What are some essentail folk albums?

>>72972184
Neil Young

selections from the Current 93 catalog, choose based upon which cover art appeals most to you.

What even is folk?
I was going to listen to ITAOTS but I found out it's folk and it sounds lame.

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>>72972184
or the RYM tag

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here's some of my favorites, folk is a pretty broad thing so it's a mixed bag but essential stuff from different places. start with cohen/frank/mitchell, listen to the rest and realize the blues are better then listen to mississippi john hurt

Thanks for the suggestions guys

ITT: folk-ROCK

friendly reminder that if the artist wrote the song you're listening to, it's objectively NOT folk music.

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Rejoicing in the Hands - Devendra Banhart

>>72972472
reminder that you're objectively autistic

>>72972510
Still correct though.

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>>72972184
the glow pt 2

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Really disappointed in you guys that Townes Van Zandt wasn't the first name mentioned.

>>72972255
good god i hope you die

>>72972184
leonard cohen

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