Two good lists so far, with some familiar/ some new mentions.
If it's all English-language folk, my list goes like this:-
1. Ewan McColl and A.L. Lloyd - Blow Boys Blow
2. Andy Irvine and Paul Brady - Self-titled album
3. Woody Guthrie - Dust Bowl Ballads
4. Dando Shaft - An Evening With...
5. Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall
6. Various, led by Ashley Hutchins - Morris On
7. Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
8. Simon and Garfunkle - Bookends
9. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
10. Steve Earl and the Del McCoury Band - The Mountain
11. Ry Cooder - Chicken Skin Music
Notes:
+ I dropped some favourites if the artist has already appeared on Neapolitan's or Frownland's list
+ Italics means the music is from the British Isles, if not, it's from North America
+ They are listed in order of folk purity, from #1 (very pure traditional folk) to #11 (counts as folk doesn't it?)
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