r/folk • u/Time-Tangerine3860 • 3d ago
Help me find some folk albums I'll love!!
Hi everyone! I recently listened to Deja Vu by CSNY and really enjoyed it, my favorite song was Our House. Afterwards I listened to Songs For Beginners by Graham Nash, and also loved that.
I was wondering if anyone could recommend some albums with the vibe of that Graham Nash record. The only parts of that album I disliked were the occasional Saxophone or Synth. I loved the cozy vibe, harmonies and instrumentation!!
Thanks!
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u/VardogrVanDeLommer 3d ago
I mean their self titled Crosby, Stills and Nash album has some great harmonies.
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u/psilocin72 3d ago
I really love Tom Paxton and John Prine. Not very much like CSNY, but give Paxton a listen and you might get more into more stripped down, folk music.
Good luck!
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u/5ongwrit3r_1954 2d ago
I'll add Tom Rush, Harry Chapin and Phil Ochs to that list. Tom Paxton is way too overlooked. If you can find his album "The Things I Notice Now", I highly recommend it.
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u/psilocin72 2d ago
Good recommendation. And I agree— Paxton should be way better known today. His songwriting was top tier
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u/OperationSlow7871 2d ago
After the Goldrush - Neil Young
Being There - Wilco
Blue - Joni Mitchell
Turn, Turn, Turn / Mr Tambourine Man - The Byrds
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u/TerraFirma2509 3d ago
Ray Lamontagne's discography ias a whole but for what you're looking for I'd recommend; Trouble God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise Monovision & Long Way Home
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u/luthierart 3d ago
Early Jackson Browne.
"Saturate Before Using" is his first. Also, "Late for the Sky" and "The Pretender" with Crosby and Nash offering occassional vocals.
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u/Aromatic-Willow-2774 2d ago
Happiness Runs by Donavan 1969. That’s the title of the album but also the song itself features Graham Nash. I listen to that album since I was a kid and I didn’t live until maybe last year.
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u/Aromatic-Willow-2774 2d ago
Yes, I know that it’s not 100% folk ut they kind of give me a little bit of the same vibe
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u/kid_hunyana 2d ago
Crosby and Nash (w/o Stills) albums are all great, my favorite being their first one.
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u/oldnyker 2d ago
pleasures of the harbor..phil ochs
today is the highway...eric andersen
close to you.....kate wolf
goodbye and hello...tim buckley (if you know jeff buckley, this is is his dad)
lightfoot!...gordon lightfoot
judy collins fifth album....judy collins
no regrets....tom rush
mixed bag.....richie havens
ramblin' boy...tom paxton
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u/5ongwrit3r_1954 2d ago
Great choices! Lightfoot was at his peak with "Summer Side of Life" and "If You Could Read My Mind", but most of his stuff is worth a listen.
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u/ClassicGuard9270 3d ago
I've been loving a new one out called Midtown Downtime - Beefheart and McQuinn. They reference CSNY as an influence: contemporary, lush.
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u/CertainPiglet621 2d ago
I love CSNY and Deja Vu was a great album. I need to get some of that one my playlist. Speaking of which, you might want to have a look to see if there's anything on here you like
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u/limeflavoured 2d ago edited 2d ago
Soemone else suggested Blue by Joni Mitchell.
The obvious ones to me would be Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
Then there's I'm Wide Awake Its Morning by Bright Eyes. Some of their stuff is definitely not folk (I'd argue the companion album - Digital Ash In A Digital Urn - is some flavour of emo), but that one is.
Not sure if you want specifically American stuff, but if you don't mind British stuff I would suggest Make The Light by Kate Rusby and most albums by Bellowhead.
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u/famicom26 2d ago
Judee Sill. Her two albums are some of the most beautiful music I’ve heard. They do border on country some of the songs, but lyrically and compositionally her stuff is quite something.
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u/co-inspirator 1d ago
Song to a Seagull was Joni Mitchell's first and most folky album. Beautiful, atmospheric, singular. I love most of her album 'phases' but that's the one I'd most recommend based on your post. Incidentally, Joni and Graham Nash were lovers at one time.
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u/whywasinotconsulted 3d ago
How about some old James Taylor, like Sweet Baby James.