Hot Press Top 30 Folk Albums Of The Year 2021

FOLK ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

1 Christy Moore Flying Into Mystery (Sony Music)

2 Mick Flannery & Susan O'Neill In The Game (Rosa/Believe)

3 Rhiannon Giddens (with Francesco Turrisi) They're Calling Me Home (Nonesuch)

4 David Keenan What Then? (Rubyworks)

5 John Francis Flynn I Would Not Live Always (River Lea)

6 Declan O'Rourke Arrivals (Warner)

7 Dani Larkin Notes For A Maiden Warrior (Larkin Records)

8 Eleanor McEvoy Gimme Some Wine (Self-released)

9 Alison Krauss/Robert Plant Raise The Roof (Warner)

10 The Waterboys All Souls Hill (Cooking Vinyl)

11 Saint Sister Where Should I End (Self-released)

12 John Smith The Fray (Commoner Records)

13 Neil Young Young Shakespeare (The Other Shoe/Reprise)

14 Rónán Ó Snodaigh Tá Go Maith (Self-released)

15 John Grant The Boy From Michigan (Self-released)

16 Lord Huron Long Lost (Republic Records)

17 Adrian Crowley The Watchful Eye Of The Stars (Chemikal Underground)

18 Valerie June The Moon & Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers (Fantasy Records)

19 Martha Wainwright Love Will Be Reborn (Cooking Vinyl)

20 Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and Ultan O'Brien Solas An Lae (Self-released)

21 Julien Baker Little Oblivions (Matador)

22 The Felice Brothers From Dreams To Dust (Yep Roc)

23 Christian Wethered Mon Petit Jardin (Self-released)

24 Chrissie Hynde Standing In The Doorway (BMG)

25 David Crosby For Free (Three Blind Mice)

26 The Staves Good Woman (Atlantic Records)

27 Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine A Beginner's Mind (Asthmatic Kitty)

28 Clairo Sling (Clairo Records)

29 Seamus McGuire/Steve Cooney An Irish Viola (Self-released)

30 Shannon Lay Geist (Sub Pop)

IRISH RE-ISSUE OF THE YEAR

Skara Brae – Skara Brae (Gael Linn)

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

John Blek On Ether & Air
Aidan Connolly The Portland Bow
Grouper Shade
Steve Gunn Other You
Cory Hanson Pale Horse Ruder
Lingua Ignota Sinner Get Ready
Katy Kirby Cool Dry Place
James McMurty The Horses and the Hounds
Manchester Orchestra The Million Masks of God
Karen Matheson Still Time
Crys Matthews Changemakers
Lady Nade Willing
Marissa Nadler The Path of Clouds
Eamon O'Leary The Silver Sun
Ben Reel Live@JJ Smyths Dublin
Anna B Savage A Common Turn
Ballaké Sissoko Djourou
Strands Of Oaks In Heaven
TRÚ No Fixed Abode
Karima Walker Waking The Dream Body
James Yorkston And The Second Hand Orchestra The Wide Wide River