 | Pink Moon by Nick Drake
Buy new: £6.78 / Used from: £3.72 A perfect album filled with gentle heart-plucking beauty - the guitar work is incredible and the melancholy yet hopeful songs are magical and enchanting. Fave tracks: Place To Be, From The Morning
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 | Rabbit Songs by Hem
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £4.99 Hauntingly beautiful mix of tenderly-crafted pastoral songs. Featuring piano, guitar, mandolin, fiddle and beautiful singing. Fave tracks: Half Acre, Horsey
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 | Just Another Diamond Day by Vashti Bunyan
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £7.87 Lovely, strange and magical gentle folk, softly sung by the purest voice you'll ever hear. Fave tracks: Hebridean Sun, Love Song
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 | Bryter Layter by Nick Drake
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.48 My favourite artist ever, this seems his most instantly accessible album. With songs like the achingly beautiful love song 'Northern Sky' Nick has crafted a masterpiece. Fave tracks: Northern Sky, Fly
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 | Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake
Buy new: £6.78 / Used from: £4.74 Intricate guitar work and sensitive vocals, featuring subtle melodies enhanced by delicate string arrangements. Fave tracks: River Man, Cello Song
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 | Blue Horse by Be Good Tanyas
Buy new: £9.28 / Used from: £5.90 The vocal harmonies stand out here - 3 beautiful voices intertwine around sweet, light melodies. Fave tracks: The Littlest Birds, Only In The Past
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 | Little Black Numbers by Kathryn Williams
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £2.84 My favourite album from Kathryn. Lush understated instrumentation: classical guitar, cello, double bass and beautiful wispy vocals. Fave tracks: Flicker, Each Star We See
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 | The Paul Simon Songbook by Paul Simon
Buy new: £6.47 Paul Simon (songwriting genius) before Garfunkel. Many songs benefit from the stripped-down guitar and beautiful melodies, with no over-arrangement. Fave tracks: Leaves That Are Green, Kathy's Song
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 | Nickel Creek by Nickel Creek
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £8.61 Incredible virtuoso mandolin playing. Some tracks pure bluegrass, some more folky in vein, beautiful harmonies and skilled instrumentalists. Fave Tracks: Lighthouse's Tale, When You Come Back Down
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 | Ohio
Buy used from: £11.60 Fantastic emotional songwriting, haunting melodies, centred around piano and acoustic guitar. A real grower. Fave Tracks: What I'll Remember Most, Anything At All
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