Folk and Country
ALBUM REVIEWS
A comprehensive list of folk and country albums reviews.
A - Z OF ALL Folk and Country ALBUMS
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- Devendra Banhart: Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
- Beauty Shop: Yr Money Or Yr Life
- Beirut: The Flying Club Cup
- Ryan Bingham: Mescalito
- Bon Iver: For Emma Forever Ago
- Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: Master And Everyone
- Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: Greatest Palace Music
- Bright Eyes: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
- Brooks & Dunn: Cowboy Town
- Brooks and Dunn: The Very Best Of
- Garth Brooks: Garth Brooks Ultimate Hits
- Garth Brooks: The Scarecrow
- Tom Brosseau: Cavalier
- Alison Brown: Stolen Moments
- Pieta Brown: Remember The Sun
- Jimmy Buffett: License To Chill
- Vashti Bunyan: Lookaftering
- Paul Burch: Blue Notes
- Paul Burch: Last Of My Kind
- T Bone Burnett: Tooth Of Crime
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- Calexico: Garden Ruin
- Laura Cantrell: Humming By The Flowered Vine
- Laura Cantrell: When The Roses Bloom Again
- Capercaillie: Roses & Tears
- Brandi Carlile: The Story
- Mary Chapin Carpenter: The Calling
- Eliza Carthy: Dreams Of Breathing Underwater
- Neko Case: Blacklisted
- Johnny Cash: Cash: A Tribute To Johnny Cash (book review)
- Johnny Cash: American V: A Hundred Highways
- Johnny Cash: At San Quentin
- Johnny Cash: The Man Comes Around
- Johnny Cash: Unearthed
- Johnny Cash: På Österåker
- Johnny Cash: American Recordings
- Johnny Cash: The Legend Of Johnny Cash: Ring Of Fire Vol.2
- Johnny Cash: Ring of Fire - The Legend of Johnny Cash
- Rosanne Cash: Black Cadillac
- Beth Nielsen Chapman: Look
- Cherry Ghost: Thirst For Romance
- Kenny Chesney: The Road and the Radio
- Kenny Chesney: Be As You Are: Songs From An Old Blue Chair
- Kenny Chesney: When The Sun Goes Down
- Clannad: Clannad 2
- Slaid Cleaves: Wishbones
- Shirley & Dolly Collins: Love, Death & The Lady
- Shawn Colvin: Polaroids: A Greatest Hits Collection
- Shawn Colvin: These Four Walls
- Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen: Live from Armadillo World Headquarters 1973
- Matt Costa: Unfamiliar Faces
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- Danny And The Champions Of The World: Danny And The Champions Of The World
- Sandy Denny: A Boxful Of Treasures
- Sandy Denny: At The BBC
- Sandy Denny: Where The Time Goes
- John Denver: A Song's Best Friend - The Very Best of John Denver
- Ani DiFranco: Trust (DVD)
- Cara Dillon: Sweet Liberty
- Cara Dillon: After The Morning
- Dixie Chicks: Home/ An Evening With The Dixie Chicks DVD
- Dixie Chicks: Home
- Dixie Chicks: Taking The Long Way
- Dixie Chicks: Top Of The World Tour - Live
- Stephanie Dosen: A Lily For The Spectre
- Nick Drake: Family Tree
- Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left
- Nick Drake: Made To Love Magic
- Kris Drever: Black Water
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- Fairport Convention: Liege And Lief
- Fairport Convention: Fairport Convention, What We Did On Our Holidays, Unhalfbricking
- Fairport Convention: Fairport Unconventional
- Fairport Convention: Live At The BBC
- Felice Brothers: Tonight At The Arizona
- The Felice Brothers: The Felice Brothers
- Ferraby Lionheart: Catch The Brass Ring
- Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes
- Flying Burrito Brothers: Sin City
- Blaze Foley: Oval Room
- Dylan Fowler: Ffynnon Ofor
- Julie Fowlis: Mar A Tha Mor Chridhe
- Julie Fowlis: Cuilidh
- Friends Of Dean Martinez: Lost Horizon
- Friends Of Dean Martinez: Random Harvest
- Bill Frisell: The Willies
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- Mary Gauthier: Mercy Now
- Howe Gelb: The Listener
- Giant Sand: Cover Magazine
- Thea Gilmore: Liejacker
- Holly Golightly: You Can't Buy A Gun When You're Crying
- Jose Gonzalez: In Our Nature
- Great Lake Swimmers: Ongiara
- Pat Green: Lucky Ones
- David Greenberg and David McGuinness: Spring Any Day Now
- Patty Griffin: Children Running Through
- Patty Griffin: Impossible Dream
- Nanci Griffith: Hearts In Mind
- Nanci Griffith: From A Distance - The Very Best Of
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- Nick Harper: Miracles For Beginners
- Emmylou Harris: Stumble Into Grace
- Emmylou Harris: Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems
- A Hawk And A Hacksaw: A Hawk And A Hacksaw And The Hun Hangar Ensemble
- Hayseed Dixie: Let There Be Rockgrass
- Lee Hazlewood: Poet, Fool or Bum / Back on the Streets Again
- Hem: Eveningland
- Faith Hill: Fireflies
- Micah P. Hinson & The Red Empire Orchestra: Micah P. Hinson & The Red Empire Orchestra
- Robyn Hitchcock: Spooked
- Roscoe Holcomb: An Untamed Sense Of Control
- Homespun: Short Stories From East Yorkshire
- Hummingbird: Tougher Than Love
- Michael Hurley: Ancestral Swamp
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- Seth Lakeman: Poor Man's Heaven
- Seth Lakeman: Freedom Fields
- Seth Lakeman: The Punchbowl
- Lambchop: Is A Woman
- Lambchop: Aw C'mon/No You C'mon
- Miranda Lambert: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
- Miranda Lambert: Kerosene
- The Lark Rise Band: Lark Rise Revisited
- Lavender Diamond: Imagine Our Love
- Shannon Lawson: Chase The Sun
- Lonely Drifter Karen: Grass Is Singing
- Lonestar: Let's Be Us Again
- Patty Loveless: Dreamin' My Dreams
- Lyle Lovett: My Baby Don't Tolerate
- Jeffrey Luck Lucas: Hell Then Divine
- Lucky Jim: Our Troubles End Tonight
- Loretta Lynn: The Gospel Spirit
- Loretta Lynn: Van Lear Rose
- Shelby Lynne: Just A little Lovin'
- Shelby Lynne: Identity Crisis
- kd lang: Watershed
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- Laura Marling: Alas I Cannot Swim
- Laura Marling: My Manic & I EP
- Martina McBride: Martina
- John Martyn: Live in Milan 1979
- John Martyn: In Session at the BBC
- John Martyn: Live in Germany 1986
- John Martyn: Solid Air
- John Martyn: On The Cobbles
- The Mavericks: The Mavericks
- The Mavericks: Live In Austin (DVD)
- Martina McBride: Waking Up Laughing
- Kate Rusby & John McCusker: Heartlands
- Mary McPartlan: The Holland Handkerchief
- The Mendoza Line: Full Of Life And Full Of Fire
- Tift Merritt: Tambourine
- Tift Merritt: Another Country
- Anaïs Mitchell: Hymns For The Exiled
- Monica Queen: Return Of The Sacred Heart
- Christy Moore: Burning Times
- Allison Moorer: Mockingbird
- Jim Moray: Jim Moray
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- P.G.Six: Slightly Sorry
- Brad Paisley: 5th Gear
- Brad Paisley: Time Well Wasted
- Dolly Parton: Halos And Horns
- Dolly Parton: Backwoods Barbie
- Dolly Parton: The Very Best Of
- Dolly Parton: Those Were The Days
- Pentangle: Reflection
- Pentangle: The Lost Broadcasts 1968-1972
- Pentangle: One More Road/Live 1994
- Elvis Perkins: Ash Wednesday
- Kelly Joe Phelps: Beggars Oil EP
- Kelly Joe Phelps: Slingshot Professionals
- Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: Raising Sand
- Po' Girl: Home To You
- Po' Girl: Vagabond Lullabies
- The Pogues: The Ultimate Collection
- Karine Polwart: Scribbled In Chalk
- Karine Polwart: This Earthly Spell
- Poozies: Changed Days, Same Roots
- Puerto Muerto: I Was A Swallow
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- Eddi Reader: Peacetime
- Eddi Reader: Sings The Songs Of Robert Burns
- Jon Redfern: Acoustic
- Fionn Regan: The End Of History
- Rev Hammer: Freeborn John Live (Freeborn John Theatre)
- Lou Rhodes: Bloom
- Richmond Fontaine: Thirteen Cities
- Jason Ringenbeg: Empire Builders
- Jason Ringenberg: Best Tracks And Side Tracks
- Carrie Rodriguez: Seven Angels On A Bicycle
- Rosa Rebecka: Untold
- Jack Rose: Dr Ragtime & Pals/Self Titled
- Josh Rouse: Country Mouse City House
- Kate Rusby: The Girl Who Couldn't Fly
- Kate Rusby: Underneath The Stars
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- Jack Savoretti: Between The Minds
- Martin Simpson: Prodigal Son
- Adam Snyder: Across The Pond
- Society Of Imaginary Friends: Sadness Is A Bridge To Love
- Son Volt: The Search
- Bruce Springsteen: We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
- Devon Sproule: Keep Your Silver Shined
- The Storys: Town Beyond The Trees
- Dave Swarbrick: Swarb!
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- June Tabor: An Echo Of Hooves
- June Tabor: Apples
- Taith: Now And Then
- Jake Thackray: Jake In A Box/Live Performance
- The Imagined Village: The Imagined Village
- Chris Thile: How To Grow A Woman From The Ground
- Rosie Thomas: These Friends Of Mine
- Linda Thompson: Versatile Heart
- Richard Thompson: The Old Kit Bag
- Richard Thompson: RT - The Life And Music Of...
- Richard Thompson: Sweet Warrior
- Richard & Linda Thompson: In Concert, November 1975
- Richard & Linda Thompson: I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight, Hokey Pokey & Pour Down Like Silver
- Pam Tillis: Rhinestoned
- Tunng: Good Arrows
- Shania Twain: Greatest Hits
- Shania Twain: Up! Live In Chicago (DVD)
- Cath And Phil Tyler: Dumb Supper
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- Loudon Wainwright III: Here Come The Choppers
- Martha Wainwright: Martha Wainwright
- The Watersons: Mighty River Of Song
- The Watson Twins: Fire Songs
- Kitty Wells: The Collection
- Jim White: Transnormal Skiperoo
- Tony Joe White: The Heroines
- Wilco: A Ghost Is Born
- Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
- Kathryn Williams and Neill Maccoll: Two
- Hank Williams: Lost Highway And Other Live Favourites
- Kathryn Williams: Leave To Remain
- Kathryn Williams: Over Fly Over
- Lucinda Williams: West
- Robin Williamson: Skirting The River Road
- Robin Williamson: The Celtic Bard
- Kelly Willis: Easy
- Gretchen Wilson: Here For The Party
- Gretchen Wilson: One Of The Boys
- Gretchen Wilson: All Jacked Up
- The Witches Of Elswick: Out Of Bed
- Chris Wood: Trespasser
- Roddy Woomble: My Secret Is My Silence
- Tammy Wynette: Stand By Your Man: The Best Of
