Tell me some great female folk/acoustic records or artists of recent years

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I like Marissa Nadler, Julie Byrne, Aldous Harding, Tiny Ruins, Lisa Hannigan, Sharon van Etten, etc, etc.

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Lisa Oā€™Neill - Pothole in the Sky
Nadia Reid - Preservation
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker (any album, but particularly Nothing Can Bring Back the Hour)
Laura Marling - Semper Femina

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Rozi Plain - Joined Sometimes Unjoined
Rachael Dadd - We Resonate
Stealing Sheep - Into The Diamond Sun
Anais Mitchell - Hadestown (ok, thereā€™s some lads on it)
Laura Veirs - July Skies

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The new Marika Hackman is very very good. Not sure if it falls under the ā€˜folkā€™ banner though

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Big Thief are worth checking out. Plenty folk in there

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Saw Rozi Plain playing bass or maybe second guitar for This is the Kit last year in Leeds. Properly brilliant.

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She is. This Is The Kit are pretty good too.

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Probably more lo-fi/alternative than folk but Iā€™m a big fan of Julien Baker, Sea Lion and Sorcha Richardson

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the baird sisters - until you find your green
brigid mae power - s/t
house and land - s/t (out this week?)
maybe this too?: tara jane oā€™neil - s/t

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Julien Bakerā€™s ā€œsprained ankleā€ is one of the best records released in recent years.

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Kathryn Joseph?

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Circuit des yeux

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Meg Baird - Dear Companion

One of the best folk records out in the last decade or so. A beautiful album.

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Definitely and sheā€™s even better live, thereā€™s an intensity about her that puts her above every other songwriter around just now.

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To add to my list above:

Laura Gibson - Empire Builder

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How recent - do you know Blue Roses?

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Julia Jacklinā€™s album from this year is really good

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Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire
Marissa Nadler - Strangers

If you want to check out old classic stuff, then Laura Nyro, Karen Dalton and Vashti Bunyan are amazing.

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Some great shouts in this thread. Good work DiS.

Anais Mitchell - Young Man in America
Laura J Martin - On the Never Never
Liz Green - Haul Away!
Alela Diane - About Farewell

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Some cracking recommendations in this thread :+1:

Canā€™t see her mentioned so Iā€™ll stick in a recommendation for Samantha Crain, especially her 2015 release ā€˜Under Branch & Thorn & Treeā€™. Her new one sounds promising too. A little more country tinged than some mentioned so far but definitely worth a listen