UK Folk / Celtic (Reference)

Includes some celtic folk music from the US.

The reference list includes records that have been obtained and/or rated (in blue) as well as many other records that have been recommended from various sources.

Albion Dance Band [1976– ]

• Battle of the Field [1976, Carthage]
• Prospect Before Us [1977, Harvest]
• I Got New Shoes [1987, Making Waves]
• Songs from the Shows [1990, Road Goes on Forever]
• BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert [1993, Windsong]
• Albion Heart [1995, HTD]

Altan [1983– ]

• Harvest Storm [1992, Green Linnet]
• Island Angel [1993, Green Linnet]
• The First Ten Years: 1986–1995 [1986–95, Green Linnet]
• The Best of Altan [(1997), Green Linnet]
• The Blue Idol [2002, Narada]
• Local Ground [2005, Narada], B

Tom Anderson

• w/Aly Bain: The Silver Bow: The Fiddle Music of Shetland [(1995), Philo]

Ar Log [1978– ]

• Ar Log II [1981, Dingles]

Frankie Armstrong (1941– )

• Birds in the Bush [1966, Topic]
• And the Music Plays So Grand [1981, Briar]

Aly Bain (1946– )

• Aly Bain and Friends [(1989), Greentrax]
• The Pearl [1995, Green Linnet]

Patrick Ball (1950– )

• Celtic Harp 1: Music of Turlough O'Carolan [1983, Fortuna]
• Celtic Harp 4: O'Carolan's Dream [1991, Fortuna]
• Finnegans Wake [1997, Celestial Harmonies]

The Battlefield Band [1976– ]

• At the Front [1978, Topic]
• Home Is Where the Van Is [1980, Temple Music]
• After Hours [1987, Temple Music]
• Opening Moves [1993, Topic]
• Across the Borders [1997, Temple]
• Rain, Hail or Shine [1998, Temple]
• Forward to Scot [Temple Music]

Beans on Toast (1980– )

• The Grand Scheme of Things [2014, Xtra Mile], A–
• Rolling Up the Hill [2015, Xtra Mile], A–
• A Spanner in the Works [2016, Xtra Mile], B+(**)
• Cushty [2017, Xtra Mile], B+(**)
• A Bird in the Hand [2018, Beans on Toast Music], B+(***)
• The Inevitable Train Wreck [2019, Beans on Toast Music], A–
• Knee Deep in Nostalgia [2020, Beans on Toast Music], B+(***)
• The Unforseeable Future [2020, Beans on Toast Music], B+(***)
• Survival of the Friendliest [2021, Beans on Toast Music], B+(**)

Peter Bellamy (1944–91)

• The Transports [1977, Free Reed]
• Both Sides Then [1979, Topic]

Mary Black (1955– )

• Collected [(1988), Gifthorse]
• Babes in the Woods [1991, Gifthorse]
• Looking Back [(1995), Curb]

Luka Bloom (1955– )

• Riverside [1990, Reprise]

Blowzabella [1982– ]

• Bobittyshooty [1984, Plant Life]
• Vanilla [1990, Green Linnet]

Eric Bogle (1944– )

• Something of Value [1988, Philo]

The Bothy Band [1975–1979]

• 1975: The First Album [1975, Green Linnet]
• Old Hag You Have Killed Me [1976, Green Linnet]
• The Best of the Bothy Band [1975–79, Green Linnet], B
• Live in Concert [(1995), Windsong]

The Boys of the Lough [1973– ]

• The Boys of the Lough [1973, Shanachie]
• Good Friends — Good Music [1977, Philo]

Muireann Bradley

• I Kept These Old Blues [2021–2023, Tompkins Square], B+(***)

Paul Brady (1947– )

• Trick or Treat [1990, Fontana]
• The Gathering [Greenhays]

Brass Monkey

• The Complete Brass Monkey [(1993), Topic]

Anne Briggs (1944– )

• Anne Briggs [1971, Topic], B+(***)
• The Time Has Come [1971, Water], A
• Sing a Song for You [1973, Fledg'ling]
• Classic Anne Briggs [(1990), Fellside]
• A Collection [(1999), Topic]

Vashti Bunyan (1945– )

• Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind (Singles and Demos 1964 to 1967) [1964–67, Fat Cat], B–
• Just Another Diamond Day [1970, DiChristina Stair]
• Lookaftering [2005, DiChristina/Fat Cat]

Joe Burke

• Traditional Music of Ireland [1972–73, Green Linnet]

Kevin Burke

• Eavesdropper [1981, Green Linnet]
• Portland [1982, Green Linnet]
• Up Close [1984, Green Linnet]
• Open House [1992, Green Linnet]
• Celtic Fiddle Festival [1993, Green Linnet]

Capercaillie [1984– ]

• Sidewaulk [1989, Green Linnet]
• To the Moon [1996, Survival]

Liz Carroll

• Liz Carroll [1988, Green Linnet]
• w/Billy McComiskey, Daithi Sproule: Trian [1992, Flying Fish]
• Trian II [1995, Green Linnet]

Eliza Carthy (1975– )

• Shape of Scrape [1995, MRS Csey]
• Eliza Carthy and the Kings of Calicutt [1997, Topic]
• Angels and Cigarettes [2001, Warner Brothers]

Martin Carthy (1940– )

• Martin Carthy [1965, Topic]
• Byker Hill [1967, Topic]
• Out of the Cut [1971, Rounder]
• Shearwater [1972, Mooncrest]
• w/Dave Swarbrick: Life and Limb [1991, Green Linnet]
• Skin and Bone [1992, Green Linnet]
• The Collection [(1993), Green Linnet]

Michael Chapman (1941– )

• Fully Qualified Survivor [1970, Harvest]
• Life on the Ceiling [1979, Criminal]
• Looking for Eleven [1980, Criminal]
• Navigation [1995, Planet]
• Time Past Time Passing [2008, Electric Ragtime], A–

Cherish the Ladies

• Back Door [1992, Green Linnet]

The Chieftains [1965– ]

• The Chieftains 4 [1973, Shanachie]
• The Chieftains 10: Cotton-Eyed Joe [1981, Shanachie]
• Year of the French [1982, Shanachie]
• The Chieftains in China [1987, Shanachie]
• The Best of the Chieftains [(1992), Columbia/Legacy]
• Long Black Veil [1995, RCA]
• Santiago [1996, RCA]
• The Chieftains Collection: The Very Best of the Claddagh Years, Vol. 2 [(2000), Atlantic]
• The Essential Chieftains [1977–2002, RCA/Legacy, 2 CD], B+(***)
• w/Ry Cooder: San Patricio [2010, Hear Music], B
• Tailor of Gloucester [Windham Hill]
• Celtic Wedding: Music of Brittany [RCA]

The Clancy Brothers

• Live! [1982, Vanguard]
• Christmas witht he Clancy Brothers [1993, Shanachie]

Clannad [1973– ]

• Macalla [1985, RCA]
• Pastpresent [1989, RCA]
• Anam [1990, Atlantic]
• Rogha: The Best of Clannad [(1997), RCA]

Michael Coleman (1891–1945)

• Michael Coleman 1891–1945 [(1992), Gael-Linn, 2 CD]
• Classic Recordings of Michael Coleman [Shanachie]
• The Legacy of Michael Coleman [Shanachie]

Shirley Collins (1935– )

• Sweet England [1959, Argo], B+(**)
• False True Lovers [1959, Folkways], B+(*)
• w/Davy Graham: Folk Roots, New Routes [1964, Decca], B+(*)
• Love Death and the Lady [1970, Harvest]
• Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band: No Roses [1971, Pegasus], B+(***)
• Anthems in Eden / Amaranth [(1999), Harvest]
• Lodestar [2016, Domino], B+(***)
• Heart's Ease [2020, Domino], B+(**)
• Archangel Hill [2023, Domino], B+(*)

Christine Collister (1961– )

• Dark Gift of Time [1998, Koch]

Rita Connolly

• Rita Connolly [1992, Tara]

Phil Coulter (1942– )

• Classic Tranquility [(1983), Shanachie]
• Sea of Tranquility [1984, Shanachie]
• Scottish Tranquility [1984, Shanachie]
• Phil Coulter's Christmas [1985, Shanachie]

John Cunningham

• w/Phil Cunningham: Against the Storm [1980, Shanachie]
• Fair Warning [1983, Green Linnet]

Phil Cunningham

• Airs and Graces [1984, Green Linnet]
• The Palomino Waltz [1989, Green Linnet]

Jackie Daly

• Music from Sliabh Luachra [1977, Green Linnet]

Shaun Davey

• The Brendan Voyage [1980, Tara]
• w/Rita Connolly: Granuaile [1985, Tara]

De Danann

• De Danann [1976, Decca]
• The Mist Covered Mountain [1980, Shanachie]
• Song for Ireland [1983, Sugar Hill]
• The Best of De Danann [(1991), Shanachie]

The Deighton Family

• Acoustic Music to Suit Most Occasions [1988, Philo], A–
• Mama Was Right [1990, Philo], A–

Sandy Denny (1947–78)

• Sandy [1972, A&M]
• The Best of Sandy Denny [(1989), Hannibal]

Johnny Doran (1907–50)

• Bunch of Keys: The Complete Recordings of Johnny Doran [1947, Irish Folklore]
• The Master Pipers Volume 1 [Na Piobairi Uilleann]

Nick Drake (1948–74)

• Five Leaves Left [1969, Island], B
• Bryter Layter [1970, Island], B+
• Pink Moon [1972, Island], B+(*)
• Fruit Tree [(1986), Hannibal, 4 CD]
• Made to Love Magic [(2004), Island/Universal]

The Dubliners [1965– ]

• Seven Drunken Nights [1967, EMI Starline]
• The Best of the Dubliners [(1967), Transatlantic]
• Live at Montreux [1977, Intercord]
• 20 Original Greatest Hits [(1978), Chyme]
• Celebration [1987, Stylus]
• Collection [(1992), Castle]
• Thirty Years A'Graying [(1992), Baycourt]
• Milestones [(1995), Transatlantic]
• The Definitive Transatlantic Collection [(1997), Castle]
• A Parcel of Rogues [Arc]

Seamus Ennis (1919–82)

• Feidlim Tonn Ri's Castle [1977, Claddagh]
• The Best of Irish Piping [(1995), Tara]

Fernhill [1996– ]

• Ca Nos [1996, Beautiful Jo]
• Llatai [1998, Beautiful Jo]

Fiddlers Five [1991– ]

• Fiddlers Five [1991, Temple]

Archie Fisher

• The Man with a Rhyme [1976, Folk Legacy]

Cilla Fisher (1952– )

• Cilla and Artie [1979, Topic]

Ray Fisher

• Traditional Songs of Scotland [1991, Saydisc]

The Fisher Family

• The Fisher Family [1965, Topic]

Fotheringay [1970– ]

• Fotheringay [1970, Hannibal]

Alasdair Fraser

• Dawn Dance [1996, Culburnie]

The Fureys

• The Best of the Fureys and Davey Arthur: Celtic Dreams [(1996), Music Club]

Dick Gaughan (1948– )

• No More Forever [1972, Leader]
• Gaughan [1978, Topic]
• Redwood Cathedral [1998, Appleseed]
• Handful of Earth [1981, Green Linnet], B+(**)

Davey Graham (1940– )

• The Guitar Player ... Plus [1963, See For Miles]
• Folk Blues and Beyond [1964, Decca]
• Midnight Man [1966, Decca]
• Large as Life and Twice as Natural [1968, London]
• Folk Blues and All Points in Between [1985, See For Miles]

Eve Graham (1943– )

• The Mountains Welcome Me Home [2006, Scotdisc], B–

Great Big Sea [1992– ]

• Up [1996, WEA]
• Rant and Roar [1998, Sire]

Clive Gregson (1955– )

• Welcome to the Workhouse [1980–85, Special Delivery]
• w/Christine Collister: A Change in the Weather [1989, Rhino]

Heather Heywood

• By Yon Castle Wa' [1993, Greentrax]

Noel Hill

• w/Tony MacMahon: Noel Hill and Tony MacMahon [Shanachie]

The House Band

• Stonetown [1991, Green Linnet]

Alan Hull (1945–95)

• Back to Basics [1994, Mooncrest]

Ashley Hutchings (1945– )

• Morris On [1972, Hannibal]
• The Guv'nor, Vol. 1 [(1994), Wildcat]
• The Guv'nor, Vol. 2 [(1996), MultiMedia]

Incredible String Band [1966– ]

• The Incredible String Band [1966, Sepia Tone]
• 5,000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion [1967, Hannibal], B
• The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter [1968, Hannibal], C
• 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion / The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter [1967–68, Collectors' Choice, 2 CD], C+
• Changing Horses [1969, Elektra]
• Relics of the Incredible String Band [(1970), Elektra]

Andy Irvine (1942– )

• w/Paul Brady: Andy Irvine and Paul Brady [1976, Green Linnet]
• Rude Awakening [1991, Green Linnet]

Bert Jansch (1943– )

• Bert Jansch [1965, Transatlantic]
• Lucky Thirteen [1969, Vanguard]
• Birthday Blues [1969, Demon]
• Birthday Blues / Rosemary Lane [1969–71, Castle]
• The Gardener: Essential 1965–1971 [1965–71, Transatlantic]
• The Best of Bert Jansch [(1980), Shanachie]
• When the Circus Comes to Town [1995, Cooking Vinyl]

Nic Jones

• Ballads and Songs [1970, Trailer]
• Penguin Eggs [1980, Shanachie]

Wizz Jones

• Right Now [1972, Columbia]

Cathy Jordan

• All the Way Home [2012, Blix Street]

Dolores Keane

• There Was a Maid [1978, Claddagh]
• Brokenhearted I'll Wander [1979, Green Linnet]
• Dolores Keane [1988, Celtic Corner]
• The Best of Dolores Keane [(1998), Celtic Corner]
• Night Owl [2000, Alula]

Paddy Keenan

• Poirt an Phiobaire [1983, Gael Linn]

The Kennedys [1995– ]

• Angel Fire [1998, Philo]

Kila [1998– ]

• Lemonade and Buns [2000, Green Linnet]

Alison Kinnaird (1949– )

• The Haper's Gallery [1980, Temple]

John Kirkpatrick

• Plain Capers: Morris Dance Tunes from the Cotswolds [1976, Topic]
• Going Spare [1978, Free Reed]

Lankum [2017– ]

• False Lankum [2023, Rough Trade], B+(**)

Leahy

• Leahy [1997, Virgin/EMI]

Sam Lee (1980– )

• Ground of Its Own [2012, The Nest Collective]
• Sam Lee and Friends: The Fade in Time [2015, The Nest Collective], B+(*)

Jez Lowe (1956– )

• Tenterhooks [1995, Green Linnet]

Ewan MacColl (1915–89)

• English / Scottish Popular Ballads [1956, Riverside]
• The Real MacColl [1958–66, Topic]
• Black and White: The Definitive Collection [1972–86, Green Linnet], A–

Ruth Mackenzie

• Kalevala: Dream of the Salmon Maiden [1998, Omnium]

Talitha MacKenzie

• Spiorad [1996, Shanachie]

Dougie MacLean (1954– )

• Craigie Dhu [1982, Dunkeld]
• Fiddle [1984, Dunkeld]
• Whitewash [1990, Dunkeld]
• Indigenous [1991, Dunkeld]
• Putamayo Presents the Dougie MacLean Collection [(1995), Putamayo]

Tony MacMahon

• Traditional Irish Accordion [Shanachie]

Natalie MacMaster (1973– )

• A Compilation [(1998), Rounder]
• My Roots Are Showing: Traditional Fiddle Music of Cape Breton Island [1998, Rounder]

Catherine-Anne MacPhee

• Canan Nan Gaidheal (The Language of the Gael) [1987, Greentrax]

Magical Strings [1981– ]

• Spring Tide [1982, Flying Fish]
• Above the Tower [1985, Flying Fish]
• On the Burren [1987, Flying Fish]
• Crossing to Skellig [1990, Flying Fish]

Tommy Makem (1932– )

• Song Tradition [1998, Shanachie]

John Martyn (1948– )

• Bless the Weather [1971, Island]
• So Far so Good [1977, Island]
• One World [1977, Island]
• Grace and Danger [1980, Island]
• Glorious Fool [1981, WEA]
• No Little Boy [1993, Mesa]
• John Martyn and Friends Live at the Shaw [1995, Permanent]
• Sweet Little Mysteries: The Island Anthology [(1995), Island]
• The Very Best of John Martyn [(1998), Artful]

Iain Matthews (1946– )

• Second Spring / Matthews Southern Comfort [1969, BGO]
• If You Saw Thro' My Eyes / Tigers Will Survive [1971, Vertigo]
• Journeys from the Gospel Oak [1972, Mooncrest]
• The Best of Matthews' Southern Comfort [(1992), MCA]
• The Soul of Many Places [(1992), Elektra]

John McCormack (1884–1945)

• The Art of John McCormack [(1990), Angel]
• My Wild Irish Rose [(1997), BEG Classics]

Billy McComiskey

• Makin' the Rounds [1981, Green Linnet]

Arty McGlynn

• Lead the Knave [1989, Gifthorse]

Susan McKeown

• Bushes and Briars [1998, Alula]
• Lowlands [2000, Green Linnet]

Ralph McTell (1944– )

• You Well-Meaning Brought Me Here [1971, ABC]
• Not Till Tomorrow [1973, Reprise]
• Streets [1975, Warner Brothers]
• Ralph, Albert, Sydney [1977, Warner Brothers]

Christy Moore (1945– )

• Christy Moore [1975, Polydor]
• Christy Moore and Friends [1981, RTE]
• Ride On [1984, Green Linnet]
• Live at the Point [1994, Grapevine]
• Graffiti Tongue [Grapevine]
• Traveller [1999, Columbia]

Matt Molloy

• Music at Matt Molloy's [1993, Real World]

Willie Morrison

• w/Angus MacDonald: Piping Centre: 1996 Recital Series, Vol. 3 [1996, Temple]

Mouth Music [1991–1995]

• w/Talitha MacKenzie: Mouth Music [1991, Rykodisc], B+

Martin Mulhaire

• w/Seamus Connolly, Jack Coen: Warming Up [1993, Green Linnet]

Mumford and Sons [2009– ]

• Sigh No More [2009, Glassnote], B+(**)
• Babel [2012, Glassnote], B–

Triona Ni Dhomhnaill

• Triona [1975, Green Linnet]

Oyster Band [1987– ]

• Holy Bandits [1993, Rykodisc]

Frank Patterson

• Ireland in Song [(1999), RCA]

Pentangle

• The Pentangle [1968, Transatlantic]
• Sweet Child [1968, Transatlantic]
• Basket of Light [1969, Transatlantic], B+(**)
• Cruel Sister [1970, Reprise]
• Essential, Vol. 1 [(1986), Transatlantic]
• Essential, Vol. 2 [(1986), Transatlantic]

Planxty [1972–1983]

• Planxty [1973, Shanachie]
• The Well Below the Valley [1973, Shanachie]
• Cold Blow and the Rainy Night [1974, Shanachie]

Karine Polwart

• Faultlines [2005, Neon]
• Traces [2012, Hegri]

Maddy Prior (1947– )

• w/June Tabor: Silly Sisters [1976, Chrysalis]
• Silly Sisters: w/June Tabor: No More to the Dance [1988, Shanachie], B+(*)
• Happy Families [1991, Progressive]
• Year [1993, Park]
• Sing Lustily and with Good Cheer [1994, Saydisc]
• Flesh and Blood [1998, Park]
• Summer Solstice [Shanachie]

Rare Air

• Hard to Beat [1987, Green Linnet]

Jean Redpath (1937–2014)

• Frae My Ain Countrie [1973, Folk Legacy]
• Songs of Robert Burns, Vol. 1–2 [1982–83, Philo]
• First Flight [1989, Rounder]
• Leaving the Land [1989, Philo], B+
• w/Abby Newton: Lowlands [1994, Philo]
• w/Linda Neustadt: Angels Hovering 'Round [Fretless]

John Renbourn (1944– )

• w/Robin Williamson: Wheel of Fortune [1994, Flying Fish]

Bonnie Rideout (1962– )

• Soft May Morn [1994, Maggie's Music], B
• Celtic Circles [1994, Maggie's Music], A–

Kate Rusby

• Hourglass [1998, Compas]

The Russell Family

• The Russell Family [1993, Green Linnet]

Bridget St. John

• Songs for a Gentle Man [1971, Elektra]

Tommy Sands

• Singing of the Times [1985, Green Linnet]
• Down by Bendy's Lane: Irish Songs and Stories for Children [1988, Green Linnet]
• Beyond the Shadows [1990, Green Linnet]

Schooner Fare [1978– ]

• We the People [1985, Outer Green]
• The First Ten Years [(1986), Outer Green]
• Classic Schooner Fare [1989, Outer Green]
• Finnegan's Wake [1995, Outer Green]

Shooglenifty

• Venus in Tweeds [1994, Greentrax]

Sìleas

• Harpbreakers [1990, Lap Wing]

Silly Wizard [1976–1989]

• Caledonia's Sons [1978, Highway]
• Wild and Beautiful [1981, Shanachie]
• Live Wizardry [1988, Green Linnet]

Martin Simpson (1953– )

• A Closer Walk with Thee [1994, Gourd]
• The Collection [(1994), Shanachie]
• Music for the Motherless Child [1996, Waterlily]
• Live [1997, Red House]

Solas

• Solas [1996, Shanachie]
• The Words That Remain [1998, Shanachie]

Davy Spillane (1959– )

• Atlantic Bridge [1987, Tara]
• Out of the Air [1988, Tara]
• Shadow Hunter [1990, Tara]
• Pipedreams [1992, Tara]
• A Place Among the Stones [1996, RED]

Steeleye Span [1970– ]

• Below the Salt [1972, Shanachie]

Andy M. Stewart (1952– )

• By the Hush [1982, Green Linnet]
• w/Manus Lunny: Dublin Lady [1987, Green Linnet]

Alan Stivell (1944– )

• Renaissance of the Celtic Harp [1972, Rounder], B+
• E Langonned [1976, Fontana]
• Zoom 70 / 95 [1970–95, Dreyfus, 2CD], B
• I Dour [1998, Dreyfus]

Rod Stradling

• Rhythms of the World [1991, Green Linnet]

Dave Swarbrick (1941– )

• Swarbrick / Swarbrick II [1976–77, Castle]
• Folk on 2 [1991, Cooking Vinyl]

June Tabor (1947– )

• Airs and Graces ... [1976, Shanachie]
• A Cut Above [1980, Green Linnet]
• Some Other time [1989, Hannibal]
• Freedom and Rain [1990, Rykodisc]
• Angel Tiger [1992, Cooking Vinyl]
• Against the Streams [1994, Green Linnet]
• w/Iain Bellamy, Huw Warren: Quercus [2006, ECM], B+(***)

The Tannahill Weavers [1976– ]

• Tannahill Weavers [1979, Green Linnet]
• Dancing Feet [1987, Green Linnet]
• The Best of the Tannahill Weavers 1979–1989 [1979–89, Green Linnet]
• Capernaum [1994, Green Linnet]

Tempest [1991– ]

• Bootleg [1991, Heyday]
• Serrated Edge [1992, Beacon]
• The Double-Cross [2006, Magna Carta], B+(**)

Linda Thompson (1948– )

• One Clear Moment [1985, Rhino]
• Dreams Fly Away [(1996), Hannibal]
• Fashionably Late [2002, Rounder], B+
• Versatile Heart [2007, Rounder], B+(**)
• Won't Be Long Now [2013, Pettifer Sounds], B+(***)
• Proxy Music [2024, Storysound], B+(*)

Richard Thompson (1949– )

• Henry the Human Fly [1972, Hannibal], B+
• w/Linda Thompson: I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight [1974, Hannibal], A–
• w/Linda Thompson: Hokey Pokey [1974, Hannibal], A
• w/Linda Thompson: Pour Down Like Silver [1975, Hannibal], A–
• (Guitar, Vocal) [1967–76, Island], B
• Live (More or Less) [1977, Island, 2 LP], A–
• w/Linda Thompson: First Light [1978, Hannibal], B–
• w/Linda Thompson: Sunnyvista [1979, Hannibal]
• Strict Tempo! [1981, Elixir]
• w/Linda Thompson: Shoot Out the Lights [1982, Hannibal], A
• Hand of Kindness [1983, Hannibal], A–
• Across a Crowded Room [1985, Polydor], B+
• Daring Adventures [1986, Polydor], B
• Amnesia [1988, Capitol], B+
• Rumor and Sigh [1991, Capitol], B
• Watching the Dark: The History of Richard Thompson [1972–92, Hannibal, 3 CD], A–
• Mirror Blue [1994, Capitol], B+(**)
• w/Danny Thompson: Industry [1997, Hannibal], B
• You? Me? Us? [1996, Capitol]
• Mock Tudor [1999, Capitol], B+(**)
• Live From Austin TX [2001, New West], B+(***)
• Front Parlour Ballads [2005, Cooking Vinyl], B+(**)
• Sweet Warrior [2007, Shout! Factory], B+(*)
• Dream Attic [2010, Shout! Factory], A–
• Electric [2013, New West], B+(**)
• Acoustic Classics [2014, Beeswing], B+(***)
• Still [2015, Fantasy], B+(***)

Kathryn Tickell

• On Kielder Side [1984, Saydisc]
• Kathryn Tickell Band [1991, Black Crow]
• Gathering [1997, Park]
• The Northumberland Collection [1998, Park]

The Unthanks [2009– ]

• Here's the Tender Coming [2009, Rough Trade]
• Last [2011, Rough Trade], B
• Diversions, Vol. 1: The Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony and the Johnsons [2010, Rough Trade], B+(*)

Norma Waterson ( –2022)

• Bright Shiny Morning [2000, Topic]

Waterson / Carthy [1995– ]

• Waterson / Carthy [1995, Topic]
• Common Tongue [1997, Topic]
• Broken Ground [1999, Topic]

The Watersons

• For Pence and Spicey Ale [1975, Shanachie]
• Frost and Fire [(1995), Elektra]

John Whelan

• Fresh Takes [1987, Green Linnet]

Robin Williamson (1943– )

• American Stonehenge [1978, Edsel]
• The Seed-at-Zero [2001, ECM]
• Songs for Children of All Ages [Flying Fish]
• The Iron Stone [2005, ECM], B+(*)

Wolfstone [1991– ]

• Unleashed [1991, Green Linnet]

The Young Tradition

• The Young Tradition [1989, Transatlantic]
• The Young Tradition / So Cheerfully Round [(1996), Castle]

Various Artists

• Iron Muse [(1993), Topic]
• The Electric Muse: The Story of Folk into Rock [(1996), Castle]
• Green Linnet Records: 25 Years of Celtic Music [(2001), Green Linnet]
• Original Irish Tenors: The Legendary Voices of Celtic Song [1921–53, Columbia/Legacy], B+(**)
• Putumayo Presents: Celtic Crossroads [1998–2005, Putumayo World Music], C
• The Rough Guide to Scottish Folk [1978–99, World Music Network], B
• Troubadours of British Folk, Vol. 1: Unearthing the Tradition [(1995), Rhino]
• Troubadours of British Folk, Vol. 2: Folk into Rock [(1995), Rhino]
• Troubadours of British Folk, Vol. 3: An Evolving Tradition [(1995), Rhino]
• Whiskey in the Jar: Essential Irish Drinking Songs and Sing Alongs [1962–2003, Legacy, 2 CD], B–