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Best contemporary folk artists of the 2020s

It opened with nobody able to tour, so records got finished in bedrooms and discovery moved to a feed. Drill turned up in every city with a postcode, and Afrobeats and Latin pop went mainstream worldwide without waiting to be translated.

Everyone who released a contemporary folk album in the 2020s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

Bruce Springsteen№ 1Bruce Springsteen1 album here4.1Weighted score4.2 avg · 67 ratings
  1. 2Billie EilishBillie Eilish1 album here4.14.1 avg · 850 ratings
  2. 3Adrianne LenkerAdrianne Lenker3 albums here4.14.2 avg · 9 ratings
  3. 4Lucy DacusLucy Dacus1 album here3.93.9 avg · 9 ratings
  4. 5Lianne La HavasLianne La Havas1 album here3.83.7 avg · 3 ratings
  5. 6John MellencampJohn Mellencamp1 album here2 ratings
  6. 7BowerbirdsBowerbirds1 album here1 rating
  7. 8Iris DeMentIris DeMent1 album here1 rating
  8. 9Iwan FalsIwan Fals1 album here
  9. 10Víctor ManuelVíctor Manuel12 albums here
  10. 11The Kingston TrioThe Kingston Trio1 album here
  11. 12Marcus MumfordMarcus Mumford4 albums here
  12. 13David RawlingsDavid Rawlings5 albums here
  13. 14Maxine FunkeMaxine Funke4 albums here
  14. 15Nirosta SteelNirosta Steel1 album here
  15. 16Chris SmitherChris Smither2 albums here

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