Loreena McKennitt

Elliott Smith

Death in June

Phoebe Bridgers

Nick Drake

Bright Eyes

Fairport Convention

Paul Simon

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Folk genre — history, bands and artists

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Folk concerts in Earth

Upcoming Folk concerts: one card per artist, the rest of their dates on the artist page

Harry Styles: Together, Together20:45 · Civitas Metropolitano Stadium · Madrid+2 datesPopIndie PopRock

Jack Johnson16:00 · The O2 Arena · LondonFolkFolk RockSoft Rock

Olivia Rodrigo: The Unraveled Tour18:00 · The O2 Arena · London+14 datesPopPop RockPop Punk

Noah Kahan - The Great Divide Tour18:30 · The O2 Arena · London+1 datePopFolk PopFolk

Gracie Abrams: The Look at My Life Tour18:00 · The O2 Arena · London+5 datesPopFolk PopBedroom Pop

Phoebe Bridgers - The Lost Tour18:30 · The O2 Arena · London+1 dateIndie RockIndie FolkFolk

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Geography of Folk

Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio

Landmark albums of Folk

Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre

The Freewheelin’ Bob DylanBob Dylan

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon and Garfunkel

The Times They Are A‐Changin’Bob Dylan

ODamien Rice

Five Leaves Left

Five Leaves LeftNick Drake

YsJoanna Newsom

evermoreTaylor Swift

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and ThymeSimon and Garfunkel

Pink Moon

Pink MoonNick Drake

folkloreTaylor Swift

Sung TongsAnimal Collective

Songs of Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen

New in Folk

Albums and singles of the genre released in the last four months

Requiem for a Village

Requiem for a VillageSteven Wilson

The Universal Bubba

The Universal BubbaWilli Carlisle

The Transcendentalist

The TranscendentalistTyler Lyle

Cookie Happened

Cookie HappenedEels

The Blood of Others

The Blood of OthersBruce Cockburn

Hippies, Thugs and Heroes

Hippies, Thugs and HeroesRichard Thompson

Folk by year

How many studio albums of the genre came out each year

Peak — the 2000s2,190 albums in all

Folk by country and decade

Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade

Artists of Folk

The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners

Overview

Genre relations

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Subgenres

Subgenres or what Folk is divided into

Origins

Genres from which Folk originated

Parent genre

Folk is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles

Derived genres

Genres that evolved from Folk