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Handful of EarthHandful of Earth by Dick Gaughan
Buy new: £9.44
Quite possibly the best folk album ever recorded! A national treasure.
The Time Has Come: Remastered & ExpandedThe Time Has Come: Remastered & Expanded by Anne Briggs
Buy new: £7.99
One of the most beautiful folk voices ever.
Fly on StrangewingsFly on Strangewings by Jade
Buy used from: £13.95
Lost folk treasure thankfully re-issued.
Ballads of Living and DyingBallads of Living and Dying by Marissa Nadler
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £6.18
One of the brightest folk talents around. Haunting.
If I Could Only Make It Through JanuaryIf I Could Only Make It Through January by Rhubarb
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A dark, raw, haunting, bleak masterpiece - his finest record to date
Becoming PumajawBecoming Pumajaw by Pumajaw
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One of the most inventive folk acts around - stunning live.
OutlanderOutlander by Meic Stevens
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Welsh psych-folk classic, impossibly rare.
Penguin EggsPenguin Eggs by Nic Jones
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Should be in every folk collection - indispensable.
This is Tunng - Mother's Daughter and Other SongsThis is Tunng - Mother's Daughter and Other Songs by Tunng
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Modern folktronica pioneers.
First Thing in the MorningFirst Thing in the Morning by Paul O'Reilly
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Criminally forgotten debut - Ties is simply staggering!
SonSon by Juana Molina
Buy new: £5.91 / Used from: £4.55
Endlessly inventive Argentinian folk.
The Way the Wind BlowsThe Way the Wind Blows by A Hawk & A Hacksaw
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Stunning twisted Moldovan folk!
AdjagasAdjagas by Adjagas
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Beguiling Norwegian folk from the Sami people - highly recommended!
13 Songs13 Songs by Julie Feeney
Buy new: £8.84 / Used from: £3.70
Extraordinary new talent - well worth hearing.
Well of MemoryWell of Memory by PG Six
Buy new: £7.09 / Used from: £9.07
First class inventive folk - in a class of his own.
In My Own TimeIn My Own Time by Karen Dalton
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One of the all-time great voices. Utterly unique.
Pack Up Your Sorrows: Best of the Vanguard YearsPack Up Your Sorrows: Best of the Vanguard Years by Mimi & Richard Farina
Buy new: £6.37 / Used from: £19.45
One of the first 'folk couples' - fascinating stuff. A few gems too.
Let No Man Steal Your ThymeLet No Man Steal Your Thyme by Shelagh Mcdonald
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One of folk's greatest mysteries - you must own this!
Duncan BrowneDuncan Browne by Duncan Browne
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Strange English folk oddity - Last Time Around the standout.
Just Another Diamond DayJust Another Diamond Day by Vashti Bunyan
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £7.59
A staple of any serious folk collection. One of themost fragile, beautiful albums you will ever hear.