OFFICIAL FOLK ALBUMS CHART FEBRUARY 2026

4 new releases have entered the February chart!

Irish alternative-folk six-piece Madra Salach debut EP, It’s a Hell of an Age (Madra Salach), is new at No. 4. The band sparked a word-of-mouth buzz across festival crowds and the Irish music press this summer and have received support from Nialler9, Hot Press, The Line of Best Fit, So Young, DIY Magazine and The Independent.

Multi-award-winning Irish band Ye Vagabonds’ fourth album, All Tied Together (River Lea Recordings), lands at No. 7. Recorded live in a house in Galway with acclaimed producer Philip Weinrobe (Big Thief, Adrienne Lenker) at the helm, the powerful and cinematic album features deeply evocative original songs infused with memory, tribute and gratitude. “All these songs have addresses,” says co-frontman Diarmuid Mac Gloinn. “They’re about specific locations and specific people.”               

Dutch-British singer-songwriter and composer Tessa Rose Jackson’s third studio album, The Lighthouse (Tiny Tiger), enters at No. 13. Rich with ghostly folklore, spectral folk and cinematic alt-pop textures, the record was written during a secluded period in rural France. It also sees Jackson stepping out from behind her acclaimed decade-long moniker, Someone, to embrace her own name once more.

RANT’s fifth album, Live in Glasgow (Make Believe), comes in at No. 25. Comprising four of the country’s finest players - Gillan Frame, Lauren MacColl, Anna Massie and Bethany Reid - who met while studying music in Glasgow, the group chose Cottiers Theatre for this one-night-only recording, capturing their rich, harmonious sound.

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