TOP FOLK RECORDS OF 2021
| # | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALLISON RUSSELL | Outside Child | Fantasy/Concord |
| 2 | AMYTHYST KIAH | Wary + Strange | Rounder/Concord |
| 3 | STEVE EARLE AND THE DUKES | J.T. | New West |
| 4 | VALERIE JUNE | The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers | Fantasy/Concord |
| 5 | SIERRA FERRELL | Long Time Coming | Rounder/Concord |
| 6 | RHIANNON GIDDENS AND FRANCESCO TURRISI | They're Calling Me Home | Nonesuch |
| 7 | CHARLIE PARR | Last Of The Better Days Ahead | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 8 | ANI DIFRANCO | Revolutionary Love | Righteous Babe |
| 9 | KACY AND CLAYTON AND MARLON WILLIAMS | Plastic Bouquet | New West |
| 10 | TIM O'BRIEN | He Walked On | Howdy Skies |
| 11 | BECKY BULLER | Distance And Time | Dark Shadow |
| 12 | RAYE ZARAGOZA | Woman In Color | Self-Released |
| 13 | JOHN MCCUTCHEON | Bucket List | Appalseed |
| 14 | LANGHORNE SLIM | Strawberry Mansion | Dualtone/eOne |
| 15 | BILLY STRINGS | Renewal | Rounder |
| 16 | REGGIE HARRIS | On Solid Ground | Self-Released |
| 17 | JACKSON BROWNE | Downhill From Everywhere | Inside |
| 18 | PEGGY SEEGER | First Farewell | Red Grape |
| 19 | BROKEN HEARTS AND DIRTY WINDOWS: SONGS OF JOHN PRINE, VOL. 2 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Oh Boy/Thirty Tigers |
| 20 | ROBERT PLANT AND ALISON KRAUSS | "Can't Let Go" [Single] | Rounder/Concord |
| 21 | AMY SPEACE AND THE ORPHAN BRIGADE | There Used To Be Horses Here | Windbone |
| 22 | TIM GRIMM | Gone | Vault |
| 23 | BELA FLECK | My Bluegrass Heart | BMG |
| 24 | STURGILL SIMPSON | Cuttin' Grass Vol. 2 | Thirty Tigers |
| 25 | SON VOLT | Electro Melodier | Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers |
| 26 | LOS LOBOS | Native Sons | New West |
| 27 | TODD SNIDER | First Agnostic Church Of Hope And Wonder | Aimless/Thirty Tigers |
| 28 | JIMBO MATHUS AND ANDREW BIRD | These 13 | Thirty Tigers |
| 29 | ACCIDENTALS, THE | Time Out (Session #1) | Self-Released |
| 30 | BURNT PINES, THE | The Burnt Pines | Adraela |
| 31 | ROBIN AND LINDA WILLIAMS | A Better Day A-Coming | Oakenwold |
| 32 | JAMES MCMURTRY | The Horses And The Hounds | New West |
| 33 | STURGILL SIMPSON | The Ballad Of Dood & Juanita | High Top Mountain/Thirty Tigers |
| 34 | JOSE GONZALEZ | Local Valley | Mute |
| 35 | FLATLANDERS, THE | Treasure Of Love | Rack 'Em/Thirty Tigers |
| 36 | LUKAS NELSON AND PROMISE OF THE REAL | A Few Stars Apart | Fantasy/Concord |
| 37 | ESTHER ROSE | How Many Times | Father/Daughter |
| 38 | DIANA JONES | Song To A Refugee | Goldmine |
| 39 | DAR WILLIAMS | I'll Meet You Here | Renew |
| 40 | LUCERO | When You Found Me | Liberty & Lament/Thirty Tigers |
| 41 | WATCHHOUSE | Watchhouse | Thirty Tigers |
| 42 | LORETTA LYNN | Still Woman Enough | Legacy |
| 43 | CARRIE NEWCOMER | Until Now | Available Light |
| 44 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | Georgia Blue | Southeastern/Thirty Tigers |
| 45 | BRANDI CARLILE | In These Silent Days | Elektra |
| 46 | STAVES, THE | Good Woman | Nonesuch |
| 47 | IRON AND WINE | Archive Series Volume No. 5: Tallahassee Recordings | Sub Pop |
| 48 | HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER | Quietly Blowing It | Merge |
| 49 | SHANNON MCNALLY | The Waylon Sessions | Compass |
| 50 | ROBERT PLANT AND ALISON KRAUSS | Raise The Roof | Rounder/Concord |
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