The latest full-length release from Rufus Wainwright features folk cover songs with guest appearances by Anohni, Andrew Bird, David Byrne, Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow, Madison Cunningham, Susanna Hoffs, Chaka Khan, Lily Lanken, John Legend, Anna McGarrigle, Van Dyke Parks, Nicole Scherzinger, Chris Stills, Chaim Tannenbaum, Martha Wainwright, and Lucy Wainwright Roche.

This is the debut album for the Swedish teenage sisters.

The Seattle-based band featuring ex-Pretty Girls Make Graves' Derek Fudesco releases their first album.

The tenth release for the upstate New York folk quintet was produced by Jeremy Backofen in Omaha, Nebraska.

Heavily influenced by the likes of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, Adam Green (the alternative-folk singer/songwriter better known for his stint with the lo-fi indie group Moldy Peaches) returns with his sixth studio album.

The second full-length release for actor/singer Lola Kirke features a guest appearance from Courtney Marie Andrews.

The 13th full-length studio release from British singer-songwriter David Gray was produced with Ben De Vries.

The third full-length release for the singer-songwriter was self-produced.

The Canadian folk-rock twins return with their third album.

Produced by Jay Joyce, Alison Krauss and Patty Griffin appear as guests on the fifth studio release for the Philadelphia singer-songwriter.

The third release for the singer-songwriter was produced by Woody Jackson and features guest vocals by Inara George, Petra Haden, and Isobel Campbell.

The 30-track tribute album to John Martyn was produced by Jim Tullio and features such artists as Beck, Ted Barnes, Phil Collins, David Gray, Morcheeba's Skye Edwards, Beth Orton, The Cure's Robert Smith, Snow Patrol, The Swell Season, and Cheryl Wilson.

The latest full-length solo release for the singer-songwriter is a Billie Holiday covers album.

The latest full-length release from Canadian singer-songwriter Colter Wall was produced with Patrick Lyons.

Tim O'Brien, Mike Bub, and Kenny Malone provide backing for the fifth full-length release from Canada's Chris Luedecke.

This is the second album with ex-My Bloody Valentine drummer Colm O'Ciosoig for Hope Sandoval.

This is the first album in over 17 years for the native american singer-songwriter.

The third full-length release for the California folk duo was recorded live on tour at the venues they would later performed on.

The veteran duo of Emily Saliers and Amy Ray continue with their well-established sound on this ninth studio album.

Songwriter Ryan Bingham has grown tremendously on this third full-length. Barely 30 years old, his previous work showed promise but carried the excess expected of a novice. Bingham won both a Golden Globe and an Oscar for "The Weary Kind," the theme song from the film Crazy Heart. The song was produced by T-Bone Burnett, creating a partnership extended on Junky Star. Bingham and his Dead Horses--drummer Matthew Smith, bassist Elijah Ford, and guitarist Corby Schaub, prove the song was no fluke. The sound is pure Americana; these 12 lyrically sophisticated yet direct songs, reflect a host of tense, lost, desperate, individuals dreaming the same dark dream, one that suggests that we are all growing tenser with the times. Bingham has trimmed his songwriting to the bone, while learing to use metaphor and metonomy like a veteran. A former rodeo rider, he wears his influences proudly: Guthrie, Dylan, Van Zandt, Ely, Earle, Clark, and Hubbard. He begins with a sandblasted vision of America in "the Poet." Amid acoustic guitars, a lonesome harmonica ,restrained electric and bass drum, Bingham's whiskey-smoked vocal offers a lyric theme the entire album turns on: "As I keep walking, people keep talking/About things they've never seen or done/Homeless sleep in the park, lovers kiss in the dark/Me, I keep moving on through time." Time is suspended as Bingham's protagonists tell stories from the road (some of them bone-chilling), from America's past and present, physically and psychologically. Rootlessness as peace of mind is portrayed via country rock in "The Wandering," but the feeling in "Strange Feeling In The Air," the title track, a deeply moving acoustic murder ballad (they are strewn throughout the album), and the angry uptempo "Depression," reflect a contradiction: constant movement is the key to survival, not necessarily peace. "Hallelujah" is another murder ballad with a disturbing twist. "Lay My Head On The Rail," is pure folk poetry illustrated by a lone acoustic guitar. The blues in "Hard Worn Trail," are rooted in poverty worry, strained, broken relationships resulting in the search for comfort. It doesn't come anywehre on Junky Star. "All Choked Up Again," set to Waylon Jennings' brand of outlaw country closes it out by mining the existential darkness deeper. Bingham is unflinching, but his songs hold out for a glimmer of something else. The only real consolation Junky Star offers is that no one need feel alone in her or his desperation-this is a true accomplishment. Bingham has delivered a set of songs that mirrors our uncertain times in a musical language that doesn't unduly distort or romanticise them. ~ Thom Jurek

The latest full-length release for the folk artist features guest appearances from Bill Frisell, Lisa Hannigan, Sarah Jarosz, and The Milk Carton Kids.

The first release in five years for the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens was produced by Rick Rubin.

Originally released on vinyl for Third Man Records on Record Store Day, the 12-track lo-fi covers album from the Canadian singer-songwriter features songs from such artists as Bob Dylan, The Everly Brothers, Bert Jansch, Willie Nelson, Phil Ochs, and Bruce Springsteen.

The folk singer-songwriter's ninth studio album produced by Kevin Killen was inspired by Greek mythology.

The latest album from the Texas-based artist includes guest appearances by Gael Garc?a Bernal, Nick Valensi of The Strokes, and Rodrigo Amarante of Los Hermanos.

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.

The first album on his new label for the folk singer was co-produced with Paul Butler.

The second covers album from the singer-songwriter features songs by such artists as by Graham Nash, Robbie Robertson, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, and Stevie Wonder.

This is the third full-length release from the British folk collective led by Simon Emmerson of Afro Celt Sound System.

The latest full-length release from Nasville singer-songwriter Todd Snider was produced by Joe Bisirri, Robbie Crowell and Aaron Lee Tasjan.

The recording of the Bob Dylan concert from the Brandeis Folk Festival in Massachusetts was located in Rolling Stone cofounder Ralph Gleason's house and was originally offered as a limited bonus disc with 2010's The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 collection.

This is the first new album in three years for the folk-rock duo of Emily Saliers and Amy Ray.

The second collaboration with Edie Brickell for the actor/musician was produced by Peter Asher and features contributions from such artists as Cobra Starship's Victoria Asher, Béla Fleck, Mike Einziger of Incubus, Leland Sklar, the Steep Canyon Rangers, and Geoff Zanelli.

The seventh full-length studio release for the Pennsylvania singer-songwriter was produced by Malachi DeLorenzo.

The debut full-length solo release for The Head and the Heart co-founder was recorded with Lucius' Peter Lalish.

Backed by the London Symphony Orchestra, Joni Mitchell revisits songs from throughout her 35-year career on this two-disc set.

This is the second full-length studio release for the Denver-based indie singer-songwriter.

Produced by Markus Dravs, the debut album for the folk rock quartet went platinum in the UK.

The latest album for the folk singer from Colorado was based on some of Emily Dickenson's poems.

The 10th full-length studio release for the blues artist was self-produced and features contributions from Malcolm Arison, Luther Dickinson and Dan Magnusson.

The Canadian singer-songwriter from the folk trio Be Good Tanyas includes soul music influences on her first solo album.

The fourth release from the Seattle indie folk rock band was produced by Phil Ek.

The seven-track mini-album release from the California folk duo of Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan was recorded in Encino, California.

Fin Greenall releases his third album under the alias Fink.

The latest release for the folk singer features duets with such artists as Bhi Bhiman, Jeff Bridges, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Buffett, Marc Cohn, Thomas Dybdahl, Glen Hansard, Aled Jones, and Willie Nelson.

The second of a planned trilogy of songs about British villages that lost no soldiers in World War I by the singer-songwriter features a guest appearance from Fairport Convention’s Judy Dyble.

The fifth full-length release for the Detroit band led by Matthew Milia was produced by Ken Coomer.

The latest album for the Connecticut singer-songwriter features six songs he recorded in the 1970s.

Folkie Dar Williams returns with her sixth album, which is perhaps her most diverse and fullest-sounding yet, enhanced by the presence of a host of contributors including Alison Krauss, John Medeski, Bela Fleck, and John Popper.

The first release in nine years for Neil Young and his band Crazy Horse is an album of classic American folk songs.

Nanci Griffith's 20th album was recorded at her Nashville home with co-producers Maura Kennedy, Pete Kennedy, and Pat McInerney.

The artist previously known as Wooden Wand releases his debut solo album.

The California-born singer-songwriter who has had much more success overseas, releases his fourth album.

The latest full-length solo release for the singer-songwriter features contributions from Jonathan Rado, James Richardson and Florence Welch.

The father of fellow musicians Rufus and Martha Wainwright reworks some of his songs in his latest release produced by Joe Henry.

The Seattle folk trio's new album is their first foray into a more driving, rock sound -- adding a heavier dimension to their folk sound.

Moldy Peaches' Adam Green and Binki Shapiro of Little Joy come together on this debut release of 1960s-inspired songs about heartbreak.

The British singer-songwriter releases his debut full-length album produced by Liam Watson.

The latest full-length release from folk singer-songwriter Judy Collins is the first album of original songs written entirely by her.

The debut full-length release for the folk-inspired rock band led by Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carrabba was produced by Ammar Malik and Robopop.

Recorded in Brooklyn, the sixth full-length solo studio release for the British singer-songwriter is his first since 2011's Bella.

The second release for Peter Pisano and Brian Moen was written after their 2010 tour.

The Nashville-born and New York-based folk singer releases his debut album recorded by Kyle Spence of Harvey Milk.

The two-disc compilation features songs from a one-night concert of songs from the Coen brothers film "Inside Llewyn Davis" by such artists as The Avett Brothers, Joan Baez, Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens, Colin Meloy, The Milk Carton Kids, Keb Mo, Marcus Mumford, Punch Brothers, Dave Rawlings, Secret Sisters, Willie Watson, Gillian Welch, and Jack White.

Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield's cover album features 12 songs from Elliott Smith's seven releases.

Recorded and produced by Rick Rubin at the same sessions as 2012's The Carpenter, the eighth release for the folk rock band is said to be more of a "youthful wonder" feel.

Gomez guitarist Ben ottewell releases his debut solo album produced by Will Golden.

The Canadian twins release their first live CD/DVD, which includes two documentaries and a video of their concert in Vancouver, BC.

The soundtrack to the Coen Brothers film about the the Greenwich Village folk music scene in the early 60s includes production from T-Bone Burnett and songs sung by the actors (Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Stark Sands, Justin Timberlake) of the film.

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.

After a two-year acting stint at The Globe and in the West End, the British singer/actor returns with a self-produced album of Americana.

This is Orenda Fink's second solo album, after stints with the bands Art In Manila and O+S.

The second full-length solo release for the singer-songwriter based in Portland, Oregon nwas recorded by Bella Blasko.

The eighth full-length release for the California blues singer-songwriter was self-recorded and produced.

The British duo return to their folk rock roots with their debut on the Cooking Vinyl label.

The Welsh indie rock band that includes Rhys Ifans and Super Furry Animals' Dafydd Ieuan releases its debut album.

The latest release for the multiple Grammy-winning singer-songwriter was inspired by his 2014 Broadway play of the same name about a British shipyard.

The sixth full-length release for Alexander Shields was produced and mixed by Misha Hering.

Recorded in Mexico by Fermin Vasquez Llera, the first release of new material in five years from Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quinetro was self-produced.

The third full-length release for Alessi Laurent-Marke was produced by Andy LeMaster.

The sixth studio release for the Canadian folk rock band led by Tony Dekker was partially recorded in Ontario’s Tyendinaga Caverns and Caves.

The latest album for the Canadian folk singer-songwriter was produced by Sandro Perri.

The fourth album for the singer-songwriter features appearances by Priscilla Ahn, Pieta Brown, James Gadson, Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Iron & Wine's Sam Beam, and Calexico.

The second album for the Seattle-based indie rock band was produced by Colin Stewart.

The seventh release for the British folk artist was recorded in a Cornish church.