Here are the Official Folk Albums Chart top 40 for August 2023.
For the press release, click here.
| Last Month | This Month | Title | Artist |
| NEW | 1 | MORNING WALKING CLUB | GAZ BROOKFIELD |
| 5 | 2 | FALSE LANKUM | LANKUM |
| NEW | 3 | THE ENDLESS COLOURED WAYS – THE SONGS OF NICK DRAKE | VARIOUS ARTISTS |
| 7 | 4 | TEMPUS | SKERRYVORE |
| 2 | 5 | CAREFUL OF YOUR KEEPERS | THIS IS THE KIT |
| 4 | 6 | THE MARY WALLOPERS | MARY WALLOPERS |
| 3 | 7 | DANCE TILL ALL THE STARS COME DOWN | LILAC TIME |
| 1 | 8 | THE SOMERSET SESSIONS | SETH LAKEMAN |
| 12 | 9 | (SELF-TITLED) | MARCUS MUMFORD |
| 8 | 10 | DROP CHERRIES | BILLIE MARTEN |
| 9 | 11 | ARCHANGEL HILL | SHIRLEY COLLINS |
| 11 | 12 | ALL OF THIS IS CHANCE | LISA O’NEILL |
| 14 | 13 | TOGETHER ALL THE WAY | LEVELLERS COLLECTIVE |
| 20 | 14 | FOR THE NIGHT | ELEPHANT SESSIONS |
| 6 | 15 | 30 HAPPY RETURNS | KATE RUSBY |
| 16 | 16 | BIRDS THAT FLEW AND SHIPS THAT SAILED | PASSENGER |
| 29 | 17 | GLAMOUR IN THE GREY | MAGPIE ARC |
| 15 | 18 | SORROWS AWAY | UNTHANKS |
| 17 | 19 | THE SORROW SONGS – FOLK SONGS OF BLACK | ANGELINE MORRISON |
| 22 | 20 | TINY NOTES | YOUNG’UNS |
| 21 | 21 | PRIZE | ROZI PLAIN |
| NEW | 22 | CONVERSATIONS WE’VE HAD BEFORE | ELIZA CARTHY TRIO |
| 18 | 23 | BLACK CUILLIN | DUNCAN CHISHOLM |
| 19 | 24 | FOR ALL OUR DAYS THAT TEAR THE HEART | JESSIE BUCKLEY/BERNARD BUTLER |
| 28 | 25 | C-SIDES | LONGEST JOHNS |
| 23 | 26 | SHADOW OF THE MOON – 25TH ANNIVERSARY | BLACKMORE’S NIGHT |
| 37 | 27 | TENDER | LADY MAISERY |
| 25 | 28 | SEA SONG SESSIONS | BODEN/LAKEMAN/NICHOLLS/PORTMAN |
| 10 | 29 | DREAM FROM THE DEEP WELL | BRIGID MAE POWER |
| RE | 30 | FAS | BREABACH |
| RE | 31 | NINE WAVES | YE VAGABONDS |
| 34 | 32 | STRETCHING SKYWARD | GNOSS |
| 27 | 33 | BLOOM | SIOBHAN MILLER |
| 26 | 34 | QUEEN OF THE WHIRL | ELIZA CARTHY & THE RESTITUTION |
| RE | 35 | LET THE MUSIC SPEAK FOR ITSELF | MERRY HELL |
| 38 | 36 | THE GREAT WHITE SEA EAGLE | JAMES YORKSTON/NINA PERSSON |
| 35 | 37 | THE RUBY CORD | RICHARD DAWSON |
| 32 | 38 | CARRY THEM WITH US | BRIGHDE CHAIMBEUL |
| RE | 39 | DUSK MOON | RURA |
| 31 | 40 | HAAR | LAUREN MACCOLL |
The AUGUST reporting period is 28 July – 24 August
Published on Tuesday 5th September 2023.
The next chart will be published on Tuesday 3rd October 2023 at 8pm.
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