Doof Ranks 'Contemporary'* Folk Artists
* by this I mean since I've been listening to music a lot so basically the cut off to what I'm considering is material released since the start of 1990. Old fucks can qualify if they released a lot of folk material since 1990 (see Leonard Cohen, Richard Thompson, etc etc). I'll probably sling up one of each artists most folk'y and high quality efforts... |
| 100 |  | Greg Mendez
Greg Mendez
Greg Mendez |
| 99 |  | Caroline Martin
I Had a Hundred More Reasons to Stay by the Fire
Caroline Martin |
| 98 |  | Plantman
To the Lighthouse
Adam Radmall (Plantman) |
| 97 |  | Bill Fay
Countless Branches
Bill Fay |
| 96 |  | Songs of Green Pheasant
Sings the Passing
Duncan Sumpner (Songs of Green Pheasant) |
| 95 |  | Beth Gibbons
Lives Outgrown
Beth Gibbons (Portishead) |
| 94 |  | Waxahatchee
American Weekend
Kathryn Crutchfield (Waxahatchee) |
| 93 |  | Lord Huron
Time to Run
Ben Schneider (Lord Huron) |
| 92 |  | A.A. Bondy
American Hearts
A.A. Bondy |
| 91 |  | Luke Temple
A Hand Through the Cellar Door
Luke Temple (Here We Go Magic, Art Feynman) |
| 90 |  | S. Carey
Hundred Acres
S. Carey |
| 89 |  | Cathal Coughlan
The Sky's Awful Blue
Cathal Coughlan (Microdisney, The Fatima Mansions) |
| 88 |  | Hayden
In Field and Town
Paul Hayden Desser (Hayden) |
| 87 |  | Jennifer Castle
Angels of Death
Jennifer Castle |
| 86 |  | Michael Chapman
True North
Michael Chapman |
| 85 |  | Jessica Pratt
On Your Own Love Again
Jessica Pratt |
| 84 |  | Gemma Hayes
Blind Faith
Gemma Hayes |
| 83 |  | Brigid Mae Power
Brigid Mae Power
Brigid Mae Power |
| 82 |  | Joanne Robertson
Blue Car
Joanne Robertson |
| 81 |  | M. Ward
Hold Time
M. Ward (She & Him, Mobsters of Folk) |
| 80 |  | Iris DeMent
Workin' on a World
Iris DeMent |
| 79 |  | Colter Wall
Colter Wall
Colter Wall |
| 78 |  | The Tallest Man on Earth
The Wild Hunt
Kristian Matsson (The Tallest Man on Earth) |
| 77 |  | Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
Gurrumul
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (Gurrumul) |
| 76 |  | Aldous Harding
Designer
Aldous Harding |
| 75 |  | Aimee Mann
Mental Illness
Aimee Mann |
| 74 |  | Gregory Alan Isakov
Evening Machines
Gregory Alan Isakov |
| 73 |  | James McMurtry
The Horses and the Hounds
James McMurtry |
| 72 |  | The Unthanks
Mount the Air
Rachel Unthank (The Unthanks) |
| 71 |  | Robert Forster
The Evangelist
Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens) |
| 70 |  | J Mascis
Several Shades of Why
J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr) |
| 69 |  | Jason Lytle
Yours Truly, the Commuter
Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) |
| 68 |  | Kevin Morby
Singing Saw
Kevin Morby (Woods) |
| 67 |  | Bonny Light Horseman
Bonny Light Horseman
Anais Mitchell (Bonny Light Horseman) |
| 66 |  | Nina Nastasia
Riderless Horse
Nina Nastasia |
| 65 |  | Florist
Emily Alone
Emily Sprague (Florist) |
| 64 |  | Alex G
RACE
Alex G |
| 63 |  | Blake Mills
Heigh Ho
Blake Mills |
| 62 |  | The Shins
Oh, Inverted World
James Mercer (The Shins, Broken Bells) |
| 61 |  | Neil Halstead
Palindrome Hunches
Neil Halstead (Slowdive, Mojave 3) |
| 60 |  | John Francis Flynn
Look Over the Wall, See the Sky
John Francis Flynn |
| 59 |  | Ryley Walker
Primrose Green
Ryley Walker |
| 58 |  | David John Morris
Monastic Love Songs
David John Morris (Red River Dialect) |
| 57 |  | Beck
Mutations
Beck David Hansen (Beck) |
| 56 |  | Devendra Banhart
Cripple Crow
Devendra Banhart |
| 55 |  | Bright Eyes
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes, Better Oblivion Community Center, Mosters of Folk) |
| 54 |  | Andrew Bird
Break It Yourself
Andrew Bird |
| 53 |  | Glen Hansard
Didn't He Ramble
Glen Hansard (The Frames) |
| 52 |  | Joshua Burnside
Into the Depths of Hell
Joshua Burnside |
| 51 |  | James Yorkston, Nina Persson and The Second Hand Orchestra
The Great White Sea Eagle
James Yorkston |
| 50 |  | Sam Lee
Songdreaming
Sam Lee |
| 49 |  | Will Johnson
Swan City Vampires
Will Johnson (Mosters of Folk) |
| 48 |  | Phosphorescent
Pride
Matthew Houck (Phosphorescent) |
| 47 |  | Sam Amidon
I See The Sign
Sam Amidon |
| 46 |  | Jim Ghedi
Wasteland
Jim Ghedi |
| 45 |  | Kurt Vile
Smoke Ring For My Halo
Kurt Vile (War on Drugs) |
| 44 |  | Grizzly Bear
Yellow House
Edward Droste (Grizzly Bear) |
| 43 |  | Daniel Rossen
You Belong There
Daniel Rossen (Grizzly Bear, Department of Eagles) |
| 42 |  | Richard Buckner
Bloomed
Richard Buckner |
| 41 |  | Clem Snide
Oh Smokey
Eef Barzelay (Clem Snide) |
| 40 |  | John Moreland
In The Throes
John Moreland |
| 39 |  | Josh Rouse
Dressed Up Like Nebraska
Josh Rouse |
| 38 |  | Jim O'Rourke
Insignificance
Jim O'Rourke (Loose Fur, probably many more features) |
| 37 |  | Shearwater
Palo Santo
Jonathan Meiburg (Shearwater, Okkervil River) |
| 36 |  | Little Kid
River of Blood
Kenny Boothby (Little Kid) |
| 35 |  | Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes) |
| 34 |  | 40 Watt Sun
Perfect Light
Patrick Walker (40 Watt Sun, Warning) |
| 33 |  | Grouper
Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
Liz Harris (Grouper) |
| 32 |  | Matt Elliott
The Calm Before
Matt Elliott |
| 31 |  | Califone
Roots and Crowns
Tim Rutili (Califone, Red Red Meat) |
| 30 |  | Damien Jurado
Caught In the Trees
Damien Jurado |
| 29 |  | Neko Case
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
Neko Case (case/lang/veirs, The New Pornographers, The Corn Sisters) |
| 28 |  | Iron and Wine
The Creek Drank the Cradle
Sam Beam (Iron & Wine) |
| 27 |  | Jens Lekman
Night Falls Over Kortedala
Jens Lekman |
| 26 |  | Loreena McKennitt
The Mask and Mirror
Loreena McKennitt |
| 25 |  | Leonard Cohen
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen |
| 24 |  | Cat Power
Moon Pix
Charlyn Marie "Chan" Marshall (Cat Power) |
| 23 |  | Mark Lanegan
Whiskey For the Holy Ghost
Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees) |
| 22 |  | Mount Eerie
A Crow Looked at Me
Phil Elverum (The Microphones, Mount Eerie) |
| 21 |  | Grant-Lee Phillips
Mobilize
Grant-Lee Phillips (Grant Lee Buffalo) |
| 20 |  | Vic Chesnutt
West of Rome
Vic Chesnutt |
| 19 |  | King Creosote
From Scotland With Love
Kenny Anderson (King Creosote) |
| 18 |  | Cass McCombs
Dropping the Writ
Cass McCombs |
| 17 |  | Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago
Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) |
| 16 |  | Jackie Leven
Night Lilies
Jackie Leven |
| 15 |  | Gillian Welch
Hell Among the Yearlings
Gillian Welch |
| 14 |  | Jason Isbell
Foxes in the Snow
Jason Isbell (Drive-By Truckers) |
| 13 |  | Gavin Clark
Beautiful Skeletons
Gavin Clark (Sunhouse, Clayhill) |
| 12 |  | Eels
Daisies Of The Galaxy
Mark 'E' Everett (Eels) |
| 11 |  | Joanna Newsom
Ys
Joanna Newsom |
| 10 |  | Sparklehorse
Good Morning Spider
Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse) |
| 9 |  | Mark Eitzel
Don't Be a Stranger
Mark Eitzel (American Music Club) |
| 8 |  | Sufjan Stevens
Seven Swans
Sufjan Stevens |
| 7 |  | Adrianne Lenker
Songs
Adrianne Lenker (Big Thief) |
| 6 |  | Jason Molina
Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go
Jason Molina (Songs: Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co) |
| 5 |  | Richard Thompson
The Old Kit Bag
Richard Thompson |
| 4 |  | Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith (Heatmiser) |
| 3 |  | Bill Callahan
Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
Bill Callahan (Smog) |
| 2 |  | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Master And Everyone
Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy, Palace Music) |
| 1 |  | Sun Kil Moon
Admiral Fell Promises
Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon) |
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