Thomas Blake shares his Top 10 Albums of 2021 including Grouper, Shannon Lay, C. Joynes, Stick in the Wheel, Sally Anne Morgan, Sarah Louise, Devin Hoff, Richard Dawson, Alasdair Roberts og Völvur and Arab Strap
David Pratt shares his Top 10 Albums of 2021 including Carbonhobo, Danny George Wilson, Freedom to Roam, Joe Danks, Katy Rose Bennett, Phil Odgers, Ray Cooper, releases from Analog Africa and more.
These are Folk Radio UK’s favourite Top 100 Albums of 2021 selected from the many albums that were reviewed over the past year covering folk, roots, alternative and global music. Dig deeper by listening and reading our reviews.
Analog Africa, Lankum’s Ian Lynch, Dan Torigoe of Doleceola Recordings and Landworker’s Alliance are among those that delivered some spectacular compilation albums this year. Here are our favourite Top 10 Compilation Albums of 2021.
Bob Fish looks back at 2020 and shares his Top 10 Albums including Bob Dylan, Gwenifer Raymond, Rowan Leslie, Andrew Tuttle, The Innocence Mission, Swamp Dogg, Steve Dawson, Tamikrest and more.
John Whalley shares his Top 10 Albums of 2020 – Track Dogs, Gigspanner Big Band, The Ledger, Will Pound, The Haar, Project Smok, The Magpies, Dirk Powell, Shooglenifty & Lauren MacColl.
Richard Hollingum shares his Top 10 albums of 2020 including Burd Ellen, Robb Johnson, Kronos Quartet, Patti Smith, Avocet, Mhairi Hall, The Bonny Men, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and Ultan O’Brien and more.
David Morrison shares his Top 10 releases of 2020 – Cabane, Shirley Collins, Le Ren, Ocie Elliott, Elle Osborne, Marin Patenaude, William Prince, Tremblers of Seven and more
David Pratt selects his Top 10 albums of 2020 including releases from Katy Bennett, Katy Carr, Charlie Dore, Virginia Kettle, Tamikrest, Zoë Wren and more.
Billy Rough shares his Top 10 favourite albums of 2020 including Fay Hield, Ashley Hutchings, Sam Lee, Lauren MacColl, Findlay Napier, Rachel Newton, Shooglenifty, Martin Simpson, Jenny Sturgeon and Sam Sweeney
Danny Neill chooses his Best Albums of 2020 ft. Amy LaVere, Bob Dylan, Sarah Jarosz, Courtney Marie Andrews, Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom, Brigid Mae Power, Terry Allen, Jason Isbell, Laura Cortese and Richard & Linda Thompson
Thomas Blake shares his Top 10 Albums of 2020 featuring Bill Callahan, Shirley Collins, Burd Ellen, The Silver Field, Herman Dune, Stella Sommer, Stick in the Wheel, Cunning Folk, Brigid Mae Power & The Rheingans Sisters.
Glenn Kimpton shares his Top 10 Albums of 2020 including Nick Jonah Davis, Sally Anne Morgan, Cynefin, JR Samuels, Bill Callahan, Sarah Louise, Martin Kirkegaard, Buck Curran, Gwenifer Raymond and more.
Mike Davies shares his Top 10 Albums of 2020 featuring Eliza Gilkyson, Luke Jackson, Blackbird & Crow, Ben Bostick, Bruce Springsteen, David Keenan, Merry Hell & more.
Danny Neill looks back at 2019 and shares his top ten albums including releases from Mama’s Broke, Vetiver, Sean Taylor, Richard Dawson, The Waterboys, Eilen Jewell, Jesca Hoop, Steve Gunn, Joan Shelley and Anna Tivel.
David Kidman shares his Top Ten Albums of 2019 including releases from Belinda Kempster & Fran Foote, Bird in the Belly, Green Ribbons, Jon Boden, Lankum, Josienne Clarke, Kathryn Tickell and more.
Mike Davies shares his Top Ten albums of 2019 including Emily Mae Winters, Luke Jackson, Caroline Spence, Allison Moorer, Danny Schmidt, Daria Kulesh, Rachel Harrington and more.
