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british folk

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Description

British folk encompasses traditional and contemporary music rooted in the storytelling and acoustic traditions of the British Isles, characterized by fingerpicked guitar, modal melodies, and poetic lyricism. The sound blends ancient ballads and rural working-class heritage with 1960s-70s folk revival innovation, often featuring introspective vocals and Celtic influences. It evokes pastoral landscapes and social history through intimate, unadorned arrangements.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
13		1965	Louis Killen	Ballads And Broadsides	british british folk english folk folk	english folk # 52
90		1966-09	Bert Jansch	Jack Orion	folk
15		1967	The Incredible String Band	The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion	folk psychedelic folk	psychedelic folk # 43 acid folk # 65
88		1967	Donovan	Gift from a Flower to a Garden	folk rock folk
74		1967-12	Donovan	A Gift From A Flower To A Garden	folk rock folk
3		1968-03	The Incredible String Band	The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter	folk	acid folk # 56
31		1969	The Pentangle	Basket of Light	folk rock
54		1969-01	Fairport Convention	What We Did On Our Holidays	folk rock
2		1969-07	Fairport Convention	Unhalfbricking	folk
79		1970	The Incredible String Band	I Looked Up	british folk progressive folk psychedelic folk	progressive folk # 67
99		1970	Donovan	Colours	british folk folk usa	usa # 63
89		1970	Bill Fay	Bill Fay	british folk
92		1970	Lindisfarne	Nicely Out Of Tune	british folk folk folk rock psychedelic rock
94		1970	Trader Horne	Morning Way	british folk folk
28		1970	Shirley & Dolly Collins	Love, Death and the Lady
91		1970	Donovan	Open Road
33		1971	Magna Carta	Songs from Wasties Orchard	blues rock british folk progressive rock
47		1971	Steve Tilston	An Acoustic Confusion	acoustic blues british folk folk
62		1971	Sandy Denny	The Notes and The Words : A Collection of Demos and Rarities	british british folk
68		1971	Tim Hart and Maddy Prior	Summer Solstice	british folk folk
100		1971	Lindisfarne	Fog On The Tyne	british folk classic rock folk rock
48		1971-06	Bert Jansch	Rosemary Lane	folk singer-songwriter
37		1971-06	Fairport Convention	Angel Delight
44		1972	Amazing Blondel	England	british folk english folk folk	english folk # 77
59		1972	The Incredible String Band	Earthspan	british folk
4		1973	John Roberts & Tony Barrand	Across The Western Ocean	british british folk english folk folk	english folk # 40
80		1973	T. Rex	A Beard of Stars	folk
56		1975-11	Richard & Linda Thompson	Pour Down Like Silver	folk
22		1976	Magna Carta	Took a Long Time	british folk
24		1977	Mike Waterson	Mike Waterson	british folk english folk folk	english folk # 67
20		1978	The Houghton Weavers	Sit Thi Deawn	british folk english folk folk	english folk # 60
8		1980	Various Artists	Voice of the People Volume 11 - My Father's The King Of The Gypsies	british folk english folk folk	english folk # 43
46		1982	John Renbourn	Live in America	british folk folk
98		1982	Richard & Linda Thompson	Shoot Out the Lights	british folk folk folk rock
81		1985	John Renbourn	The Nine Maidens	british folk folk
41		1985-02	Richard Thompson	Across a Crowded Room
40		1987-08	Sandy Denny	The Best Of Sandy Denny	female vocalists folk
25		1987-09	Oysterband	Wide Blue Yonder	british folk england english folk folk rock	english folk # 68
27		1988	Steeleye Span	Portfolio	british folk english folk folk folk rock	english folk # 71
83		1988	Various Artists	Anthems in Eden: An Anthology of British & Irish Folk 1955-1978	british folk
52		1989	Steeleye Span	They Call Her Babylon	british folk celtic irish folk	irish folk # 21
30		1989	Steeleye Span	The Early Years	british folk folk rock
95		1990	Trader Horne	Morning Way ...Plus	british folk folk
76		1991-09	Levellers	Levelling the Land	folk rock
32		1992	Peter Bellamy	Both Sides Then	british folk folk
34		1992	Show Of Hands	Live	british folk folk
64		1993	Sol Invictus	Necropolis	apocalyptic folk british folk neofolk progressive folk psychedelic folk	progressive folk # 53
73		1993-08-23	Levellers	Levellers	folk
66		1993-10	Maddy Prior	Year	british folk folk
1		1994	Magpie Lane	English Country Songs and Dances	british folk english folk folk	english folk # 34
82		1994-10-17	Oysterband	Trawler	british folk folk rock
43		1996	Anne Briggs	Sing A Song For You	folk
23		1997	Kathryn Tickell	The Gathering	british folk english folk folk	english folk # 66
42		1997-01-01	June Tabor	Aleyn	british folk contemporary folk folk
86		1997-05-14	Billy Bragg	Bloke On Bloke	british folk
35		1998-03-30	Bert Jansch	Toy Balloon	british folk
5		1999	Various Artists	Voice Of The People 07: First I'm Going To Sing You A Ditty	british folk english folk folk	english folk # 41
19		1999	Various Artists	Voice of the People 01: Come Let Us Buy The Licence	british folk english folk folk	english folk # 59
87		1999	Anne Briggs	A Collection	folk british folk
71		1999-08-24	Richard Thompson	Mock Tudor	folk rock
45		1999-09-21	Tarras	Rising	british folk
53		2000	The Pentangle	Light Flight: The Anthology	folk british folk folk rock
9		2000-07-25	Fairport Convention	I've Always Kept A Unicorn - The Acoustic Sandy Denny	british folk folk
10		2001	Ryan's Fancy	Songs From the Shows	british folk
55		2001-08-20	Bert Jansch & John Renbourn	Bert & John	folk
75		2002	Seth Lakeman	The Punch Bowl	british british folk celtic english folk folk	english folk # 95
17		2003	Gryphon	Glastonbury Carol	acid folk british folk folk progressive folk	acid folk # 68
39		2003	Nick Drake	Tanworth in Arden II	british folk chamber pop folk
36		2003-04	Maddy Prior	Lionhearts	british folk
57		2004	Bill Fay	From the Bottom of an Old Grandfather Clock	british folk
65		2004-04-26	John Martyn	On the Cobbles	british folk folk
85		2004-05-10	Seth Lakeman	Kitty Jay	english folk folk	english folk # 100
60		2005	The Eighteenth Day of May	The Eighteenth Day of May	british british folk folk folk rock london	london # 7
50		2005-07-19	John Doyle	Wayward Son	acoustic british folk folk
70		2006	Martha Tilston	Of Milkmaids & Architects	british folk
77		2006	Tim van Eyken	Stiffs Lovers Holymen Thieves	british folk folk
78		2006	Tim van Eyken	Stiff Lovers Holymen Thieves	british folk folk
93		2006-08-18	Bert Jansch	The Black Swan	british folk folk singer-songwriter
69		2006-09-12	Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick	Straws In The Wind	british folk
49		2007	The Owl Service	A Garland of Song	ambient folk noir british folk dark folk folk noir neoclassical neofolk	folk noir # 27 ambient folk noir # 95
38		2007-07-28	Kate Rusby	Awkward Annie	folk
26		2008	Dr Faustus	Wager	british british folk english folk folk	english folk # 69
29		2008	Shirley & Dolly Collins	The Harvest Years	acoustic british folk folk folk rock traditional
63		2008	Jens Carelius	The First Songs	british folk
61		2008-03-03	3 Daft Monkeys	Social Vertigo	british folk
11		2009	Various Artists	Along The Coaly Tyne	british folk english folk folk	english folk # 50
12		2009	Various Artists	Round Cape Horn	british folk folk
6		2010	The Askew Sisters	Through Lonesome Woods	british british folk english folk folk	english folk # 42
51		2010	Andy Cutting	Andy Cutting	british folk
84		2010-08-30	Richard Thompson	Dream Attic	british folk
96		2011	John Martyn	Solid Air (Remastered)	blues british folk country folk folk rock jazz pop progressive folk	progressive folk # 89
14		2011-12-06	Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker	The Seas Are Deep	british folk
72		2012-04-02	Seth Lakeman	Tales From The Barrel House	british folk english folk folk	english folk # 94
97		2012-05-07	Damon Albarn	Dr Dee	british folk
16		2012-09-28	Kathryn Tickell	Northumberland Collection	british folk english folk folk	english folk # 55
67		2014-02-03	Current 93	Sleep Has Its house	alternative folk british folk celtic celtic folk folk international poetry spiritual spoken word	spiritual # 9 poetry # 36 alternative folk # 67 celtic folk # 79 international # 82
58		2017	The Unthanks	Diversions, Vol. 4: The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake
18		2024-04-05	Reinier Baas	Deadeye	british folk contemporary classical folk hammond jazz jazz rock organ	hammond # 22
7			The Lady Sails	The Lady Sails	britain british british folk british underground folk indie folk indie pop indietronica london twee pop	britain # 41 british underground # 80
21			Opaque Nature	Open up your Heart	acoustic alternative british folk folk indie folk

Related genres

• folk
• english folk
• british
• folk rock
• acoustic
• celtic
• singer-songwriter
• blues
• progressive folk
• indie folk