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The best Folk newsletters

3 newsletters, ranked by editorial quality and how recently they published. Looking for something more specific? Search instead.

thetonearm.com· weekly· Published yesterday

The Tonearm is a music newsletter of in-depth artist interviews and features on experimental, folk, ambient and cult records, written with a personal, reportorial voice. Readers get long-form conversations with musicians and festival and album write-ups that go beyond release announcements.

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newmusicoldmusic.substack.com· weekly· Published 6 days ago

Will Hermes, a longtime music critic, shares new songs of the day, playlists, record reviews and personal essays on music history, with a focus on new releases and rediscovered older music. Readers get curated listening picks with informed context and anecdotes about Afropop, Irish punk-folk and New York scenes.

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recordbinradio.com· weekly· Published 10 days ago

Record Bin Radio's Liner Notes series profiles singer-songwriters and their new albums, with short written introductions that preview each episode's broadcast times. The excerpts are promotional blurbs for an audio show, giving readers a brief sense of each artist's style rather than in-depth analysis.

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