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Indie Folk genre — history, bands and artists
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Geography of Indie Folk
Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio
Landmark albums of Indie Folk
Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre
2007
For Emma, Forever AgoBon Iver
2008
Fleet FoxesFleet Foxes
1998
In the Aeroplane Over the SeaNeutral Milk Hotel
2014
Wanted on VoyageGeorge Ezra
2021
A Beginner’s MindSufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine
2011
Bon Iver, Bon IverBon Iver
New in Indie Folk
Albums and singles of the genre released in the last four months
2026Giant Sky IIIGiant Sky
2026The Recent PastHayden
Indie Folk by year
How many studio albums of the genre came out each year
Indie Folk by country and decade
Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade
By country
By decade
Best albums by decade
Artists of Indie Folk
The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners
- Adrianne Lenker
Andrew Bird- Asaf Avidan
- Ásgeir
Band of Horses
Bill Callahan- Bon Iver
- Bright Eyes
- Cameron Winter
- Cat Power
- Damien Jurado
- Dawes
- Devendra Banhart
- Dr. Dog
- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
- EELS
- Elliott Smith
- Fink
- First Aid Kit
- Fleet Foxes
Gabrielle Aplin- George Ezra
- Grizzly Bear
- Iron & Wine
- Jake Bugg
- James Bay
- Jim James
John Farnham- Jordan Reyne
- Julia Jacklin
- Junip
Kevin Morby- Kurt Vile
- Laura Marling
- Laura Veirs
- Local Natives
- M. Ward
Midlake- Mt. Joy
- Mumford & Sons
- Neutral Milk Hotel
- Nick Mulvey
- Nilüfer Yanya
- Noah and the Whale
Of Monsters and Men
Passenger- Phoebe Bridgers
- RY X
Shakey Graves- Sharon Van Etten
- Sufjan Stevens
SYML- The Avett Brothers
The Barr Brothers
The Boxer Rebellion- The Decemberists
- The Lumineers
Tom Grennan
Tom Odell- Xavier Rudd
Overview
Genre relations
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Subgenres
Subgenres or what Indie Folk is divided into
Origins
Genres from which Indie Folk originated
Parent genre
Indie Folk is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles
Derived genres
Genres that evolved from Indie Folk