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  • Roxy Gordon ‎– Crazy Horse Never Died
    Roxy Gordon ‎– Crazy Horse Never Died
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    Arrestingly singular and deeply moving, this 1988 album by Choctaw, Assiniboine, and Texan poet, journalist, artist, activist, and musician Roxy Gordon (First Coyote Boy) (1945–2000)—whose long [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Sir Richard Bishop* – Oneiric Formulary
    Sir Richard Bishop* – Oneiric Formulary
    $23.00 | ,

    The Sir Richard Bishop show is back in town, alive as ever with exotic action, plus a bit of everything but the kitchen sink. Oneiric Formulary is the sound of […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • V/A – Wayfaring Strangers: Guitar Soli
    V/A – Wayfaring Strangers: Guitar Soli
    $17.00 | , ,

    Guitar Soli documents the solo acoustic guitar movement that flourished between 1966 and 1981. The collection highlights a range of little-known innovators who bridged the chronological gap [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • V/A – Wayfaring Strangers: Lonesome Heroes
    V/A – Wayfaring Strangers: Lonesome Heroes
    $15.00 | , ,

    No common ancestral folkie—no mercurial Fahey or lilting Joni—makes a fitting a touchstone to this third Wayfaring Strangers installment. These Lonesome Heroes are linked instead by mood: the [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Kris Gruda ‎– Plays For You
    Kris Gruda ‎– Plays For You
    $12.00 | , ,

    “It’s tempting to view guitarist Kris Gruda, a North Carolina resident, as part of a lineage of demented Southern avant-pickers stretching back to Chadbourne, and while that’s [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Blaze Foley – If I Could Only Fly (Unofficial Repro Pressing)
    Blaze Foley – If I Could Only Fly (Unofficial Repro Pressing)
    $30.00 | , ,

    Unofficial reproduction/bootleg of Blaze Foley’s first 45. Unknown release/reissue date. VG+/Gen

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Gillian Welch & David Rawlings ‎– All The Good Times (Are Past & Gone)
    Gillian Welch & David Rawlings ‎– All The Good Times (Are Past &#…
    $120.00 | , ,

    Gillian Welch & David Rawlings’ sixth studio album, consisting of covers and new arrangements of traditional folk songs Label: Acony Records – ACNY-2015 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Joanna Sternberg – I’ve Got Me
    Joanna Sternberg – I’ve Got Me
    $15.00 | , ,

    “There’s not a lot of pretense to the songs of Joanna Sternberg. The New Yorker is about as open and vulnerable as a singer/songwriter gets, relating their fears, anxieties, and […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Loren Connors and Suzanne Langille – Crucible
    Loren Connors and Suzanne Langille – Crucible
    $20.00 | ,

    Continuing much of the instrumental, musically dense partnership of Loren Connors and Suzanne Langille in the 80s and 90s, Crucible stands out as a clear highlight in the pair’s musical [...]

    GENRE: Blues, Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen: An Authorized Biography
    Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen: An Authorized Biog…
    $10.00 | ,

    “People tell me it’s country music,” Terry Allen has joked, “and I ask, ‘Which country?’” For nearly sixty years, Allen’s inimitable art has explored the borderlands of memory, crossing [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Non-Fiction
  • To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse
    To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Conver…
    $10.00 | ,

    This is the mesmerizing story of an enigmatic life. When musician and New Yorker contributor Howard Fishman first heard Connie Converse’s voice on a recording, he was convinced she could […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Non-Fiction
  • Emmylou Harris – Spyboy
    Emmylou Harris – Spyboy
    $15.00 | ,

    “A good song can survive and shine in different ways in the hands of different musicians,” says Emmylou Harris. “It can have different meanings at different times in your life. […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Post Moves – No Dignity In Haste
    Post Moves – No Dignity In Haste
    $5.00 | ,

    Grading: VG+/VG+ *Image in listing is stock there may be variation in actual product.

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • V/A – Local Customs: Lone Star Lowlands
    V/A – Local Customs: Lone Star Lowlands
    $15.00 | , ,

    “The Numero Group has painstakingly audited every tape in the Lowland archives, selecting the best of the best (22 tracks on CD, 28 for the 2LP) for this peerless compilation. […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Rock / Pop
  • Mike Cooper With The Machine Gun Co. And Michael Gibbs / The Machine Gun Co. With Mike Cooper ‎– Places I Know / The Machine Gun Co. With Mike Cooper
    Mike Cooper With The Machine Gun Co. And Michael Gibbs / The Machine G…
    $16.00 | , ,

    “Paradise of Bachelors is proud to present the first artist-sanctioned reissues—and first-ever vinyl reissues—of iconoclastic English-born, Rome-based folk and experimental music legend [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Folk / Country
  • Bill MacKay, Ryley Walker ‎– SpiderBeetleBee
    Bill MacKay, Ryley Walker ‎– SpiderBeetleBee
    $15.00 | , ,

    “Shared joy and acoustics in rambling conversation, as two friends travel the continents via high-road, short-cut and their own paths, yet untravelled. Picking in the tradition, Walker and [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Michael Hurley – Back Home With Drifting Woods
    Michael Hurley – Back Home With Drifting Woods
    $25.00 | ,

    “The recordings Contained herein are contained here after many years on the shelf…” So begin Michael Hurley’s notes to these unbelievably great recordings from [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Michael Hurley – Sweetkorn
    Michael Hurley – Sweetkorn
    $21.00 | ,

    A reimagined version of Michael Hurley’s 2002 masterpiece! Some of the most beautiful recordings of his catalog available on vinyl for the first time. Sweetkorn was originally released on [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Lucinda Williams – Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You : A Memoir
    Lucinda Williams – Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told Y…
    $9.00 | , ,

    Lucinda Williams’s rise to fame was anything but easy. Raised in a working-class family in the Deep South, she moved from town to town each time her father–a poet, a […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Memoir
  • John Renbourn ‎– Sir John Alot Of Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng & Ye Grene Knyghte (UK Pressing)
    John Renbourn ‎– Sir John Alot Of Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng & …
    $20.00 | , ,

    “An instrumental album (originally called Sir John Alot of Merrie England) featuring John Renbourn with his Pentangle bandmate Terry Cox on percussion and Ray Warleigh on flute. Originally [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Shiloh – Shiloh (Don Henley’s Pre-Eagles band)
    Shiloh – Shiloh (Don Henley’s Pre-Eagles band)
    $100.00 | , ,

    Pre-Eagles Henley, roots rock kinda jams. Produced by Kenny Rogers Label: Amos Records – AAS7015 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1970 VG/VG No exact label layout on discogs, […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Rock / Pop
  • Trader Horne ‎– Morning Way (1970 UK Pressing)
    Trader Horne ‎– Morning Way (1970 UK Pressing)
    $130.00 | , ,

    “Legendarily named after DJ John Peel’s nickname for his nanny, the duo Trader Horne were one of those wonderful, short-lived footnotes of musical history with which the [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Dr. J. Tavares Fortuna – Fados De Coimbra – Fui Moço, Fui Rapaz…
    Dr. J. Tavares Fortuna – Fados De Coimbra – Fui Moço, Fui Rapaz&…
    $25.00 | , ,

    Portugese fado LP that came in with a recent collection. Beautiful early 80s recording. Label: Roda – SSRL 9006 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Portugal Released: 1981 VG+/VG Some laminate […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Bob and Carole Pegg ‎– He Came From The Mountains
    Bob and Carole Pegg ‎– He Came From The Mountains
    $22.00 | , ,

    Obscure 70’s UK Folk weirdness. The Peggs would later go on to found the slightly more conventional folk-rock band Mr. Fox. Label: Trailer – LER 3016 Format: Vinyl, LP, Reissue, […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – What The Brothers Sang
    Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – What The Broth…
    $13.00 | ,

    “Another chapter of The Great American Songbook written back in the 1950s — the publisher’s catalogs that fed The Everly Brothers and their brethren and led, at the greatest moment, [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – What The Brothers Sang
    Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – What The Broth…
    $23.00 | ,

    “Another chapter of The Great American Songbook written back in the 1950s — the publisher’s catalogs that fed The Everly Brothers and their brethren and led, at the greatest moment, [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen
    Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen
    $34.00 | ,

    “The definitive, authorized, and first-ever biography of Terry Allen, the internationally acclaimed visual artist and iconoclastic songwriter who occupies an utterly unique position [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Non-Fiction
  • Willie Lane ‎– Guitar Army Of One
    Willie Lane ‎– Guitar Army Of One
    $12.00 | , ,

    “Remastered reissue of the second brilliant Willie Lane LP released by Cord-Art, originally available (for a few moments, anyway) in 2012. Guitar Army of One is a bit less folk […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Willie Lane – Known Quantity
    Willie Lane – Known Quantity
    $12.00 | , ,

    “Newly remastered reissue of Willie Lane’s 2009 solo guitar LP, Known Quantity, originally released on his own Cord Art label. Over the last few years, this album has been requested [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Rob Noyes – Arc Minutes
    Rob Noyes – Arc Minutes
    $10.00 | , ,

    A dazzling display of 12-string melodicism, Arc Minutes is the second full-length LP from once New Englander, now Tokyo-based, instrumentalist Rob Noyes. If one had to pin an influence from […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Noah Sterba ‎– The 13-Bar Blues
    Noah Sterba ‎– The 13-Bar Blues
    $12.00 | , ,

    Noah Sterba is one of Omaha’s underground music heroes, literally performing most of his songs and poetry into dented Radio Shack microphones in the subterranean basements of tornado alley for [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Thomas E. Frank – Tre Månader
    Thomas E. Frank – Tre Månader
    $15.00 | , ,

    ”Listening to Thomas E. Frank’s debut solo album for the first time, I’m amazed at how recognizable and familiar it sounds. Not in the heard-it-a-thousand-times-before kind of way, but more […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • The Jayhawks ‎– Blue Earth (1989 TwinTone Pressing)
    The Jayhawks ‎– Blue Earth (1989 TwinTone Pressing)
    $100.00 | , , ,

    “The songs which make up Blue Earth originated as demos, and save for some minor studio tinkering, are presented here in their original embryonic state. As a consequence, the record […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • Rob Mohan – A Sign of Things to Come
    Rob Mohan – A Sign of Things to Come
    $25.00 | , ,

    Excellent American primitive guitar from Cincinnati Ohio’s Rob Mohan. Recorded on both 6 & 12 string guitar, crispy clear recording of beautiful original compositions by Rob.

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Eli Winter – A Trick Of The Light (Transparent Red Vinyl)
    Eli Winter – A Trick Of The Light (Transparent Red Vinyl)
    $25.00 | , ,

    “A Trick of the Light” is the new album by Chicago-based guitarist Eli Winter, an elegantly crafted and vibrant collection that finds the composer and bandleader at the height of […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Eli Winter – Eli Winter
    Eli Winter – Eli Winter
    $22.00 | , ,

    Chicago-based guitarist / composer Eli Winter’s new self-titled album finds him building on the promise of his recent records – like 2020’s Unbecoming and his 2021 collaboration [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • The Electric Muse Revisited
    The Electric Muse Revisited
    $12.00 | , , ,

    Folk music has been evolving and adapting for centuries, but in the 1960s and 70s came an extraordinary period of change and innovation. Rock musicians borrowed from traditional songs, while […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Non-Fiction
  • Lily & Maria – Lily & Maria (2003 Reissue)
    Lily & Maria – Lily & Maria (2003 Reissue)
    $18.00 | , ,

    Lily & Maria’s sole, mighty rare album is a strange oddity, all the more so for its appearance on a major label. As singers, Lily & Maria sound very much […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Folk / Country
  • Cowboy Junkies – Lay It Down
    Cowboy Junkies – Lay It Down
    $28.00 | ,

    Every Cowboy Junkies album is a sonic treat, full of gorgeous guitar tones from Michael Timmins, haunting vocals from Margo Timmins, and beautiful arrangements, and 1996’s Lay it Down is […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • Moby Grape – The Place And The Time
    Moby Grape – The Place And The Time
    $37.00 | ,

    Despite a myriad of obstacles, Moby Grape managed to persevere and create a potent and enduring body of recorded work, recording four albums during its original 1967–1969 lifespan. While 1967’s [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Folk / Country
  • 26 Songs in 30 Days: Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River Songs and the Planned Promised Land in the Pacific Northwest
    26 Songs in 30 Days: Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River Songs and th…
    $12.00 | , ,

    “In 1941, Woody Guthrie wrote 26 songs in 30 days–including classics like “Roll On Columbia” and “Pastures of Plenty”–when he was hired by the Bonneville [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Tom Rapp, Pearls Before Swine ‎– City Of Gold
    Tom Rapp, Pearls Before Swine ‎– City Of Gold
    $12.00 | , ,

    “”Do not give dogs what is holy; and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under foot and turn to attack you” sayeth Jesus in Matthew […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Folk / Country
  • Dave Van Ronk – Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues & A Spiritual
    Dave Van Ronk – Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues & A Spir…
    $25.00 | ,

    Dubbed “The Mayor of MacDougal Street,” Dave Van Ronk (1936–2002) was an iconoclastic folksinger and an influential figure in the American folk music revival of the 1960s. Because of his […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Lucinda Williams – Ramblin’ On My Mind
    Lucinda Williams – Ramblin’ On My Mind
    $25.00 | ,

    American singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams’ Southern blues roots are unmistakable on her debut record Ramblin’ on My Mind, showcasing the artistry that would make her an icon. Recorded in [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Joseph Allred – New Jerusalem
    Joseph Allred – New Jerusalem
    $22.00 | , ,

    “Joseph Allred isn’t sure how many albums they have released. It is thought to be in the neighborhood of twenty-two, not counting collaborations, digital only, and split releases. Most of [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • James Elkington – Pastel De Nada
    James Elkington – Pastel De Nada
    $25.00 | ,

    “In 2023 James Elkington released Me Neither, a double album of solo guitar improvisations and experiments. He ended up thinking of it as a wordless collection of library music. [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Dorothy Carter – Troubadour
    Dorothy Carter – Troubadour
    $29.00 | ,

    The first official reissue of Dorothy Carter’s folk-music exegesis comes 46 years after its original release, 20 years after Dorothy passed, and 11 years before the centennial of her birth. […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Cameron Knowler – CRK
    Cameron Knowler – CRK
    $27.00 | ,

    ***Ships On Or Around 04/04/25 “Pure musical expression pulling from over a hundred years of American folk history but still feels unburdened by the past and looks sharply towards the […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Dylan Golden Aycock – No New Summers
    Dylan Golden Aycock – No New Summers
    $30.00 | ,

    ***Pre-Order Item – Ships on or around 3/21 Nice to hear the first solo LP in a good while by this most excellent guitarist who also runs the superb Scissor […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Chevrolet Pile – The Crunchy Western Commotion Of
    Chevrolet Pile – The Crunchy Western Commotion Of
    $9.00 |

    It’s as if the all star cast of a specific midwestern underground scene conspired to turn to their roots, an expansive flat land, rows of corn and a god damn […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative