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Some artists, bands, singer songwriters to look out for in the Indie Folk, Alt-folk, folk rock genres.

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Rank   Name Genre(s) Career Began Albums Nationality
  1. 1
    Folk music, Indie rock, Anti-folk, Indie folk
    United States of America
    Gemstones, Jacket Full of Danger, Nat King Cole, Friends of Mine, Jessica, Emily, Garfield, Friends of Mine, Carolina, Live in Paris (2003), Jessica, Minor Love, Adam Green, Sixes & Sevens, Dance With Me, Musik for a Play More
    United States of America
  2. 2
    Alternative rock, Singer-songwriter, Acoustic music, Indie folk
    Glasgow
    Four Songs, Time Without Consequence, Towards the Sun, Away We Go, Towards the Sun More
    England
  3. 3
    Folk rock, Jazz, Indie rock, Swing, Blues, Baroque pop, Indie folk
    Chicago
    Fingerlings 2, Live in Montreal, Fingerlings 3, Daytrotter Session, Fingerlings4 (Gezelligheid Chicago), The Mysterious Production of Eggs, Noble Beast, Armchair Apocrypha, Live at Austin City Limits Music Festival 2007, The Swimming Hour, Thrills, Fitz and the Dizzy Spells, The Ballad of the Red Shoes, Soldier On, Fingerlings, Music of Hair, Weather Systems, Sovay, Oh! The Grandeur More
    United States of America
  4. 4
    Folk music, Pop music, Indie rock, World music, Electronic dance music, Electronica, Indie folk, Neo-Balkan More
    Albuquerque, Santa Fe
    Gulag Orkestar, Gulag Orkestar (demo), The Flying Club Cup, Live at Music Hall of Williamsburg, March of the Zapotec/Holland EP, Elephant Gun, Pompeii, The Rip Tide, Pompeii EP, Elephant Gun EP, Lon Gisland, Calexico / Beirut More
  5. 5
    Folk music, Rock music, Indie rock, Indie folk
    Seattle
    Gathered In Song, Rehearsals for Departure, Holding His Breath, I Break Chairs, Ghost of David, On My Way to Absence, Just in Time for Something, Four Songs, Motorbike, Trampoline, Saint Bartlett, And Now That I'm in Your Shadow, Waters Ave. S., Gathered in Song, Where Shall You Take Me?, Waters Ave S, Caught in the Trees More
    United States of America
  6. 6
    Rock music, Alternative country, Indie rock, Indie folk
    Born on Flag Day, More Fuel For the Fire, War Elephant, The Great Smoke Off, The Black Dirt Sessions, Greatest Hits More
  7. 7
    Folk music, Folk rock, Indie rock, Latin American music, Psych folk, New Weird America, Freak folk, Lo-fi music, Indie folk, Nu-folk More
    San Francisco, Caracas
    At the Hop, Xiu Xiu/Devendra Banhart split 7-inch, White Reggae Troll, Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, Oh Me Oh My... The Way the Day Goes by the Sun Is Setting Dogs Are Dreaming Lovesongs of the Christmas Spirit, The Black Babies, What Will We Be, Niño rojo, Rejoicing in the Hands, Devendra Banhart / Jana Hunter, I Feel Just Like a Child, Little Yellow Spider, Cripple Crow, The Charles C. Leary, The Golden Apples of the Sun More
    United States of America
  8. 8
    Folk rock, Indie rock, Acoustic music, Lo-fi music, Indie folk
    Portland
    Thumbsucker, Happiness, Roman Candle, Ballad of Big Nothing, Baby Britain, Figure 8, Live at Largo, 2000-03-17: South by Southwest Music Festival, Austin, Texas, USA, Pretty (Ugly Before), Elliott Smith, Division Day / No Name #6, New Moon, XO, An Introduction to... Elliott Smith, either/or, Needle in the Hay, From a Basement on the Hill, Waltz #2 (XO), 3 titres inédits, Son of Sam, Speed Trials, New Moon More
    United States of America
  9. 9
    Dub, Jazz, Indie rock, Blues, Indie folk
    Brighton
    KCRW Live Sessions, Pretty Little Thing, Ever Since I Was a Kid, So Long, Sort of Revolution, Fink Funk EP, Distance and Time, 2006-4-17: NapsterLive, Front Side EP, Biscuits for Breakfast, Fresh Produce, Perfect Darkness More
    England
  10. 10
    Folk music, Folk rock, Indie rock, Indie pop, Baroque pop, Indie folk
    Seattle
    Sun Giant, Fleet Foxes, Your Protector, Helplessness Blues / Grown Ocean, Helplessness Blues, Daytrotter Session, Fleet Foxes (EP), Mykonos / False Knight on the Road, Helplessness Blues / Battery Kinzie More
  11. 11
    Folk music, Folk rock, Singer-songwriter, Indie rock, Freak folk, Indie folk More
    Austin
    The Trapeze Swinger, Call Your Boys b/w Dearest Forsaken, Iron & Wine Live Bonnaroo, The Sea & The Rhythm, Iron & Wine iTunes Exclusive EP, Such Great Heights, Call Your Boys / Dearest Forsaken, Lovesong of the Buzzard, Our Endless Numbered Days, Walking Far From Home, Summer 2002 Tour EP, Live Session EP, Woman King, The Shepherd's Dog, Kiss Each Other Clean, Passing Afternoon, Around the Well, Our Endless Numbered Days, iTunes Exclusive EP, The Creek Drank the Cradle, Fall 2007, 2005-06-11: Bonnaroo Festival, TN, USA, Norfolk 6/20/05, Tour EP, The Creek Drank the Cradle (bonus 7''), The Shepherd's Dog, Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) EP, Such Great Heights EP, Boy With a Coin, Daytrotter Session More
    United States of America
  12. 12
    Folk music, Experimental music, Freak folk, Indie folk
    Nevada City
    Walnut Whales, Have One On Me, The Milk-Eyed Mender, Ys, Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band, Yarn and Glue, Sprout and the Bean More
    United States of America
  13. 13
    Folk music, Indie rock, Indie folk
    Gothenburg
    Stay in the Shade EP, Live at Park Ave, Veneer, Killing for Love, Hand on Your Heart, Down the Line, Teardrop, Remain EP, Crosses EP, Crosses, Live at the Wireless FM, In Our Nature, In Our Nature, 3 EP Collection, Australian Tour EP, Crosses / Heartbeats More
    Sweden
  14. 14
    Alternative country, Indie folk
    Newbury Park
    Green River, Hold Time, End of Amnesia, To Go Home, Scene From #12, Duet for Guitars #2, Live Music & The Voice Of Strangers, Transistor Radio, Post-War, Transfiguration of Vincent, Duet for Guitars #2 More
    United States of America
  15. 15
    Alternative rock, Experimental rock, Indie rock, Indie pop, Post-punk revival, Garage rock, Space rock, Lo-fi music, Indie folk, Noise pop More
    Issaquah
    Birds vs. Worms, Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect?, Building Nothing out of Something, Missed the Boat, The Lonesome Crowded West, This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About, Good News for People Who Love Bad News, Other People's Lives, Autumn Beds, Satellite Skin, Polar Opposites, 5 Track Sampler, Sad Sappy Sucker, Broke, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, Float On, The Fruit That Ate Itself, Night on the Sun, Interstate 8, The Moon & Antarctica, Heart Cooks Brain, Baron von Bullshit Rides Again, King Rat, Tube-Fruit, All Smiles and Chocolate, Never Ending Math Equation, Perpetual Motion Machine, Whenever You See Fit, No One's First and You're Next, Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks, Dashboard, A Life of Arctic Sounds, Ocean Breathes Salty More
  16. 16
    Folk rock, Indie rock, Country, Bluegrass, Indie folk
    Sigh No More, The Cave and the Open Sea, Love Your Ground, Mumford and Sons More
  17. 17
    Alternative country, Indie folk, Indie rock
    Portland
  18. 18
    Alternative rock, Progressive rock, Folk rock, Alternative country, Indie rock, Indie pop, Christian rock, Electronica, Experimental music, Christian music, Art rock, Baroque pop, Indie folk More
    Detroit
    Enjoy Your Rabbit, Hark! Songs for Christmas - Vol. II, Peace: Songs for Christmas - Vol. V, All Delighted People EP, Michigan Outtakes, Michigan, The Avalanche, Illinois, Hark! Noel! Songs for Christmas, Volume 1, All Delighted People, Hark! Songs for Christmas, Volume 2, The Age of Adz, Michigan, Ding! Dong! Songs for Christmas, Volume 3, Songs for Christmas Sampler, Noel! Songs for Christmas - Vol. I, The BQE, Ding! Dong! Songs for Christmas - Vol. III, A Sun Came, Seven Swans, Songs for Christmas, Illinois, Michigan (vinyl: disc 2), The Dress Looks Nice on You, Joy: Songs for Christmas - Vol. IV, Seven Swans (bonus 7"), Enjoy Your Rabbit, Michigan (vinyl: disc 1) More
    United States of America
  19. 19
    Alternative rock, Folk rock, Indie folk
    Smart Flesh, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, The Low Anthem, What the Crow Brings, Charles Darwin, The Low Anthem, What The Crow Brings More
  20. 20
    Rock music, Progressive rock, Folk rock, Alternative country, Indie rock, Indie pop, Art rock, Baroque pop, Indie folk More
    Portland
    O Valencia!, Her Majesty, Castaways and Cutouts, Her Majesty the Decemberists, 5 Songs, The Tain, Billy Liar, Picaresque, Picaresqueities, The Crane Wife, 16 Military Wives, A Practical Handbook, Live from SoHo EP, The Perfect Crime #2, Connect Sets, Live from SoHo, The Hazards of Love, Always the Bridesmaid, Volume III: Record Year for Rainfall, The Rake's Song, Always the Bridesmaid, Volume I: Valerie Plame, 2005-05-06: 9:30 Club, Washingon, DC, USA, The King Is Dead, Always the Bridesmaid, Volume II: Days of Elaine, January Hymn, Down by the Water, The Perfect Crime #2 (album demo), The King Is Dead, iTunes Session, Always the Bridesmaid: A Singles Series, Long Live the King More
  21. 21
    Jam band, Freak folk, Indie folk
    United States of America
    Thing of the Past, To Find Me Gone, Between, To Find Me Gone, More of the Past, Vetiver, You May Be Blue, Tight Knit, The Errant Charm More
  22. 22

    Indie Folker

    Indie folk, folk rock, alternative folk
    Transylvania
    Monsters In Rome, Monsters In The Christmas Album, Jabulani

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  1. Kel Varnsen
    Indie Folk Artists at 10/18/2011 2:04 PM
    Already a fan of a lot of these acts (save Mumford & Sons...yick...) Will definitely check out some of the artists I haven't already heard of. (I know one or two Vetiver songs, but it looks like there's many more to be had on Spotify.



    Thanks!
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