Our ‘Artsfols 2024 Gesprek Indie Folk Discovery’ playlist is here. The sheer size of our new playlist, with 554 video tracks from hundreds of indie folk artists, might seem too much for even the most devoted indie folk fan to take in. So this year, we provide three ways to access our playlist:

• two audio versions, on Spotify and Youtube Music, respectively,
• our main video performance playlist on Youtube.

To access the audio playlist on Spotify, search using keyword ‘Artsfols’, select ‘Playlists’, and then select the ‘Artsfols 2024 Gesprek Indie Folk Discovery’ playlist from the search results.

To access the audio playlist on Youtube Music, open the Youtube Music Player, search for ‘Artsfols’, and then select the ‘Artsfols 2024 Gesprek Indie Folk Discovery Audio’ playlist from the search results. Make sure that the playlist name contains the word ‘Audio’.

The audio playlists download fairly easily on a good Internet connection, and I tend to play these lists on shuffle throughout the year, for an ongoing voyage of musical discovery.

We still prefer the video performance playlist overall. You can access our performance discovery playlist on youtube right here …

Alternatively, search youtube on your computer, home theatre or television app using the keyword ‘artsfols’ and then choose ‘Artsfols 2024 Gesprek Indie Folk Discovery’.

All the playlists are arranged alphabetically by artist, so that you can find your favourite artists. The playlist is restricted to video performances released since November 2023.

Later in December our panel will once again rate and release the much shorter “Best” performances list.

This year the Discovery playlist includes:

• a Bastille song, aboard the GreenPeace flagship,
• long awaited Bon Iver tracks,
• the return of Iron and Wine, and Joanna Newsom,
• a number of live performances by a very active Gracie Abrams,
• acoustic tracks from Billie Eilish, Freya Ridings and Ed Sheeran,
• a recent live performance of Passenger’s 2 1/2 billion plays song, Let Her Go,
• a capella band The Harvard Opportunes’ riveting performance of Lizzy McAlpine’s Erase Me.
• an impromptu collaboration between Lake Street Dive and Lawrence,
• and many others for you to discover including:

Abby Girl, Adrianne Lenker, Áine Deane, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Alan Doyle, Alan Power, Alex Cuba, Alice Merton, Alice Phoebe Lou, Alisa Amador, Amy McDonald, Amythyst Kiah, Anaïs Mitchell and Dónal Finn, Andrew Bird & Madison Cunningham, Andy Shauf, Angus & Julia Stone, Anna Tivel, Annabel Laura, Aoife O’Donovan, Arcadian Wild, Arooj Aftab, August Charles, Aurora, Aysanabee, Aysanabee, Allison Russell, BALTHVS, Basia Bulat, Bastille, Bea and her Business, Beach Bunny, Bear’s Den, Becky Hill, Beharie, Béla Fleck, Bella White, Benjamin Dakota Rogers, Ber, Big Thief, Billie Eilish, Bird Song, Black Swan, Bleachers, Blind Pilot, BLØF, Bon Iver, Brandi Carlile, Brandy Clark, Bryn Bliska, Cactus Blossoms, Camila Cabello, Cara Dillon, Cat Burns, Catey Shaw, Cengiz Özsu, Charley Crockett, Charlotte Cardin, Charm Of Finches, Choir! Choir! Choir!, Chris Thile, Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk, Clare Doyle, Cody Fry, Colin Hay, Daisy the Great, Dan Tyminski Band, Darlingside, Dave Gunning, David Francey, David Gilmour with Romany Gilmour, David Myles, Delicate Dark, Della Mae, Desirée Dawson, dodie, Dominique Fricot, Don Ross, Drew Holcomb, East Nash Grass, Ed Sheeran, Eefje de Visser, Elephant Revival, Emily Scott Robinson, Eric Slick, Fai Baba & Amour sur Mars, Fancy & The Gentlemen, Faouzia, Faye Webster & Julia Jacklin, Feist, FINNEAS, Foy Vance, Frank Turner, Frazey Ford, Freya Ridings, Freya Ridings ft Tors, Gabe Dixon, Gillian Welch, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings play a three, Gracie Abrams, Gregory Alan Isakov, Güngör Coşkun, Guy Sebastian, Hamzaa, Hannah Georgas, Hans Theesink, Harvard Opportunes, Hazlett, Hermanos Gutiérrez, hey, nothing, Hollow Coves, Holly Carter, Hoodoo Tones, Hozier, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Ibrahim Maalouf, Imagine, Iron & Wine, Isabel Pless, Ismay, Jacob Banks, Jacob Collier, Jacob Collier & AURORA, Jacob Collier and dodie, Jadea Kelly, Jake Bugg, Jake Vaadeland, James Bay, James Blunt & Frank Steijns, Jamie xx, Jenny Lewis, Jeremy Dutcher, Jill Barber, Jim Lauderdale & The Game Changers, Joan As Police Woman, Joanna Newsom, John Butler, John Butler Trio, John Grant, John Legend, John Smith, Joni Mitchell, Joseph, Josh + Bex, Josienne Clarke, Joss Stone, Joy (Anonymous), JP HOE STRING TRIO, JP Saxe, JP Saxe, Carla Morrison, Jule Malischke, Jule Malischke & Don Ross, Julian Lage, Julian Taylor, Julien Baker, Jungle, Kacey Musgraves, Kaïa Kater, Kate Rusby, Katherine Priddy, Katie Costello, Katie Pruitt, Keyon Harrold, feat. Malaya, Korby Lenker, Kristalis Sotomayor and Latin Breeze, Kruger Brothers, Kygo, Ava Max, Kygo, HAYLA, Lake Street Dive, Lake Street Dive ft. Lawrence, Laufey, Laufey, dodie, and Jacob Collier, Laura Marling, Lauren Daigle, Lawrence, Lebanon, Leonie Biney, Let It Be, Lexie Carroll, Leyna Robinson, Lindi Ortega & Jack Barksdale, Little Quirks, Liv-Margrethe Muren Ulvund, Lizz Wright, Lizzy McAlpine, London Grammar, Lucius, Luke LeBlanc, M83, Madi Diaz, Madison Cunningham, Maggie Rogers, Mari Rosehill, Marianne Neumann, Mark Knopfler, Mavis Staples, MEAU, Melt, Metric, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Michael Kiwanuka, Middle Kids, Moira Smiley & The Rhizome Quartet, Molly Tuttle, Molsky’s Mountain Drifters, Morgan Harper, Mountain Grass Unit, Mumford & Sons ft. Jon Batiste, mxmtoon, My Brightest Diamond, Myles Smith, Natalia Lafourcade, Nathaniel Rateliff, Nick Mulvey, Nickel Creek, NIKI, Noah Gundersen, Noah Kahan, Oisin Leach, Old Crow Medicine Show, Olive Klug, Oliver Wood & Katie Pruitt, Olivia Barton, One Voice Children’s Choir, Paolo Nutini, Paris Paloma, Passenger, Philip Labes, Phillip-Michael Scales, Phoebe Bridgers, Rachael Kilgour, Rachel Cousins, RAYE, Rhiannon Giddens, Ringdown, Romany & David Gilmour, Rose Cousins, Rufus Wainwright & Madison Cunningham, Ruth B. & Dean Lewis, Ruth Moody, Ruthie Foster, Sabrina Carpenter, Sam Fischer, Sam Smith, Sammy Rae & The Friends, Sarah Jarosz, Sheherazaad, Sidney Gish, Sierra Ferrell, Sierra Hull, Slow Pulp, Sons Of The East, Sophie Laurens, Steep Canyon Rangers, Steernvanger, Stephanie Struijk, Stick Season, Strange Boy, Swamp Dogg, Talisk, Teddy Swims, Tennessee Freedom Singers, Terra Spencer, The 502s, The Brother Brothers, The Cactus Blossoms, The Cat Empire, The Decemberists, The Head And The Heart, The Heavy Heavy, The Hives, The Hound + The Fox, The National, The Paper Kites, The Secret Sisters, The Staves, The Strumbellas, The Tallest Man On Earth, The The, The Twins of Franklin, The Warning, Tiny Habits, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Tom Odell, Tom Odell, Zaho de Sagazan, Tom Rosenthal, Tones And I, Tors, Trampled by Turtles, Travelin’ McCourys, Trousdale, Twisted Pine w/ Jerry Douglas, Victoria Canal, Voces8, Voices of Scandinavia, Vulf, Walk Off the Earth, Watchhouse, Wilco, Wild Rivers, Yeemz, Zach Hood, ROSIE, Zaz, Zero8, Zoe Clarke