Here are the Official Folk Albums Chart top 40 for April 2021.
Published on Tuesday 4th May 2021.
The next chart will be published on Monday 7th June 2021.
| Last Month | This Month | Album | Artist | Label |
| NEW | 1 | THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HURT | FLYTE | ISLAND |
| NEW | 2 | ARRIVALS | DECLAN O’ROURKE | RHINO |
| 4 | 3 | SONG FOR OUR DAUGHTER | LAURA MARLING | CHRYSALIS/PARTISAN |
| 5 | 4 | WE GET BY | JAMIE WEBSTER | MODERN SKY |
| NEW | 5 | FIRST FAREWELL | PEGGY SEEGER | RED GRAPE |
| 1 | 6 | GOOD WOMAN | STAVES | ATLANTIC |
| 3 | 7 | NATURE’S LIGHT | BLACKMORE’S NIGHT | EAR MUSIC |
| 7 | 8 | HAND ME DOWN | KATE RUSBY | PURE |
| 6 | 9 | CURES WHAT AILS YA | LONGEST JOHNS | THE LONGEST JOHNS |
| 8 | 10 | THE FRAY | JOHN SMITH | COMMONER |
| 9 | 11 | OFF OFF ON | THIS IS THE KIT | ROUGH TRADE |
| 11 | 12 | BOSS | JAMIE WEBSTER | MODERN SKY |
| 12 | 13 | GLASTONBURY 92 | LEVELLERS | ON THE FIDDLE |
| 13 | 14 | PEACE | LEVELLERS | ON THE FIDDLE |
| 2 | 15 | SETTLEMENT | STRAWBS | CHERRY RED/ESOTERIC |
| 23 | 16 | OLD WOW | SAM LEE | COOKING VINYL |
| 14 | 17 | LIVE AT BARROWLANDS 2020 | PEAT & DIESEL | WEE STUDIO |
| 10 | 18 | LAST MILE HOME | JON BODEN | HUDSON |
| 29 | 19 | ONE LEGEND – TWO CONCERTS – LIVE | RUNRIG | MIG MUSIC |
| NEW | 20 | LAND OF HEROES | RAY COOPER | WESTPARK |
| RE | 21 | LIVE FROM UNION CHAPEL | LAURA MARLING | CHRYSALIS |
| 26 | 22 | A PILGRIM’S TALE | SETH LAKEMAN | BMG |
| 40 | 23 | HEART’S EASE | SHIRLEY COLLINS | DOMINO RECORDINGS |
| 31 | 24 | INTO THE DEPTHS OF HELL | JOSHUA BURNSIDE | JOSHUA BURNSIDE RECORDINGS |
| 20 | 25 | THE BBC SESSIONS 1984-1986 | POGUES | RHINO |
| 25 | 26 | FAME AND GLORY | FAIRPORT CONVENTION | CHERRY RED/EXPLORE MULTIMEDIA |
| 19 | 27 | HUNGER OF THE SKIN | BRIAN FINNEGAN | SINGING TREE MUSIC |
| 17 | 28 | STILL TIME | KAREN MATHESON | VERTICAL |
| 18 | 29 | A POCKET FULL OF ACORNS | NINEBARROW | WINDING TRACK |
| 22 | 30 | HOME RECORDINGS | MARTIN SIMPSON | TOPIC |
| RE | 31 | HOLD FAST | STICK IN THE WHEEL | FROM HERE |
| 27 | 32 | WHERE THE WORLD IS THIN | KRIS DREVER | REVEAL |
| 32 | 33 | BWNCATH II | BWNCATH | SAIN |
| 33 | 34 | SLEEP ON THE WING | BIBIO | WARP |
| 37 | 35 | LIVE AT ROCK CITY NOTTINGHAM – NOVEMBER | RICHARD THOMPSON | ANGEL AIR |
| 34 | 36 | PTS DEAD CLUB | TUNNG | FULL TIME HOBBY |
| 35 | 37 | LIVE ACROSS SCOTLAND | SKERRYVORE | TYREE |
| RE | 38 | SHUFFLE AND GO | FAIRPORT CONVENTION | MATTY GROOVES |
| NEW | 39 | INVISIBLE MUSIC – FOLK SONGS THAT | POLLY PAULUSMA | WILD SOUND |
| NEW | 40 | 100 SNOW WHITE HORSES | JOHN SPILLANE | INSPIRED |
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