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dream folk

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Description

Dream folk blends the intimate storytelling of folk music with ethereal, atmospheric production that evokes a hazy, introspective mood. The sound often features delicate acoustic instrumentation, reverb-drenched vocals, and minimalist arrangements that create a sense of drifting between wakefulness and reverie. It appeals to listeners seeking contemplative music that feels both grounded in tradition and suspended in otherworldly ambiance.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
90		1970	Linda Perhacs	Parallelograms	folk psychedelic folk singer-songwriter	progressive folk # 58 acid folk # 74 psychedelic folk # 87
82		1996-08-25	Hi-Posi	かなしいことなんかじゃない	acid jazz dream folk dream pop j-pop shibuya-kei	shibuya-kei # 49
48		1997	Stille Volk	Hantaoma	folk medieval folk neomedieval freak folk	soprano # 29 celtic folk # 31 pagan folk # 65 medieval folk # 81 neomedieval # 90
52		1997	Stellamara	Star of the Sea	world fusion	world fusion # 98
29		1997	Maja Elliott	Truth	acoustic alternative chillout classical dream folk ethereal folk neoclassical new age piano
75		1998-06-20	Hi-Posi	GLUON	dream folk dream pop j-pop japanese shibuya-kei	shibuya-kei # 30
26		1999	L'Ham de Foc	U	folk
27		1999-11-30	Rajna	Yahili	ethereal world fusion
62		2001-11-28	志方あきこ	緑の森で眠ル鳥	ethereal darkwave neoclassical darkwave celtic folk classical neofolk art pop freak folk indie folk poetry	progressive folk # 21 poetry # 25 neoclassical darkwave # 57 neomedieval # 72
56		2002	In Gowan Ring	Hazel Steps Throug a Weathered Home	neofolk folk dark folk	neofolk # 46 dark folk # 58 medieval folk # 70 neomedieval # 84
61		2002	In Gowan Ring	Hazel Steps through a Weathered Home	neofolk folk dark folk	poetry # 7 neofolk # 66 dark folk # 68 medieval folk # 77 neomedieval # 88
1		2003	Kago	Piimaš	anti-folk avant-folk diy dream folk estonian europe european experimental folk lo-fi one man band one man project singer-songwriter	estonian # 2 experimental folk # 20 one man project # 26
25		2003	Stille Volk	Maudat	folk neofolk medieval folk	soprano # 18 pagan folk # 52 neomedieval # 57 medieval folk # 73
80		2003	Irfan	IRFAN	darkwave ethereal world fusion female vocalists	ethereal # 12 darkwave # 17 ethnic # 60 neoclassical darkwave # 81 world fusion # 99
70		2003-02-26	Emilie Autumn	Enchant	ethereal	composer # 1 choral # 8 world fusion # 23 avant-pop # 40 dark pop # 42 classical crossover # 55 neoclassical darkwave # 56 ethereal # 68 gothic pop # 82 soprano # 95
69		2003-08-24	志方あきこ	廃墟と楽園	ethereal folk darkwave dream folk neoclassical darkwave world world fusion	alternative folk # 6 pagan folk # 18 neoclassical darkwave # 20 soprano # 35 neomedieval # 60
76		2004	Marissa Nadler	Ballads of Living and Dying	folk
4		2004-07-04	Vàli	Forlatt	neofolk	neofolk # 86
74		2005	Marissa Nadler	Saga Of Mayflower May	folk
77		2005-01-31	Marissa Nadler	The Saga of Mayflower May	folk
41		2005-02-14	Trobar de Morte	Fairydust	ethereal neofolk	dark folk # 10 gothic pop # 38 soprano # 57 neoclassical darkwave # 65 neomedieval # 83
36		2005-04-25	Mari Boine	Gula Gula - Hear the Voices of the Foremothers	dark folk dream folk world
85		2005-07-20	志方あきこ	Navigatoria	ethereal folk dream folk world fusion world darkwave art pop classical neoclassical darkwave dream pop neofolk	dark pop # 11 poetry # 33 classical crossover # 40 poptron # 44 neoclassical darkwave # 55 world fusion # 61 gothic pop # 69 soprano # 83
9		2005-12-12	めめ	ちとてとち	avant-folk freak folk psychedelic folk
86		2006-09-11	Cyann & Ben	Sweet Beliefs	dream folk indie folk post-rock rock slowcore
65		2006-10-25	志方あきこ	Raka	ethereal folk world darkwave world fusion classical	classical crossover # 41 world fusion # 42 neoclassical darkwave # 47 gothic pop # 53 neomedieval # 59 soprano # 94
18		2007	Luc Arbogast	Hortus Dei	neofolk classical crossover ethereal folk neomedieval	neomedieval # 37
71		2007-03-12	Marissa Nadler	Songs III: Bird On The Water	folk singer-songwriter
28		2007-09-04	Nicolas Bernier & Simon Trottier	Objet Abandonné en Mer	art pop dream folk folktronica musique concrete organic electronica	organic electronica # 61
2		2007-09-18	Sleeping States	Daytrotter Session - 2/29/2008	dream folk indie folk singer-songwriter soft rock
92		2007-11-07	Ruby Throat	The Ventriloquist	dream folk freak folk indie folk	freak folk # 31
30		2007-11-20	The Valerie Project	The Valerie Project	chamber folk psychedelic folk
42		2007-12-29	志方あきこ	Istoria～Musa～	folk neoclassical celtic classical ethereal neofolk new age pagan	medieval folk # 5 pagan # 24 celtic folk # 37 pagan folk # 46
73		2008	Cécile Corbel	SongBook vol.2	brutal death metal celtic classical classical crossover dream folk ethereal folk gothic rock hard trance indie folk schlager singer-songwriter techno trap world world fusion	world fusion # 7 classical crossover # 43 hard trance # 46
8		2008	Rock Falls	Rock Falls	dream folk lo-fi
67		2008-02-25	Marissa Nadler	Song 3: Bird On The Water	folk singer-songwriter
37		2008-12-01	Rodrigo Daniel	Pequeños Recuerdos del Alma y el Corazón	argentina dream folk folk pop indie pop lo-fi sadcore singer-songwriter
47		2009-01-12	Bat for Lashes	Two Suns	alternative	alternative # 8
66		2009-03-15	The Moon and the Nightspirit	Osforras	ethereal medieval folk neomedieval	neoclassical darkwave # 17 pagan folk # 69 medieval folk # 94 neomedieval # 96
46		2009-05-18	Benjamin Robinson	Ammonites And Shells EP	ballad british dream folk singer-songwriter
51		2010	The Smallest Bones	Cross Mountain	ambient avant-folk dream folk europe female vocalists folktronica german germany indie pop organic electronica	organic electronica # 88
63		2010-03-12	Angus & Julia Stone	Down the Way	folk acoustic australian	folk noir # 35 acoustic # 48 folk # 53 australian # 96
87		2010-04-07	Cécile Corbel	Kari-gurashi	celtic ethereal folk gothic rock classical classical crossover dream folk female vocalists indie folk j-pop japanese neofolk poetry singer-songwriter world world fusion	world fusion # 66 classical crossover # 66 poetry # 67
64		2010-04-30	Yuni in Taxco	Yuni In Taxco EP	alternative dream folk indie folk new weird america rock seattle sunshine pop	sunshine pop # 29 new weird america # 33
81		2010-09-17	Agnes Obel	Philharmonics	acoustic ambient instrumental	ambient # 1 classical # 15 acoustic # 69 dansk # 79 instrumental # 83
59		2010-09-29	志方あきこ	謳う丘 ～Ar=Ciel Ar=Dor～	ethereal darkwave folk neoclassical darkwave world fusion	classical crossover # 16 neoclassical darkwave # 30 progressive folk # 31 medieval folk # 44 neomedieval # 68
91		2010-11-11	Erutan	Raindancer	art pop pop gothic metal poptron power metal symphonic metal gothic rock comedy emo j-pop japanese poetry visual kei ethereal gothic pop humour dark pop celtic dream folk new age	visual kei # 37 dark pop # 63 humour # 82 gothic pop # 87 poetry # 92 poptron # 93
33		2011	Kurt Vile	live at WFMU August 2008	america american american underground americana dream folk indie folk live recording one man band one man project philadelphia singer-songwriter usa	american underground # 16 philadelphia # 52 one man band # 57 one man project # 73
44		2011	Lizard Kisses	Tiny Island Teeth	america american american underground americana brooklyn dream folk duo experimental folk experimental indie female vocalists indie folk new weird america new york usa	american underground # 40 experimental indie # 68 experimental folk # 77
31		2011-01	Émilie Proulx	Montagnes russes, mini-tsunamis EP
19		2011-02-04	Valentina Lupi	Atto Terzo	dark folk dream folk folk folk noir freak folk neofolk
43		2011-04-18	Lizard Kisses	Sleeping In	america american american underground avant-folk brooklyn dream folk duo experimental folk indie folk musique concrete new weird america new york usa	musique concrete # 25 american underground # 35 experimental folk # 75
32		2011-05-25	Cécile Corbel	Songbook, Volume 3 : Renaissance
96		2011-05	Marissa Nadler	Marissa Nadler	dream folk dream pop ethereal
72		2011-06-08	志方あきこ	白夢の繭～Ricordando il passato～	folk art pop ethereal dream folk freak folk darkwave neofolk singer-songwriter classical crossover j-pop neoclassical darkwave world emo gothic metal gothic rock pop visual kei	neoclassical darkwave # 13 progressive folk # 17 classical crossover # 23 poptron # 40 gothic pop # 50 pagan folk # 60
53		2011-11-15	Goldmund	All Will Prosper	ambient folk	new weird america # 19
45		2012-01-25	青葉市子	うたびこ	folk
68		2012-03-26	Soan	Sous les yeux de Sophie	dream folk folk folk noir folk rock freak folk indie folk new weird america singer-songwriter	new weird america # 37 folk noir # 42
98		2012-05-29	Marissa Nadler	The Sister	dream folk folk singer-songwriter	dark folk # 35 folk noir # 81
35		2012-06-06	やなぎなぎ	Ambivalentidea	ethereal singer-songwriter dream pop female vocalists
17		2013	Iduvigik	Laulud lindudelt	ambient avant-folk dream folk estonia estonian europe european experimental folk female vocalists musique concrete one man band one man project singer-songwriter	one man band # 28 estonian # 39 estonia # 50 experimental folk # 51 one man project # 56
23		2013-01-01	Luc Arbogast	Odysseus	classical crossover ethereal folk neoclassical darkwave ambient classical darkwave neofolk world world fusion	celtic folk # 10 gothic pop # 19 neomedieval # 22 medieval folk # 33 neoclassical darkwave # 44 classical crossover # 45 soprano # 52
55		2013-06-25	Alela Diane	About Farewell	folk
79		2013-07-02	White Poppy	Drifters Gold	dream folk dream pop ethereal folk
39		2013-07-03	やなぎなぎ	エウアル	ethereal singer-songwriter dream pop
21		2013-08-30	Vàli	Skogslandskap	acoustic
49		2013-10-23	志方あきこ	Turaida	folk ethereal world fusion darkwave world freak folk singer-songwriter	oriental # 13
15		2014	Linda Perhacs	The Dancer	acoustic dream folk ethereal folk psychedelic folk singer-songwriter
12		2014-01-29	青葉市子	0%	folk
57		2014-02-04	Marissa Nadler	July	singer-songwriter dream pop	alternative folk # 34 pagan folk # 37 dark folk # 41
83		2014-03-04	Linda Perhacs	The Soul of All Natural Things	singer-songwriter dream folk folk
58		2014-03-17	Erutan	The Court of Leaves	folk classical ethereal female vocalists instrumental medieval ambient pop	classical crossover # 12 poetry # 27 medieval folk # 53 poptron # 55 medieval ambient # 87
100		2014-05-20	Bedroom	Grow	bedroom pop chillwave dream folk dream pop indie folk indie pop lo-fi shoegaze singer-songwriter	shoegaze # 26 indie folk # 26 lo-fi # 45 bedroom pop # 69 chillwave # 90
97		2014-05-20	Emma Ruth Rundle	Some Heavy Ocean	folk
40		2014-06-23	Natural Snow Buildings	The Night Country	drone ambient avant-folk folk
34		2014-08-25	Luc Arbogast	Oreflam	ethereal neoclassical darkwave classical crossover darkwave folk medieval folk	classical crossover # 10 neoclassical darkwave # 35 medieval folk # 51 neomedieval # 56
54		2015	KOKIA	I Found You	ethereal singer-songwriter acoustic dream folk folk
95		2015-04-13	Flo Morrissey	Pages Of Gold	dream folk ethereal folk singer-songwriter
94		2015-06-15	Flo Morrissey	Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful	dream folk ethereal folk singer-songwriter
99		2016	Emily Jane White	They Moved in Shadow All Together	dream folk
14		2016-06-27	Утроворту	Капитаны ждут рассвета	dream folk lo-fi neo-psychedelia psychedelic pop
6		2016-08-12	Rainwater	Swimming In Sunlight	alternative dream folk dream pop indie folk indie rock shoegaze singer-songwriter
10		2017-11-03	Rainwater	Place	dream folk folk folk pop folk rock indie rock
88		2019-09-20	Wolcensmen	Fire In The White Stone	acoustic dream folk folk neofolk pagan folk	pagan folk # 86
24		2019-12-30	Big Blood	Deep Maine	dream folk lo-fi psychedelic folk
13		2020-03-14	Holden Days	Sylvan Lands, Vol. II
50		2021-04-23	NOÊTA	Elm	black ambient blackgaze dark ambient dark folk dream folk ethereal wave singer-songwriter	black ambient # 70
84		2022-02-04	Marissa Nadler	The Wrath of the Clouds	alt-country alternative country alternative folk dream folk dream pop folk noir folk pop gothic country indie folk psychedelic folk singer-songwriter	folk pop # 7 alternative country # 67 gothic country # 79 folk noir # 79 alternative folk # 82
60		2023-03-03	Nagasaki Swim	Everything Grows	dream folk
16			志方あきこ	白夢の繭 ～Ricordando il passato～	folk	pagan folk # 26 experimental folk # 50
38			志方あきこ	Istoria ～Musa～	folk neoclassical celtic classical ethereal neofolk new age pagan	pagan # 19 celtic folk # 30 pagan folk # 39
93			Flёur	Флёрография	baroque pop chamber pop dream folk ethereal ethereal wave	ethereal wave # 64
5			Bethany Spalding	My Mind is a Garden	dream folk
7			志方あきこ	暁	folk world fusion world
11			志方あきこ	青藍	folk world fusion world ethereal
20			森ゆに	シューベルト歌曲集	acoustic classical dream folk ethereal folk german neoclassical piano
22			Project Bluebird	Project Bluebird With The Erics	dream folk female vocalists folk jazz singer-songwriter
78			青葉市子	マホロボシヤ	folk dream folk
89			青葉市子	剃刀乙女	acoustic dream folk dream pop ethereal folk singer-songwriter
3			Allen Odell	Full Hearts, Empty Places

Related genres

• singer-songwriter
• folk
• indie folk
• ethereal
• dream pop
• acoustic
• experimental folk
• freak folk
• female vocalists
• lo-fi