Avant-folk
If you're wondering why there's not a traditional Folk page, it's because it would feel silly to make one at this point. Just imagine this list with more Bob Dylan and Nick Drake. Instead of highlighting the classics that everyone knows, I would rather show off some lesser-known aesthetically diverse folk albums.
The best avant-folk albums:
| # | Artist | Album | Year |
| 1. | The Microphones | Mount Eerie | 2003 |
| 2. | Joanna Newsom | Ys | 2006 |
| 3. | Sun City Girls | 330,003 Crossdressers from Beyond the Rig Veda | 1996 |
| 4. | Jackie-O Motherfucker | Flags of the Sacred Harp | 2005 |
| 5. | Akron/Family | Akron/Family | 2005 |
| 6. | Pelt | Ayahuasca | 2001 |
| 7. | James Blackshaw | The Glass Bead Game | 2009 |
| 8. | Tim Buckley | Lorca | 1971 |
| 9. | John Fahey | America | 1971 |
| 10. | The Microphones | The Glow, Pt. 2 | 2001 |
| 11. | Big Blood | Big Blood & the Bleedin' Hearts | 2008 |
| 12. | Pearls Before Swine | Balaklava | 1968 |
| 13. | The Angels of Light | How I Loved You | 2001 |
| 14. | Robbie Basho | Zarthus | 1974 |
| 15. | The Music Tapes | Mary's Voice | 2012 |
| 16. | Nico | Desertshore | 1970 |
| 17. | David Grubbs | The Thicket | 1998 |
| 18. | Exuma | Exuma | 1970 |
| 19. | Jordaan Mason & the Horse Museum | Divorce Lawyers I Shaved My Head | 2009 |
| 20. | Joanna Newsom | Have One on Me | 2010 |
| 21. | Natalie Rose LeBrecht | Warraw | 2003 |
| 22. | Sandy Bull | Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo | 1963 |
| 23. | Stephan Micus | Implosions | 1977 |
| 24. | Third Ear Band | Third Ear Band | 1970 |
| 25. | Comus | First Utterance | 1971 |