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progressive folk

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Description

Progressive folk blends traditional folk music with experimental structures, complex arrangements, and influences from classical, jazz, and rock genres. Emerging prominently in the late 1960s and experiencing revivals in subsequent decades, it emphasizes intricate instrumentation, literary lyrics, and ambitious compositional techniques. The genre challenges folk conventions while maintaining acoustic textures and storytelling traditions at its core.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
46		1969	Jan Dukes De Grey	Sorcerers	acoustic progressive folk progressive rock psychedelic folk
58		1970	Linda Perhacs	Parallelograms	folk psychedelic folk singer-songwriter	acid folk # 74 psychedelic folk # 87 dream folk # 90
67		1970	The Incredible String Band	I Looked Up	british folk progressive folk psychedelic folk	british folk # 79
39		1970	Música Dispersa	Música Dispersa	avant-folk freak folk progressive folk psychedelic folk
98		1971	Comus	First Utterance	psychedelic folk progressive folk progressive rock folk freak folk	avant-folk # 4 freak folk # 73 psychedelic folk # 88 acid folk # 89
7		1971	Strawbs	From The Witchwood	folk rock
41		1971	Amazing Blondel	Fantasia Lindum	folk rock progressive folk
24		1971-08	Stackridge	Stackridge	progressive folk psychedelic folk
8		1972	Arco Iris	Sudamérica o el Regreso a la Aurora	progressive folk progressive rock
9		1972	Subway	Subway	progressive folk
25		1972	Audience	Lunch	art rock progressive folk progressive rock
11		1972-11	Stackridge	Friendliness	progressive folk psychedelic folk
19		1973	Turid	Bilder	chamber folk folk rock progressive folk	chamber folk # 1
37		1973	Gryphon	Gryphon	progressive rock
74		1973-10	Pescado Rabioso	Artaud	rock argentina folk rock	folk rock # 21 contemporary folk # 36 rock argentino # 65 argentina # 99
28		1974	Aktuala	La terra	avant-folk ethnic fusion progressive folk progressive rock psychedelic folk	ethnic fusion # 75
80		1974	Sui Generis	Pequeñas Anecdotas Sobre Las Instituciones	art rock contemporary folk progressive folk progressive rock symphonic prog	contemporary folk # 47 symphonic prog # 93
12		1974	Gryphon	Red Queen to Gryphon Three	progressive rock
43		1974	Pierrot Lunaire	Pierrot Lunaire	progressive folk progressive rock
59		1974	Tri Yann	Suite Gallaise	celtic folk progressive folk
65		1974	Stackridge	The Man In The Bowler Hat	progressive folk progressive rock psychedelic folk
85		1974-12-16	Sui Generis	Pequeñas Anécdotas Sobre las Instituciones	art rock contemporary folk progressive folk progressive rock symphonic prog	contemporary folk # 55 symphonic prog # 95
15		1975	Arco Iris	Agitor Lucens V	progressive folk
27		1975	Beau Dommage	Où est passée la noce?	progressive folk
36		1975	Hoelderlin	Hoelderlin	progressive folk progressive rock
18		1975-01-24	Stackridge	Extravaganza	progressive folk psychedelic folk
70		1975-12	Maneige	Les porches	art rock classic rock fusion progressive folk progressive rock space rock symphonic prog	symphonic prog # 81
33		1976	Belchior	Alucinação	mpb	mpb # 34
2		1976	Strawbs	Deep Cuts	progressive folk rock
71		1976	Chilliwack	Dreams, Dreams, Dreams
13		1977	Grobschnitt	Rockpommel's Land	progressive rock
29		1977	Maneige	Ni Vent... Ni Nouvelle	art rock classic rock fusion progressive folk progressive rock
88		1977	Alceu Valença	Espelho Cristalino	folk mpb progressive folk
45		1978	Itoiz	Itoiz	progressive folk
62		1978	Carol of Harvest	Carol Of Harvest	female vocalists folk progressive folk progressive rock psychedelic folk
73		1984	Los Jaivas	Obras de Violeta Parra	chile chilean folk rock progressive folk progressive rock symphonic prog	chile # 29 chilean # 85 symphonic prog # 86
5		1984	Elis Regina	Elis 1977	art rock chamber folk progressive folk progressive rock
77		1989	John Fahey	God, Time And Causality
42		1989-09-01	Egberto Gismonti	Dança Dos Escravos	avant-folk fado jazz jazz guitar progressive folk world fusion	fado # 24
1		1990	Ghost	Ghost	pop rock alternative rock italian	italian rock # 42
44		1990-10-25	Zabadak	遠い音楽	folk medieval folk progressive folk	medieval folk # 60
60		1991	Tempest	The Double Cross	celtic rock progressive folk progressive rock y2k prog	y2k prog # 43 celtic rock # 69
81		1992	Борис Гребенщиков	Русский альбом	folk folk rock progressive folk russian rock	russian rock # 5
53		1993	Sol Invictus	Necropolis	apocalyptic folk british folk neofolk progressive folk psychedelic folk	british folk # 64
48		1993	Midwinter	The Waters of Sweet Sorrow	progressive folk
40		1994	Mägo de Oz	Mägo de Oz	rock progressive metal progressive rock
78		1995	R.E.M.	Murmur (Reissue)	alternative americana ethereal jangle pop pop progressive folk rock
84		1995	Los Jaivas	Hijos De la Tierra	progressive folk
47		1996	Tempest	Turn Of The Wheel	progressive folk progressive rock y2k prog	y2k prog # 13
10		1996-08-30	Gorky's Zygotic Mynci	Introducing Gorky's Zygotic Mynci	alternative pop avant-pop experimental pop indie folk indie pop noise pop progressive folk	experimental pop # 9
56		1996-09	The Wishing Tree	Carnival of Souls	progressive rock rock progressive folk
95		1997-08-25	Jim O'Rourke	Bad Timing	avant-folk drone folk progressive folk	drone # 25 avant-folk # 82
32		1999	Perry Leopold	Christian Lucifer	acid folk acoustic progressive folk psychedelic folk	acid folk # 85
51		2001	Tempest	Balance	progressive folk progressive rock y2k prog	y2k prog # 21
52		2001	Olivia	Corra o Risco	mpb progressive folk
21		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	poetry # 25 neoclassical darkwave # 57 dream folk # 62 neomedieval # 72
16		2002	Düş Sokağı Sakinleri	Cennet	freak folk progressive folk psychedelic folk
64		2002-09-19	Gjallarhorn	Grimborg	folk progressive folk
14		2002-09	Daemonia Nymphe	Daemonia Nymphe	folk greek ethereal neofolk	neofolk # 21 pagan folk # 62 pagan # 89 greek # 99
75		2003	Mediæval Bæbes	Mistletoe & Wine	celtic	celtic # 52
76		2003	Mediæval Bæbes	Mistletoe and Wine	celtic	celtic # 53
38		2003	Tempest	Shapeshifter	progressive folk progressive rock y2k prog
50		2005	Phoenix	Baba Novak	progressive folk rock y2k prog	y2k prog # 20
23		2005-03-14	Continuum	Continuum	ambient blues classical dark ambient jazz progressive folk
66		2005-08-30	Mägo de Oz	Madrid Las Ventas	progressive folk progressive metal progressive rock y2k prog	y2k prog # 66
3		2006-01-25	黒色すみれ	アンデルメルヘン歌曲集	acoustic alternative ambient avant-folk cantautore cantautori celtic celtic folk chillout choral classical classical crossover composer darkwave easy listening ethereal ethnic experimental folk folk freak folk indie folk italian italian folk italiano medieval folk neoclassical neoclassical darkwave neofolk new age new wave opera oriental pagan pagan folk poetry progressive folk singer-songwriter soprano soundtrack steampunk world world fusion	pagan # 18 steampunk # 34 medieval folk # 40 italiano # 50 celtic folk # 52 oriental # 53 pagan folk # 55 cantautori # 63 soprano # 64 cantautore # 76 italian folk # 79 experimental folk # 90
55		2006-11-14	Joanna Newsom	Ys	folk	folk # 39 chamber folk # 53 harp # 99
86		2007	John Martyn	Grace & Danger	folk progressive folk
63		2008	Fern Knight	Fern Knight	dark folk progressive folk y2k prog	y2k prog # 50
6		2008-03-17	Youthmovies	Good Nature	art rock britpop indie rock post-rock chamber pop math rock progressive rock
22		2009-08-10	Judy Dyble	Talking With Strangers	female vocalists folk folk rock progressive folk
92		2010-02-03	Joanna Newsom	Have One on Me	folk chamber folk	harp # 80 chamber folk # 93
99		2010-08-20	Sufjan Stevens	All Delighted People EP	chamber folk progressive folk	chamber folk # 97
31		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 medieval folk # 44 dream folk # 59 neomedieval # 68
89		2011	John Martyn	Solid Air (Remastered)	blues british folk country folk folk rock jazz pop progressive folk	british folk # 96
87		2011-04-11	Yodelice	EP Live Pilot	progressive folk
69		2011-04-29	Fleet Foxes	Helplessness Blues	folk	folk pop # 36 indie folk # 64 folk # 80 chamber folk # 89
17		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 classical crossover # 23 poptron # 40 gothic pop # 50 pagan folk # 60 dream folk # 72
93		2011-11-21	Charlie Winston	Running Still	progressive folk singer-songwriter
57		2012-04-17	Spires That in the Sunset Rise	Ancient Patience Wills It Again	avant-folk dark folk progressive folk psychedelic folk	avant-folk # 13
94		2012-05-04	Storm Corrosion	Storm Corrosion	progressive rock
90		2012-09-17	Grizzly Bear	Shields	indie rock	psychedelic folk # 39
4		2013	Tusmørke	Den Internasjonale Bronsealderen	progressive folk progressive rock psychedelic rock
34		2013-09-20	Roy Harper	Man and Myth	progressive folk
91		2014	Roy Harper	Stormcock (Remastered)	acoustic chamber folk folk rock progressive folk protest psychedelic folk singer-songwriter	psychedelic folk # 46 chamber folk # 63 protest # 98
26		2015	Eddi Front	Marina	chamber folk freak folk noise pop progressive folk singer-songwriter	chamber folk # 6
68		2015-10-23	Joanna Newsom	Divers	singer-songwriter chamber folk	progressive pop # 20 chamber folk # 76
100		2017	Fleet Foxes	Crack-Up	progressive folk chamber folk folk	psychedelic folk # 75 chamber folk # 95
83		2017-12-08	Chris Thile	Thanks for Listening	progressive folk singer-songwriter
97		2018-03-16	The Decemberists	I'll Be Your Girl	indie folk indie rock progressive folk y2k prog	y2k prog # 100
72		2018-03-21	JYOCHO	Days in the Bluish House	math rock midwest emo progressive folk
54		2020-11-13	Lunatic Soul	Through Shaded Woods	folk rock art rock progressive rock
61		2022-04-06	Sun's Signature	Apples	progressive folk progressive rock
96		2022-04-08	Daniel Rossen	You Belong There	avant-folk chamber folk folk progressive folk psychedelic folk	psychedelic folk # 71 chamber folk # 79 avant-folk # 91
20		2022-12-09	Hölderlin	Hölderlins Traum	progressive rock
82		2023-11-10	John Francis Flynn	Look Over The Wall, See The Sky		avant-folk # 48
49		2024-05-17	Beth Gibbons	Lives Outgrown	chamber folk singer-songwriter	avantgarde pop # 20 chamber folk # 84
35			Timbre	Sun & Moon	chamber folk progressive folk	chamber folk # 9
30			Mariana Semkina	Sleepwalking	progressive folk y2k prog
79			Kevin Cryderman	Fits and Starts: Volume Two	acoustic alternative blues rock folk indie folk instrumental lo-fi progressive folk singer-songwriter

Related genres

• progressive rock
• y2k prog
• folk
• psychedelic folk
• folk rock
• singer-songwriter
• avant-folk
• chamber folk
• acoustic
• freak folk