack)
Mark Knopfler
August 24, 1984
Live at the Troubadour
Carole King and James Taylor
May 4, 2010
A Moon Shaped Pool
Radiohead
May 8, 2016
Djesse Vol. 2
Jacob Collier
July 19, 2019
Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
Simon & Garfunkel
October 19, 1964
Flat Baroque and Berserk
Roy Harper
June 15, 1970
Burn the World
Roy Harper
December 14, 1990
Good Luck, Seeker
The Waterboys
August 21, 2020
Fruit Tree (box set)
Nick Drake
March 9, 1979
Rehab Reunion
Bruce Hornsby
June 17, 2016
Bed-Sitter Images
Al Stewart
October 6, 1967
The Times They Are a-Changin'
Bob Dylan
February 10, 1964
Zero She Flies
Al Stewart
April 11, 1970
Family Tree (Nick Drake album)
Nick Drake
July 9, 2007
Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles
Suzanne Vega
February 18, 2014
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
March 5, 1971
Telling Stories
Tracy Chapman
February 14, 2000
Nina Simone Sings the Blues
Nina Simone
June 23, 1967
Walking Man
James Taylor
June 2, 1974
Down in the Cellar
Al Stewart
October 17, 2000
High Priestess of Soul
Nina Simone
December 16, 1967
Tim Buckley
Tim Buckley
October 14, 1966
Everybody's Angel
Tanita Tikaram
February 4, 1991
Wild Things Run Fast
Joni Mitchell
October 22, 1982
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
April 24, 1965
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
July 3, 1969
Where You Live
Tracy Chapman
September 13, 2005
Forbidden Fruit
Nina Simone
December 17, 1961
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
February 25, 1972
The Ultimate Collection (Paul Simon album)
Paul Simon
April 12, 2015
Not Too Late
Norah Jones
January 30, 2007
Feels like Home
Norah Jones
February 10, 2004
Wild Is the Wind
Nina Simone
September 16, 1966
Sentimental (Tanita Tikaram album)
Tanita Tikaram
April 12, 2005
Between the Wars (Al Stewart album)
Al Stewart
May 8, 1995
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
May 27, 1963
Pastel Blues
Nina Simone
October 1, 1965
20 Mothers
Julian Cope
August 28, 1995
Jehovahkill
Julian Cope
October 19, 1992
Ladies of the Canyon
Joni Mitchell
April 14, 1970
The Boy Bands Have Won
Chumbawamba
March 3, 2008
The Last Ship
Sting
September 20, 2013
Made to Love Magic
Nick Drake
May 24, 2004
Bob Dylan (album)
Bob Dylan
March 19, 1962
The Heart of Saturday Night
Tom Waits
October 15, 1974
Sophisticated Beggar
Roy Harper
December 24, 1966
Welcome to the Cruel World
Ben Harper
February 8, 1994
Wheels Within Wheels
Rory Gallagher
March 10, 2003
La voz de la zafra
Mercedes Sosa
December 21, 1962
The Sweet Keeper
Tanita Tikaram
January 29, 1990
Our Bright Future
Tracy Chapman
November 11, 2008
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
September 30, 1982
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
May 6, 1968
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinéad O'Connor
March 12, 1990
Calling Card
Rory Gallagher
October 17, 1976
Swingin' with Raymond
Chumbawamba
October 23, 1995
A Singsong and a Scrap
Chumbawamba
October 11, 2005
The Essential Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
October 31, 2000
Sefronia
Tim Buckley
September 15, 1973
Nina Simone at Newport
Nina Simone
August 10, 1960
The Paul Simon Songbook
Paul Simon
August 2, 1965
Songs from the Road
Leonard Cohen
September 14, 2010
Readymades (album)
Chumbawamba
June 18, 2002
Matters of the Heart (Tracy Chapman album)
Tracy Chapman
April 28, 1992
Birth of Violence
Chelsea Wolfe
September 13, 2019
Another Side of Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
August 8, 1964
Foreverly
Norah Jones
November 25, 2013
Love Chronicles
Al Stewart
September 11, 1969
The Cappuccino Songs
Tanita Tikaram
September 7, 1998
Nina Simone at Town Hall
Nina Simone
December 5, 1959
A Beach Full of Shells
Al Stewart
June 21, 2005
Lighthouse
David Crosby
October 21, 2016
Eleven Kinds of Loneliness
Tanita Tikaram
March 16, 1992
Time of No Reply
Nick Drake
March 20, 1987
Ancient Heart
Tanita Tikaram
September 12, 1988
Can't Go Back
Tanita Tikaram
September 3, 2012
Johnny Cash and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Johnny Cash
November 13, 2020
Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3
Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man
March 29, 2019
Closer to the People
Tanita Tikaram
March 11, 2016
Folkjokeopus
Roy Harper
June 5, 1969
Song to a Seagull
Joni Mitchell
March 23, 1968
Blue
Joni Mitchell
June 22, 1971
Al Despertar
Mercedes Sosa
December 14, 1998
Un
Chumbawamba
June 8, 2004
English Rebel Songs
Chumbawamba
July 8, 2003