Album Releases by Genre
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Falling Faster Than You Can Run
by Nathaniel Rateliff
September 17, 2013
This is the second full-length studio release for the Denver-based indie singer-songwriter.
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Vagrant Stanzas
by Martin Simpson
September 17, 2013
The latest solo release for the British folk singer was co-produced with Richard Hawley and Peter Denenberg.
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For the World
by Ed Askew
September 16, 2013
Produced by Jerry DeCicca, the latest release for the singer-songwriter features guest appearances from Mary Lattimore, Marc Ribot, and Sharon Van Etten.
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Live at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco Aug 31-Sept 1 2011
by Ry Cooder
September 10, 2013
The second live release for the slide guitarist is a collaboration with The Corridos Famosos band and recorded from two nights at San Francisco's Great American Hall in 2011.
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Surrounded
by Richard Buckner
September 3, 2013
Mixed by Tucker Martine, the latest release from the alt-country singer-songwriter was written using an electronic autoharp and an octave-shifting pedal.
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Pushin' Against a Stone
by Valerie June
August 13, 2013
The fourth full-length release for the Tennessean country singer was produced by Kevin Agunas and Dan Auerbach.
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The Civil Wars
by The Civil Wars
August 6, 2013
The second release for the duo Joy Williams and John Paul White followed an announced hiatus in November 2012 due to "internal discord and irreconcilable differences of ambition."
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About Farewell
by Alela Diane
July 30, 2013
The folk singer-songwriter's divorce from Tom Bevitori was an influence on the John Askew-produced fourth full-length release.
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Bugbears
by Darren Hayman
July 15, 2013
The latest solo release from the ex-Hefner frontman is an album of English folks songs dating from the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Dear River
by Emily Barker & the Red Clay Halo
July 8, 2013
The fourth full-length release for the Australian singer-songwriter was produced by Calum Malcolm.
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None the Wiser
by Chris Wood
July 1, 2013
The British singer-songwriter incorporates the Hammond organ, string bass, and electric guitar on his latest release.
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The Warner Bros. Years [Box Set]
by Steve Earle
June 25, 2013
The box set for the Grammy-winning folk singer-songwriter contains 1995's Grammy-nominated Train a Comin', 1996's I Feel Alright, and 1997's El Corazon, as well as the unreleased Live at the Polk Theater concert album from 1995 and To Hell and Back, a DVD of a concert at Tennessee's Cold Creek Correctional Facility in 1996.
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Turbines
by Tunng
June 18, 2013
The fifth release for the British experimental folk collective is its first recorded with all six members present at the studio.
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Big Sur
by Bill Frisell
June 18, 2013
The first release on Sony's Okeh label, the music written while the jazz musician was in Big Sur was commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival.
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Still Fighting the War
by Slaid Cleaves
June 18, 2013
Eliza Gilkyson, Terri Hendrix, Kelley McCarty, and Jimmy LaFave guests on the Austin-based singer-songwriter's latest release was produced by Scrappy Jud Newcomb, Lloyd Maines, and Mark Hallman.
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Fossils
by Aoife O'Donovan
June 11, 2013
The debut solo release for the Crooked Still singer-songwriter was produced by Tucker Martine.
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From the Hills Below the City
by Houndmouth
June 4, 2013
The debut release for the folk rock quartet from New Albany, Indiana (near Louisville, Kentucky) was produced by Kevin Ratterman.
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Once I Was an Eagle
by Laura Marling
May 28, 2013
The fourth full-length studio release for the British singer-songwriter was produced by Ethan Johns.
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My Garden State
by Glenn Jones
May 14, 2013
The sixth solo release for the guitarist was written and recorded in New Jersey while he was taking care of his mother.
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Bright Sunny South
by Sam Amidon
May 14, 2013
The folk artist reworks Mariah Carey's "Shake It Off" and Tim McGraw's "My Old Friend" on his debut release with the Nonesuch label.
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Wilderness
by The Handsome Family
May 14, 2013
The latest release from the husband-and-wife duo Brett and Rennie Sparks is a concept album based on animals and real-life historical figures.
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American Kid
by Patty Griffin
May 7, 2013
Co-produced with Craig Ross, the mostly acoustic release for the singer-songwriter was inspired by her father, who passed away in 2009.
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Broken Down Gentlemen
by Faustus
April 30, 2013
This is the sophomore release for the folk collaboration between Saul Rose, Benji Kirkpatrick, and Paul Sartin.
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The Still Life
by Alessi's Ark
April 30, 2013
The third full-length release for Alessi Laurent-Marke was produced by Andy LeMaster.
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Sub Verses
by Akron/Family
April 30, 2013
The seventh full-length studio release for the experimental trio was produced by Randall Dunn.
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Hubcap Music
by Seasick Steve
April 29, 2013
The fifth release from the blues singer was created on a guitar made from hubcaps.
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Love Has Come for You
by Steve Martin
April 23, 2013
Produced by Peter Asher, the third release on the Rounder label for Steve Martin sees the comedian/banjo player teaming up with Edie Brickell on this album of bluegrass music.
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The Graceless Age
by John Murry
April 9, 2013
Co-produced with Tim Mooney, the debut full-length release for the San Francisco-based, Mississippi-born singer-songwriter speaks of his struggle against dug addiction.
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Child Ballads
by Anaïs Mitchell
March 19, 2013
This debut release from Anaïs Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer was inspired by the Francis J. Child Collection of Ballads books and was produced by Gary Paczosa.
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Impossible Truth
by William Tyler
March 19, 2013
The second solo full-length release for the Nashville singer-songwriter was was produced by Mark Nevers.
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Tooth & Nail
by Billy Bragg
March 19, 2013
The first new studio release in five years for the British singer-songwriter was recorded in California at producer Joe Henry's house.
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Wyoming
by Water Liars
March 5, 2013
The second release for the Mississippi duo of Justin Kinkel-Schuster and Andrew Bryant was produced by Bruce Watson.
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Naomi
by The Cave Singers
March 5, 2013
The fourth release from the Seattle indie folk rock band was produced by Phil Ek.
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Howl
by The Howlin' Brothers
March 5, 2013
The Nashville-based Americana trio's debut release on Readymade Records was produced by Brendan Benson.
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All the Times We Had
by Ivan & Alyosha
February 26, 2013
The debut full-length release for the folk pop Seattle quartet led by Tim Wilson and Ryan Carbary.
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Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
by Various Artists
February 19, 2013
Johnny Depp and Hal Willner's second collection of pirate/sea songs includes vocals from such artists as Dr. John, Marianne Faithfull, Iggy Pop, Courtney Love, Keith Richards, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe, and Tom Waits.
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Rough Carpenters
by The Black Twig Pickers
February 19, 2013
The latest full-length release from the Appalachian folk band was recorded during the same sessions as its 2012's Wompyjawed EP.
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Electric
by Richard Thompson
February 5, 2013
The British folk rock guitarist's latest solo release was produced by Buddy Miller and includes guest appearances by Alison Krauss and Siobhan Maher Kennedy.
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Us Alone
by Hayden
February 5, 2013
The seventh release from the Canadian singer-songwriter is his first on the Arts & Crafts label.
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Angels Without Wings
by Heidi Talbot
January 29, 2013
The fifth solo release for the Irish singer was produced by John McCusker and includes guest appearances from King Creosote, Mark Knopfler, and Tim O’Brien.
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Adam Green & Binki Shapiro
by Adam Green
January 29, 2013
Moldy Peaches' Adam Green and Binki Shapiro of Little Joy come together on this debut release of 1960s-inspired songs about heartbreak.
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A Wonder Working Stone
by Alasdair Roberts
January 22, 2013
The latest release from the Glasgow-based folk artist includes contributions from such artists as Olivia Chaney, Rafe Fitzpatrick, Ben Reynolds, and music ensemble Concerto Caledonia.
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Give Me All You Got
by Carrie Rodriguez
January 22, 2013
The fifth full-length studio release for the Texas-born singer-songwriter was produced by Lee Townsend.
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Manifestra
by Erin McKeown
January 15, 2013
The seventh full-length release for the singer-songwriter features guest appearances from artists such as Sean Hayes, Anais Mitchell, Ryan Montbleau, David Wax Museum, and Polly Paulusma.
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Buddy and Jim
by Buddy Miller
December 11, 2012
Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale recorded their debut country duet release in three days.
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Silver & Gold [Boxset]
by Sufjan Stevens
November 13, 2012
The second set of Christmas-related songs (the first was 2006's Songs for Christmas) is five discs of songs recorded between 2006 and 2012.
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Tender is the Night
by Old Man Luedecke
November 13, 2012
Tim O'Brien, Mike Bub, and Kenny Malone provide backing for the fifth full-length release from Canada's Chris Luedecke.
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From the Top of Willamette Mountain
by Joshua James
November 6, 2012
The third release for the folk singer was produced by Richard Swift.
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Come Home To Mama
by Martha Wainwright
October 16, 2012
The third full-length studio release for the singer-songwriter was produced by Cibo Matto's Yuka Honda and features such guests as Nels Cline, Sean Lennon, and Dirty Three drummer Jim White.
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Who Needs Who
by Dark Dark Dark
October 2, 2012
The third studio album for indie band was written while on tour and explores the emotions that came from the relationship band members Nona Marie Invie and Marshall LaCount had with each other.
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Sing the Delta
by Iris DeMent
October 2, 2012
The first release of original songs from the singer-songwriter in 16 years focuses on life on the Arkansas delta.
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Babel
by Mumford & Sons
September 25, 2012
The second release for the folk band was produced by Markus Dravs.
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Hidden
by Marry Waterson
September 24, 2012
This is the second release from Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight, the children of the late Lal Waterson.
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Little Heater
by Catherine Irwin
September 18, 2012
The second solo album for the alt-country singer who was one-half of Freakwater was produced by Tara Jane O'Neil.
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Bend Beyond
by Woods
September 18, 2012
The latest full-length album for the Brooklyn band features the debut of new drummer Aaron Neveu.
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The Carpenter
by The Avett Brothers
September 11, 2012
Rick Rubin returns to produce the seventh studio release for the indie folk-pop band.
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Over with You
by Steve Forbert
September 11, 2012
The latest release from the Mississippi folk rocker was recorded with Ben Sollee, Ben Harper, Jason Yates, Sheldon Gomberg, and Michael Jerome.
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Tempest
by Bob Dylan
September 11, 2012
Produced by Jack Frost, the 35th studio album from the singer-songwriter was released in 2012, the 50th anniversary of his debut album.
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The Salesman and the Shark
by Sean Rowe
August 28, 2012
The third release for the singer-songwriter was produced by Woody Jackson and features guest vocals by Inara George, Petra Haden, and Isobel Campbell.
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Brother Sinner & the Whale
by Kelly Joe Phelps
August 21, 2012
The latest solo album for the singer-songwriter was recorded only with a guitar and produced by Steve Dawson.
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The No Testament
by Sam Carter
August 20, 2012
The second release for the British folk singer was inspired by American gospel music.
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Occasion for Song
by The Black Swans
July 31, 2012
The fifth full-length release for the Ohio-based band is its first without contributions from the group's late violinist Noel Sayre, who drowned in 2008.
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O' Be Joyful
by Shovels & Rope
July 31, 2012
This is the debut release for the South Carolina husband and wife duo of Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst.
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Orfeo
by Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party
July 17, 2012
The second album from Fay Hield sees the British folk singer working with the The Hurricane Party: Jon Boden, Andy Cutting, Rob Harbron, and Sam Sweeney.
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Carry Me Back
by Old Crow Medicine Show
July 17, 2012
Ted Hutt produced the fourth release for the Americana band that welcomes back Critter Fuqua and features final appearances of Willie Watson, who parted with the band in January 2012.
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Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial
by Woody Guthrie
July 10, 2012
The Centennial celebration of Woody Guthrie's birthday brings the three-disc set of some of his most famous songs, 21 unreleased, and six never-before-heard tracks.
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Hundred Dollar Valentine
by Chris Smither
July 9, 2012
The latest release from the blues and folk singer is his first album of wholly original songs.
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Roll On Roll On
by Tom Paley
June 25, 2012
The latest release for the British-based folk singer includes cover and traditional songs with contributions from his son Ben on fiddle, as well as Jonny Bridgwood, Robin Gillan, Dave Morgan, and Jason Steel.
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Graceland [25th Anniversary Edition]
by Paul Simon
June 5, 2012
The 25th anniversary release of Paul Simon's Grammy-winning album includes demos, alternative versions of songs, live tracks from the Graceland world tour, and the documentary, "Under African Skies."
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All Fall Down
by Shawn Colvin
June 5, 2012
The eight studio album for the singer-songwriter was produced by Buddy Miller and features guest appearances by such artists as Jakob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, and Alison Krauss.
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Americana
by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
June 5, 2012
The first release in nine years for Neil Young and his band Crazy Horse is an album of classic American folk songs.
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The Sailor's Revenge
by Bap Kennedy
June 5, 2012
Mark Knopfler produced the eight solo album for the Northern Ireland singer-songwriter, who previously was in the the band, Energy Orchard.
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What We Saw from the Cheap Seats
by Regina Spektor
May 29, 2012
The sixth studio album for singer-songwriter Regina Spektor was produced with Mike Elizondo and includes songs she had until now, only sung live.
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Stray Ashes
by JBM
May 22, 2012
This is the second full-length release for Canadian singer-songwriter Jesse Marchant.
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Perlas
by Josephine Foster
May 15, 2012
This is the second album of Spanish folk music Josephine Foster has recorded with the Victor Herrero Band.
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Bending the Dark
by The Imagined Village
May 14, 2012
This is the third full-length release from the British folk collective led by Simon Emmerson of Afro Celt Sound System.
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Love Is the Plan, The Plan Is Death
by James Blackshaw
April 24, 2012
The latest album from the James Blackshaw finds the guitarist using a nylon six-string guitar instead of his usual 12-string steel guitar.
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Northern Shore
by Skydiggers
April 24, 2012
This is the eighth studio release for the Canadian folk rock group.
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Older Than My Old Man Now
by Loudon Wainwright III
April 17, 2012
The 21st release for the singer-songwriter features songs about growing older, family and death. It includes guest appearances from his children (Rufus, Martha, Lucy Wainwright Roche, and Lexie Kelly-Wainwright), Ramblin' Jack Elliott, John Scofield, Suzzy Roche, Chaim Tannenbaum, Chris Smither, and Dame Edna Everage.
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In the Time of Gods
by Dar Williams
April 17, 2012
The folk singer-songwriter's ninth studio album produced by Kevin Killen was inspired by Greek mythology.
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Gift for the End
by Mariee Sioux
April 17, 2012
The second full-length release for the folk singer-songwriter was produced by Sean Kae.
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Poor Moon
by Hiss Golden Messenger
April 17, 2012
The fourth album from the duo of M.C. Taylor and Scott Hirsch was recorded in a week.
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Intersection
by Nanci Griffith
April 10, 2012
Nanci Griffith's 20th album was recorded at her Nashville home with co-producers Maura Kennedy, Pete Kennedy, and Pat McInerney.
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The Marble Downs
by Bonnie "Prince" Billy
April 9, 2012
The British folk band Trembling Bells collaborates with Kentuckian Bonnie "Prince" Billy.
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Skulk
by Jim Moray
April 9, 2012
The fifth album for the folk artist reworks both classical folk pieces as well as two modern songs, Anaïs Mitchell's "If It's True" and Fleetwood Mac's "Big Love."
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The Lumineers
by The Lumineers
April 3, 2012
This is the debut release for the Denver folk-rock trio.
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My Head Is an Animal
by Of Monsters and Men
April 3, 2012
This is the debut full-length album for the Icelandic folk rock band that won the Músiktilraunir, their homeland's battle of the bands competition, in 2010.
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Tales from the Barrel House
by Seth Lakeman
April 2, 2012
Recorded in an old copper mine, a wood barrel-making shop, and other unique places in a mining town, the sixth solo album for the British folk singer-songwriter was self-produced.
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Urstan
by Alasdair Roberts
March 26, 2012
Alasdair Roberts and Mairi Morrison collaborated on the album of traditional Gaelic songs for Ceol’s Craic, a Gaelic arts center in Glasgow.
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The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond
by Original Soundtrack
March 20, 2012
The Hunger Games soundtrack produced by T-Bone Burnett includes songs by Arcade Fire, Birdy, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Neko Case, The Civil Wars, The Decemberists, Jayme Dee, Glen Hansard, Kid Cudi, Miranda Lambert, The Low Anthem, Maroon 5, Punch Brothers, The Secret Sisters, and Taylor Swift.
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Leaving Eden
by Carolina Chocolate Drops
February 28, 2012
The follow-up to their 2010 Grammy-winning debut album was produced by Buddy Miller.
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New Multitudes
by Jay Farrar/Will Johnson/Anders Parker/Yim Yames
February 28, 2012
Unreleased songs from folk legend Woody Guthrie are interpreted by Son Volt's Jay Farrar, Centro-matic's Will Johnson, Anders Parker, and My Morning Jacket's Jim James.
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Young Man In America
by Anaïs Mitchell
February 28, 2012
The singer-songwriter scales back from her 20-track 2010 album Hadestown with 11 folk tunes on her fifth album.
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Where It Hits You
by Jim White
February 21, 2012
Jim White's wife left him for another man while he was working on this album.
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The Bird Is Coming Down to Earth
by The Soft Hills
February 14, 2012
The second album for the Seattle-based psych-folk-rock band was produced by Matt Brown.
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Who's Feeling Young Now?
by Punch Brothers
February 14, 2012
The third album from the bluegrass group Punch Brothers includes a cover of Radiohead's Kid A.
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The Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony & The Johnsons: Live from The Union Chapel, London (Diversions Vol.1)
by The Unthanks
February 7, 2012
The British folk group releases an album of live recorded covers of Robert Wyatt and Antony & The Johnsons songs.
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Hello Cruel World
by Gretchen Peters
January 31, 2012
The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter's ninth album features Rodney Crowell as a guest singer.
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Old Ideas
by Leonard Cohen
January 31, 2012
The first new album from the Canadian singer-songwriter in eight years includes production work by Patrick Leonard, Ed Sanders, Dino Soldo, and Anjani Thomas.
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The Hangman Tree
by Laura J. Martin
January 31, 2012
The flutist's debut album includes xylophones, mandolins, and flutes, and features guest appearances by Buck 65 and Euros Childs.
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