Curated by Amazon's Music Experts

Best Folk of 2017

Curated by Amazon's Music Experts

Our picks for the best roots music of the year.

45 SONGS • 3 HOURS AND 6 MINUTES

1Hope the High Road
Hope the High Road
E
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
The Nashville Sound
03:03
2All American Made
All American Made
Margo Price
All American Made
05:51
3Arizona Fire
Arizona Fire
Becca Mancari
Good Woman
04:44
4It's a Shame
It's a Shame
First Aid Kit
Ruins
04:00
5BAD DESIRE
BAD DESIRE
Noah Gundersen
WHITE NOISE [Explicit]
04:13
6Call It Dreaming
Call It Dreaming
Iron & Wine
Beast Epic
03:51
7Wild Fire
Wild Fire
E
Laura Marling
Semper Femina [Explicit]
04:50
8He's Fine
He's Fine
The Secret Sisters
You Don't Own Me Anymore
03:43
9Jackpot
Jackpot
Nikki Lane
Highway Queen
03:33
10Champagne Corolla
Champagne Corolla
Justin Townes Earle
Kids in the Street
03:38
11All on My Mind
All on My Mind
Anderson East
Encore
03:44
12Shakedown
Shakedown
Valerie June
The Order Of Time
02:46
13Honky Tonks and Taverns
Honky Tonks and Taverns
Lillie Mae
Forever and Then Some
02:19
14Better Get It Right the First Time
Better Get It Right the First Time
Rhiannon Giddens
Freedom Highway
03:23
15Motorcycle
Motorcycle
Colter Wall
Colter Wall
02:18
16It Ain't Over Yet
It Ain't Over Yet
Rodney Crowell
Close Ties
05:14
17It Don't Suit Me (Like Before)
It Don't Suit Me (Like Before)
John Moreland
Big Bad Luv [Explicit]
03:39
18Time's Always Leaving
Time's Always Leaving
The Lone Bellow
Walk into a Storm
03:17
19Watching from a Distance
Watching from a Distance
David Ramirez
We're Not Going Anywhere [Explicit]
04:20
20Cathedral
Cathedral
Jade Bird
Deep Songwriters
02:46
21Universal Sound
Universal Sound
Tyler Childers
Purgatory [Explicit]
03:41
22Little Bit of Rust
Little Bit of Rust
Will Hoge
Anchors
03:48
23Gallows Pole
Gallows Pole
Willie Watson
Folksinger, Vol. 2
04:06
24Only Songs
Only Songs
The Wild Reeds
The World We Built
04:36
25The Weather (feat. Molly Parden)
The Weather (feat. Molly Parden)
Ron Pope feat. Molly Parden
Work
03:58
26Tenderheart
Tenderheart
Sam Outlaw
Tenderheart
04:36
27Hotel Amarillo
Hotel Amarillo
Caroline Spence
Spades & Roses
04:00
28Patient Zero
Patient Zero
Aimee Mann
Mental Illness
03:42
29Wash Me Away
Wash Me Away
E
Old Sea Brigade
Wash Me Away [Explicit]
03:57
30Stitch of the World
Stitch of the World
Tift Merritt
Stitch of the World (Deluxe Edition)
03:55
31Cumberland Gap
Cumberland Gap
David Rawlings
Poor David's Almanack
02:56
32Motorcycle
Motorcycle
Jade Jackson
Gilded [Explicit]
03:06
33Blood Hunters
Blood Hunters
Andrew Combs
Canyons of My Mind
03:20
34Settle
Settle
Hurray for the Riff Raff
The Navigator
02:57
35Call Your Name
Call Your Name
Karen Elson
Double Roses
04:35
36Blue Moon
Blue Moon
Gold Star
Big Blue
02:50
37Lay It on Me
Lay It on Me
Vance Joy
Nation of Two
03:35
38Thunderbolt's Goodnight
Thunderbolt's Goodnight
Josh Ritter
Gathering
04:05
39Swim the River
Swim the River
Christian Lopez
Red Arrow
02:55
40The Night David Bowie Died
The Night David Bowie Died
E
Lilly Hiatt
Trinity Lane [Explicit]
03:35
41Hurricane Shakedown
Hurricane Shakedown
The Deslondes
Hurry Home
01:53
42Lonely Game (feat. Andrew Combs & Jessie Baylin)
Lonely Game (feat. Andrew Combs & Jessie Baylin)
Steelism feat. Andrew Combs & Jessie Baylin
ism
03:49
43Rosey
Rosey
Bermuda Triangle
Rosey
03:46
44CRYING'S JUST A THING YOU DO
CRYING'S JUST A THING YOU DO
JD McPherson
UNDIVIDED HEART & SOUL
03:15
45Ain't A Road Too Long
Ain't A Road Too Long
Brent Cobb
Ain't A Road Too Long
03:42