We've entered into the second half of the 2020s, and these three folk albums brought the genre to new heights in the first half.

Jennifer Reid sang workers’ songs, Malmin plumbed gnarly Norwegian hinterlands and Quinie rode across Argyll on a horse ...

Forefowk, Mind Me, the third album by Scottish artist, Quinie, was recently named the best folk album of 2025 by The Guardian ...

In retrospect, the 2010s were an underrated time for music. Pop was at its peak, garage rock was in full swing, and indie folk revival had put a modern spin on a classic genre. Let’s look at just a ...

The best folk albums tend to suit this time of year—the muddy oranges, browns and greens; the slowing-down after frenzied summers; the darkness. Blending an embrace of the melancholy with an interest ...

Folk originates from the German word "volk," which means "the people." And that's what folk is at its core: from the people, documented and shared with individual experience in mind. The late 19th ...

Isabella DeHerdt and Isaac Eliot, the folk-punk duo behind the band High Tea, are always singing. “It’s probably a little obnoxious to anyone who’s not us,” DeHerdt joked in a recent interview with ...

Kit MacFarlane does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Bob Dylan this, Bob Dylan that. There's been a lot of talk about Bob Dylan lately. In the below list, we're running down 10 Folk Acts That Deserve More Respect. Without these people – and frankly this ...

With its poetic lyrics and haunting melodies, contemporary folk music is, at its best, deeply evocative. The elusive genre is hard to pin down, often blending traditional acoustics with elements of ...