Here are the Official Folk Albums Chart top 40 for October 2023.
For the press release, click here.
| Last Month | This Month | Title | Artist |
| NEW | 1 | THE MOON ALSO RISES | JOHNNY FLYNN & ROBERT MACFARLANE |
| NEW | 2 | THEA GILMORE | THEA GILMORE |
| NEW | 3 | FIRST LOVES & WHITE MAGNOLIAS | BEAR’S DEN |
| 4 | 4 | FALSE LANKUM | LANKUM |
| 1 | 5 | IRISH ROCK N ROLL | MARY WALLOPERS |
| NEW | 6 | CARRIED IN SOUND | SMOKE FAIRIES |
| NEW | 7 | CYRM | ØXN |
| NEW | 8 | LOOK OVER THE WALL SEE THE SKY | JOHN FRANCIS FLYNN |
| 6 | 9 | THE MARY WALLOPERS | MARY WALLOPERS |
| NEW | 10 | DOUBLE YOU | CATRIN FINCH & AOIFE NI BHRIAIN |
| 8 | 11 | THE JOURNEY SO FAR – LIVE | TUMBLING PADDIES |
| 10 | 12 | CAREFUL OF YOUR KEEPERS | THIS IS THE KIT |
| 13 | 13 | TEMPUS | SKERRYVORE |
| 11 | 14 | ALL OF THIS IS CHANCE | LISA O’NEILL |
| 2 | 15 | SHANTY PUNK | SKINNY LISTER |
| 12 | 16 | DROP CHERRIES | BILLIE MARTEN |
| 9 | 17 | THE ENDLESS COLOURED WAYS – THE SONGS OF NICK DRAKE | VARIOUS ARTISTS |
| 17 | 18 | (SELF-TITLED) | MARCUS MUMFORD |
| NEW | 19 | WESSELBOBS | BRYONY GRIFFITH & ALICE JONES |
| 3 | 20 | MOMENTS IN TIME | FINBAR FUREY |
| 5 | 21 | NOTHING BUT GREEN WILLOW – THE SONGS OF MARY SANDS AND JANE GENTRY | MARTIN SIMPSON & THOMM JUTZ |
| NEW | 22 | SOONER AFTER SOLSTICE – A TRANSATLANTIC FOLK CHRISTMAS | A WINTER UNION |
| 7 | 23 | CLOUD HORIZONS | KATHRYN TICKELL & DARKENING |
| 14 | 24 | DREAMER AWAKE | RACHEL SERMANNI |
| 15 | 25 | LAND OF MY OTHER | THE BREATH |
| 20 | 26 | BLACK CUILLIN | DUNCAN CHISHOLM |
| 25 | 27 | ARCHANGEL HILL | SHIRLEY COLLINS |
| 19 | 28 | TOGETHER ALL THE WAY | LEVELLERS COLLECTIVE |
| NEW | 29 | ROOTS 2 | SHOW OF HANDS |
| 23 | 30 | SORROWS AWAY | UNTHANKS |
| 33 | 31 | THE SOMERSET SESSIONS | SETH LAKEMAN |
| 30 | 32 | FOR THE NIGHT | ELEPHANT SESSIONS |
| 26 | 33 | FOR ALL OUR DAYS THAT TEAR THE HEART | JESSIE BUCKLEY & BERNARD BUTLER |
| 35 | 34 | SHADOW OF THE MOON – 25TH ANNIVERSARY | BLACKMORE’S NIGHT |
| 31 | 35 | PRIZE | ROZI PLAIN |
| 29 | 36 | BLOOM | SIOBHAN MILLER |
| 39 | 37 | GLAMOUR IN THE GREY | MAGPIE ARC |
| RE | 38 | TINY NOTES | YOUNG’UNS |
| NEW | 39 | THERE IS ONLY LOVE AND FEAR | BEX BURCH |
| NEW | 40 | HARE// HUNTER// MOTH// GHOST | YOU ARE WOLF |
The October reporting period is 27 October – 23 November
Published on Tuesday 5th December 2023.
The next chart will be published on Tuesday 9th January 2024 at 8pm.
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