Folk music musicians
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A Fragile Tomorrow
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A. L. Lloyd
Folk musician and song-collector
2
A.R. Akela
writer
3
ALT
band
4
Aaron Gillespie
American musician
5
Aaron Sprinkle
American record producer
6
Abbas Uddin
Bengali singer
7
Abdul Alim
Bangladeshi Folk singer
8
Abdur Rahman Boyati
Bangladeshi singer, composer and poet
9
Abhaya Hiranmayi
Indian playback singer
10
Abigail Lapell
Canadian folk singer-songwriter
11
Adarsh Rathore
singer, journalist, Social activist
12
Against Me!
American punk rock band
13
Agalloch
American black metal band
14
Agathonas Iakovidis
Greek singer
15
Agit-prop
Finnish vocal ensemble
16
Ahmet Kaya
Turkish singer
17
Aidan O'Rourke
British musician
18
Al Stewart
Scottish singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician
19
Al-Namrood
Saudi Arabian black metal band
20
Alan Lomax
American music historian, field collector, producer and filmmaker
21
Alan Mills
Canadian musician
22
Alan Stivell
Breton musician and singer
23
Alasdair Roberts
British singer
24
Alastair Moock
American singer-songwriter
25
Ale Möller
Swedish musician
26
Alela Diane
American singer-songwriter
27
Alestorm
multi-national metal band
28
Alexi Murdoch
British musician and songwriter
29
Alfapop
30
Ali Ekber Çiçek
Turkish musician (bağlama player)
31
Alice Di Micele
American musician
32
Alice Peacock
American singer-songwriter
33
Alistair Hulett
British singer
34
Alix Dobkin
American singer-songwriter and lesbian feminist activist
35
Allah Jilai Bai
Indian singer
36
Almanac Singers
band
37
Altan
Irish band
38
Altan Urag
21th century mongol music band using traditional instruments and contemporary music
39
Aly Bain
Scottish fiddler
40
Amanda Shaw
American singer-actor
41
Amaral
Spanish rock band
42
Amorphis
Finnish heavy metal band
43
Amos Lee
American singer-songwriter
44
Amy Jo Johnson
American actress, singer, and filmmaker
45
Amy Macdonald
Scottish singer-songwriter
46
Amédé Ardoin
American Louisiana Creole musician
47
Anaïs Mitchell
American singer-songwriter, musician and playwright
48
Anders Norudde
Swedish musician
49
Andrew Bird
American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
50
Andrew Calhoun
American singer-songwriter
51
Andrew Jackson Jihad
American folk punk band
52
Andrew Osenga
American singer-songwriter
53
Andrew Scott
Canadian musician and songwriter
54
Andy Cutting
British musician
55
Andy Irvine
Irish folk musician and singer-songwriter
56
Andy McKee
American musician
57
Andy White
drummer
58
Andy White
Irish singer-songwriter
59
Ane Brun
Norwegian singer-songwriter
60
Angelit
Finnish Sámi folk music group
61
Angizia
band
62
Angus & Julia Stone
Australian brother & sister duo-led folk, indie pop group, formed in 2006
63
Angus Stone
Australia singer-songwriter, record producer-engineer
64
Ani Di Franco
American singer-songwriter
65
Anima Choudhury
Indian singer
66
Anitha Kuppusamy
amil folk and Carnatic singer
67
Annbjørg Lien
Norwegian musician
68
Anne Briggs
British singer
69
Anne Feeney
American singer-songwriter and musician
70
Anne Hills
American singer
71
Annette Conlon
musical artist
72
Anni B Sweet
Spanish singer
73
Anthony Daasan
Indian folk singer
74
Antje Duvekot
American musician
75
Anupama Deshpande
Indian actress
76
Archie Fisher
Scottish folk singer and song writer
77
Archie Roach
Australian musician
78
Ariel Ramírez
Argentine composer, pianist and music director
79
Arif Sağ
Turkish singer
80
Aristidis Moschos
Greek virtuoso santurist and music educator
81
Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Dutch musician
82
Arkona
Russian pagan metal band
83
Arlo Guthrie
American folk singer
84
Art Garfunkel
American singer, poet, and actor
85
Artie Traum
American musician
86
Arto Järvelä
Finnish musician
87
Asa Singh Mastana
Punjabi singer
88
Asaf Avidan
Israeli singer, songwriter and musician
89
Ashig Alasgar
Azeri mystic troubadour and Azeri folk songs poet
90
Ashley Hutchings
English bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, band leader, writer and record producer
91
Ashley MacIsaac
Canadian musician
92
Ateeq Hussain Khan
musician
93
Atomik Harmonik
band
94
Attila the Stockbroker
British punk poet, folk punk musician and songwriter
95
Avtar Singh Kang
Punjabi singer and Punjabi Folk contributor
96
Aygün Kazimova
Azerbaijani singer and actress
97
Ayọ
Nigerian-German singer-songwriter
98
Aşık Khanlar
Azerbaijani writer
99
Aşık Mahzuni Şerif
Turkish poet and singer
100
Aṣa
Nigerian-French musician and singer
101
Baba Zula
Turkish musical group
102
Badly Drawn Boy
British singer-songwriter
103
Bahamas
Canadian singer-songwriter
104
Balappa Hukkeri
Indian singer
105
Balkandji
106
Barbara Dane
American singer
107
Barbara Kessler
American musician
108
Barenaked Ladies
Canadian band
109
Bari Siddiqui
Bangladeshi musician
110
Barry Dransfield
British musician
111
Bascom Lamar Lunsford
American musician and lawyer
112
Basia Bulat
Canadian singer
113
Bathory
Swedish metal band
114
Battlefield Band
Scottish folk group
115
Battlelore
Finnish heavy metal band
116
Beau Jocque
American musician
117
BeauSoleil
American Cajun band
118
Beck
American musician
119
Beirut
American band
120
Belkıs Akkale
Turkish musician and actress
121
Bella Hardy
English folk musician
122
Belli Lalitha
Indian folk singer
123
Ben Howard
English singer and songwriter
124
Ben Parcell
English singer-songwriter
125
Bermuda Triangle Band
American band
126
Bernard Fanning
Australian recording artist; musician and singer-songwriter
127
Bert Jansch
Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle.
128
Bess Lomax Hawes
American folk musician and folklorist
129
Beth Orton
British musician
130
Bhikhudan Gadhavi
A folk singer from Gujarat
131
Bic Runga
New Zealand singer-songwriter
132
Big Country
Scottish rock band
133
Bijelo Dugme
Yugoslavian rock band
134
Bill Madden
American musician
135
Bill Mallonee
musician
136
Bill Miller
Native American singer/songwriter
137
Bill Morrissey
American musician
138
Bill Staines
American folk musician and singer-songwriter
139
Billy Bragg
English singer-songwriter and left-wing political activist
140
Billy Connolly
Scottish actor and comedian
141
Billy Jonas
American musician
142
Billy Pigg
British musician
143
Billy Pilgrim
American musical group
144
Bindhyabasini Devi
145
Bipul Chettri
Nepalese musician
146
Bird in the Belly
British folk band
147
Birdy
English singer, songwriter and musician
148
Black 47
American Celtic rock band
149
Blackbird Raum
American anarcho-punk band
150
Blackguard
band
151
Blackthorn (American band)
152
Blaggards
American Celtic rock band
153
Bloodywood
Indian metal band
154
Blowzabella
band
155
Blue King Brown
band
156
Bob Dylan
American recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, author, artist and Nobel Laureate in 2016
157
Bob Franke
American singer-songwriter
158
Bob Gibson
American musician
159
Bobby Bazini
Canadian singer
160
Bobby Charles
American singer-songwriter
161
Boiled in Lead
Celtic-rock/worldbeat band from Minneapolis
162
Bombay Bicycle Club
British rock band
163
Bonnie Dobson
Canadian singer
164
Bonnie Koloc
American singer-songwriter
165
Bonnie Raitt
blues singer-songwriter and slide guitar player from the United States
166
Boo Hewerdine
English singer/songwriter
167
Boozoo Chavis
American musician
168
Bora Dugić
Serbian musician
169
Borknagar
Norwegian metal band
170
Boy & Bear
Australian indie folk band
171
Bradley Fish
American musician
172
Bread & Butter
Japanese folk duo (1969-)
173
Bread and Roses
all-acoustic rock band from Boston, Massachusetts
174
Brenda Weiler
American musician
175
Brenda Wootton
Cornish poet and singer
176
Brett Dennen
American musician
177
Brewer & Shipley
American singing duo
178
Brian Fallon
American musician
179
Brian Finnegan
British musician
180
Brian Peters
English folk singer and multi-instrumentalist.
181
Bridget St John
British singer-songwriter
182
Bright Eyes
American indie rock band
183
Broadside Electric
184
Brownie McGhee
American folk-blues singer and guitarist
185
Bruce Cockburn
Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
186
Bruce Langhorne
American musician
187
Bruce Springsteen
American musician, singer, and composer
188
Bryan Bowers
American musician
189
Buckwheat Zydeco
American accordionist
190
Bucovina
Romanian folk metal band
191
Buddy MacMaster
Canadian musician
192
Buell Kazee
American singer
193
Buffalo Springfield
North American folk rock band
194
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Canadian musician
195
Bunky and Jake
American folk rock duo
196
Burl Ives
American actor, writer and folk music singer (1905-1995)
197
Burlakat
band
198
Burton C. Bell
American singer
199
Béla Fleck
American banjo player
200
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
band
201
C. J. Chenier
American musician
202
Cadacross
Finnish band
203
Calan
Welsh folk group
204
Camille Lou
French musician and singer
205
Cantovivo
Italian folk musical group, founded in1974 by Donata Pinti and Alberto Cesa
206
Cara Dillon
Irish singer
207
Carbon Leaf
American folk and indie band
208
Carlo Buti
Italian singer
209
Carlos Núñez
Galician musician
210
Carole King
American singer and songwriter
211
Carolyn Hester
American musician
212
Carrie Newcomer
American singer
213
Cartola
Brazilian singer, composer and poet
214
Casa del Vento
band
215
Cass Elliot
American recording artist; singer, record producer (1941-1974)
216
Cat Power
American singer-songwriter and actress
217
Cat Stevens
British singer-songwriter
218
Catherine MacLellan
Canadian singer
219
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
American street artist
220
Catie Curtis
American singer-songwriter
221
Catriona MacDonald
British musician
222
Celtas Cortos
Banda
223
Celtic Thunder
band
224
Celtic Woman
all-female Irish musical ensemble
225
Ceri Rhys Matthews
Welsh musician and record producer
226
Chad Mitchell Trio
North American vocal group
227
Charlie King
American singer-songwriter
228
Charlie Poole
American musician
229
Chateau Neuf Spelemannslag
230
Chava Alberstein
Israeli singer
231
Chenille Sisters
American folk band
232
Cher
American singer-songwriter and actress
233
Cherish the Ladies
band
234
Cheryl Wheeler
female folk singer and songwriter from the USA
235
Chiharu Matsuyama
Japanese folk singer and songwriter (1955-)
236
Chinnaponnu
Indian singer
237
Chris Ardoin
American musician
238
Chris Clavin
musician and record label owner
239
Chris Leslie
British musician
240
Chris Mason
American musician
241
Chris Pureka
American musician
242
Chris Smither
American singer-songwriter
243
Chris Wood
English folk musician
244
Christine Collister
British singer-songwriter
245
Christine Kane
American musician
246
Christine Lavin
American musician
247
Christy Moore
Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist
248
Chronis Aidonidis
singer
249
Chthonic
Taiwanese heavy metal band
250
Chuck Brodsky
American musician
251
Chuck Ragan
American musician
252
Cisco Houston
American musician (1918-1961)
253
Clannad
Irish band
254
Clarence Ashley
American musician
255
Claudia Schmidt
American guitarist
256
Cletis Carr
American musician
257
Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and Zydeco musician
258
Clive Gregson
British singer-songwriter
259
Coast
260
Colin Ross
British bagpipe maker
261
Colter Wall
Canadian singer-songwriter
262
Comus
70's British progressive folk band
263
Conor Oberst
American musician
264
Continental Drifters
Californian rock band
265
Coope Boyes and Simpson
266
Cordas et Cannas
267
Cordelia's Dad
band
268
Country Joe McDonald
American musician and anti-war activist
269
Country Joe and the Fish
American psychedelic rock band
270
Crash Vegas
271
Creedence Clearwater Revival
American roots rock band
272
Cris Williamson
American musician
273
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
American supergroup
274
Cruachan
Irish band
275
Cœur de pirate
Canadian recording artist; singer-songwriter
276
D. L. Menard
American musician
277
DW (Dave) Drouillard
American musician
278
Dah
279
Dakh Daughters
Ukrainian theater and music group
280
Dalla
Vaishno Devi shakti pith dhaam
281
Dallas Green
Canadian musician
282
Dalriada
folk metal band from Sopron, Hungary
283
Damien Rice
Irish singer
284
Dan Ar Braz
French guitarist
285
Dan Bern
American musician
286
Dan Fogelberg
American singer-songwriter and musician
287
Daniel Lanois
Canadian record producer, singer-songwriter, musician
288
Dar Williams
American singer-songwriter
289
Dave Alvin
musician
290
Dave Carter
American musician
291
Dave Matthews
American singer-songwriter, musician and actor
292
Dave Matthews Band
American rock band
293
Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer
294
Dave Swarbrick
English folk musician and singer-songwriter
295
Dave Van Ronk
American musician
296
Davey Graham
British guitarist
297
David A. Stewart
English musician, songwriter and record producer
298
David Blue
American musician (1941-1982)
299
David Bromberg
American musician
300
David Broza
Israeli singer-songwriter
301
David Buskin
American singer, songwriter, performer, author, playwright, jingle composer and girls' basketball coach (born 1943)
302
David Crosby
guitarist, singer and songwriter from the United States
303
David Francey
Canadian singer
304
David Gray
British singer-songwriter
305
David Holt
American musician
306
David Hudson
Australian musician entertainer and Cultural Consultant
307
David Knopfler
English musician
308
David Kramer
South African musician
309
David Massengill
American musician
310
David Wilcox
American folk musician and singer-songwriter guitarist
311
David Wolfenberger
American musician
312
Davy Spillane
Irish musician
313
Dawn Landes
American singer-songwriter
314
Dawud Wharnsby
Canadian musician
315
Days N' Daze
American Folk Punk Band
316
De Dannan
band
317
DeVotchKa
American band
318
Debbie Friedman
Jewish American musician
319
Del Barber
Canadian musician
320
Del Rey
American blues, jazz and ragtime singer, guitarist and ukulele player
321
Den Fule
musical artist
322
Denison Witmer
American singer-songwriter
323
Denny Doherty
Canadian musician (1940-2007)
324
Derek Webb
musician
325
Derroll Adams
American folk musician
326
Dervish
Irish music group
327
Desapati Srinivas
Indian singer
328
Design
UK band
329
Devdatta Sable
musical artist
330
Devendra Banhart
American folk singer
331
Dewey Balfa
American musician
332
Diana Jones
American singer-songwriter
333
Dick Burnett
American musician
334
Dick Gaughan
British musician
335
Dick Justice
American musician
336
Dido
English musician
337
Dipali Barthakur
Indian singer
338
Disappear Fear
339
Djivan Gasparyan
Armenian musician
340
Doc Watson
American guitarist, songwriter and singer
341
Dock Boggs
American musician
342
Dolly Collins
English folk musician, arranger and composer
343
Dolly Guleria
Indian singer
344
Dolores Keane
Irish singer
345
Domenico Modugno
Italian singer-songwriter, actor and television presenter (1928-1994)
346
Domna Samiou
Greek musician
347
Don Audet
Canadian musician
348
Don McLean
American singer-songwriter
349
Donavon Frankenreiter
American musician and surfer
350
Donovan
Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist
351
Dragana Mirković
Serbian pop-folk singer
352
Dropkick Murphys
American Celtic-Punk Band
353
Duncan Chisholm
British musician
354
Dónal Lunny
Irish musician and record producer
355
Earl Robinson
American singer-songwriter and composer
356
Eclection
357
Ed McCurdy
American-Canadian musician
358
Ed Sheeran
English singer-songwriter, record producer, guitarist and actor
359
Eddie Vedder
American singer and musician
360
Eddie from Ohio
361
Eduardo Falú
Argentine folk musician
362
Edward II
British band
363
Eileen Ivers
American musician
364
Eivør Pálsdóttir
Faroese singer and songwriter
365
El Sueño de Morfeo
Spanish band
366
Eli Fara
singer
367
Eliza Carthy
English folk musician
368
Eliza Gilkyson
American singer-songwriter
369
Elizabeth Cotten
American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter
370
Elizabeth Daily
American actress
371
Ella Jenkins
American folk singer
372
Elliott Smith
American singer-songwriter
373
Ellis Paul
American singer-songwriter and musician
374
Elsa Lunghini
French actress and singer
375
Eluveitie
Swiss folk metal band
376
Elvenking
Italian folk metal band
377
Elvis Perkins
American singer-songwriter
378
Emilie Autumn
American musician
379
Emily Jane White
American singer-songwriter
380
Emma Härdelin
Swedish musician
381
Emmelie de Forest
Danish singer
382
Emmett Tinley
Irish singer
383
Emmy the Great
English Singer-Songwriter
384
Emmylou Harris
American country singer
385
Empyrium
band
386
Energy Orchard
387
Ensiferum
Finnish folk metal band
388
Enter the Haggis
band
389
Eric Andersen
American singer-songwriter
390
Eric Bogle
Australian folk musician
391
Eric Schwartz
American singer-songwriter
392
Eric Von Schmidt
American musician (1931-2007)
393
Erica Wheeler
American singer-songwriter
394
Erik Darling
American musician
395
Erkan Oğur
Turkish musician
396
Essie Jain
British singer songwriter
397
Evalyn Parry
Canadian theatre maker and singer-songwriter
398
Ewan MacColl
English folk singer, songwriter, communist, labour activist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (1915-1989)
399
Fabrizio De André
Italian recording artist; singer-songwriter
400
Fairport Convention
British folk rock group
401
Faith Nolan
Canadian musician
402
Falconer
Swedish power metal band
403
Falkenbach
band
404
Farida Parveen
Bangladeshi singer
405
Fatime Sokoli
Albanian singer
406
Fatoumata Diawara
Malian musician and actress
407
Faun
German band
408
Feist
Canadian singer and musician
409
Ferdausi Rahman
Bangladeshi singer
410
Fernest Arceneaux
American Zydeco accordionist and singer
411
Fernhill
Welsh musical group
412
Ferron
Canadian musician
413
Fever Fever
414
Fiddler's Green
band
415
Fiedel Michel
band
416
Filthy Thieving Bastards
417
Fink
English singer-songwriter and DJ
418
Finntroll
Finnish metal band
419
Fionn Regan
Irish folk musician and singer-songwriter
420
First Aid Kit
Swedish musical duo
421
Fisherman's Friends
Male singing group from Cornwall
422
Five Hand Reel
423
Flatfoot 56
band
424
Fleet Foxes
American indie folk band
425
Fleming Brown
American musician
426
Flight of the Conchords
New Zealand-based musical comedy duo
427
Flogging Molly
American Celtic punk band
428
Flook
Anglo-Irish band
429
Floyd Red Crow Westerman
Native American entertainer (1936-2007)
430
Fly My Pretties
musical artist
431
Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band
432
Folkabbestia
band
433
Folkearth
band
434
Forefather
band that plays black metal
435
Fotheringay
British folk rock band
436
Four Bitchin' Babes
437
Francesco Guccini
Italian singer-songwriter
438
Francis
Swedish Folk Quintett
439
Frank Christian
American singer-songwriter
440
Frank Hamilton
American musician
441
Frank Harte
Irish singer
442
Frank Turner
English singer-songwriter
443
Frankie Armstrong
British singer
444
Frankie Gavin
Irish musician
445
Frankie Kennedy
Irish traditional musician
446
Françoise Hardy
French singer and songwriter.
447
Fred Eaglesmith
Canadian singer
448
Fred Jordan
British singer
449
Fred Neil
American recording artist, singer, songwriter
450
Fred Small
American singer-songwriter
451
Freddie Aguilar
Folk musician from the Philippines
452
Freedy Johnston
American singer
453
Freshlyground
South African band
454
Frifot
music band
455
Frigg
Finnish folk band
456
Fuat Saka
Turkish musician
457
Fuyumi Iwasawa
Japanese singer-songwriter (1949-)
458
Gabriella Ferri
Italian singer (1942-2004)
459
Gaddar
Indian poet and activist
460
Gaelic Storm
Celtic band
461
Gaia Consort
462
Galloping Coroners
Hungarian musical group
463
Gambhari Devi
Indian singer
464
Garavi Sokak
465
Garfunkel and Oates
American comedy-folk duo
466
Garmarna
Swedish folk-rock band
467
Garnet Rogers
singer-songwriter
468
Gary Louris
American musician
469
Geasa
Irish band
470
Gene Clark
American singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist
471
Geno Delafose
American singer
472
Geoff Muldaur
American singer-songwriter
473
George Ezra
English singer-songwriter
474
George Hepple
British musician
475
Gerry Rafferty
Scottish singer and songwriter
476
Ghulam Hassan Sofi
Indian singer
477
Gillian Welch
American musician
478
Giorgos Papasideris
Greek singer
479
Girlyman
American folk-rock band
480
Gjallarhorn
Finnish band
481
Glen Campbell
American guitarist
482
Glen Hansard
Irish musician, songwriter
483
Glengarry Bhoys
484
Glittertind
band
485
Goats Don't Shave
Irish folk rock band formed in 1990
486
Gogol Bordello
American punk band
487
Gor Mkhitarian
Armenian singer and musician
488
Goran Bregović
musician and composer from Bosnia and Herzegovina
489
Gordon Bok
American musician
490
Gordon Duncan
British composer
491
Gordon Giltrap
English guitarist and composer
492
Gordon Haskell
British singer
493
Gordon Lightfoot
Canadian singer-songwriter
494
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
American rock band from Vermont
495
Graham Nash
English musician, singer, songwriter, recording artist
496
Great Big Sea
Canadian folk rock band
497
Great Lake Swimmers
Canadian folk rock band
498
Greenland Whalefishers
499
Greg Brown
folk musician
500
Greg Graffin
American singer and songwriter
501
Gretchen Peters
American musician
502
Grey Griffin
American voice actress
503
Griva
504
Groupa
music group from Sweden
505
Gryphon
band
506
Guda Anjaiah
Indian writer
507
Gulab Bai
actor
508
Gundula Krause
German musician
509
Gus Viseur
French musician
510
Guy Carawan
American musician and musicologist
511
Gåte
Norwegian progressive folk-rock band
512
Gérard Jaffrès
French singer, writer and performer of Breton-Celtic rock
513
H R Keshava Murthy
Indian singer
514
Habib Painter
Indian singer
515
Habib Wahid
Bangladeshi musician
516
Hally Wood
American singer
517
Hamilton Camp
British-American singer-songwriter and actor (1934-2005)
518
Han Dae-soo
South Korean musician
519
Hans Raj Hans
Indian singer
520
Happy Traum
American musician
521
Haris Alexiou
Greek musician
522
Harmonium
band
523
Harry Chapin
American musician
524
Harry Cox
British singer
525
Hart-Rouge
526
Harvey Andrews
English singer, songwriter, and poet
527
Harvey Reid
American folk guitarist and singer-songwriter
528
Hason Raja
Bangladeshi poet Hason Raja was one of the most significant poet
529
Hasret Gültekin
Turkish musician
530
Hazel Dickens
Activist, singer
531
Heather Bishop
Canadian singer
532
Hedgehog Pie
British folk rock group
533
Hedningarna
Swedish-Finnish band
534
Hedy West
American folksinger and songwriter
535
Heidevolk
Dutch band
536
Helene Blum
Danish folk singer and musician
537
Helene Fischer
German singer and entertainer
538
Hemant Chauhan
Indian singer
539
Hera Hjartardóttir
Icelandic/New Zealand musician
540
Hevia
bagpiper from Spain
541
High Level Ranters
542
Hildamit Lepcha
Indian singer
543
Hira Devi Waiba
Indian singer
544
Hiroshi Kamayatsu
Japanese singer, guitarist, composer, actor (1939-2017)
545
Holly Near
American actress, singer and activist
546
Holy Blood
band
547
Horslips
Irish rock band
548
Hrdza
Slovak folk rock band
549
Hugh Blumenfeld
American musician
550
Huldre
dannish folk metal band
551
Huldreslåt
musical artist
552
Huun-Huur-Tu
band
553
Hållbus Totte Mattsson
Swedish musician
554
I Ratti Della Sabina
band
555
Iain Matthews
English musician and songwriter
556
Ian & Sylvia
Canadian musical duo
557
Ian Anderson
Scottish musician, leader of Jethro Tull
558
Ian Campbell Folk Group
559
Ila Arun
Indian actress and singer
560
Imany
French pop-soul singer
561
In Extremo
German metal band
562
Indigo Girls
American folk rock duo
563
Infamous Stringdusters
band that plays bluegrass music
564
Ingrid Michaelson
American singer-songwriter
565
Irina Ponarovskaya
Russian actor and singer
566
Iris DeMent
American singer and songwriter
567
Irish Stew of Sindidun
568
Irma Pany
Cameroonian singer-songwriter
569
Iron & Wine
American musician
570
Irwin Goodman
Finnish singer
571
Islaja
Finnish singer
572
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
Hawaiian recording artist; musician.
573
Ithilien
Belgian Folk Metal Band
574
Ivan Drever
British singer
575
Ivan Mládek
Czech musician and comedian
576
Ivan Rebroff
German singer
577
JPP
Finnish folk band
578
JSD Band
Scottish Celtic and folk rock band
579
Jack Armstrong
British musician
580
Jack Hardy
American lyrical singer-songwriter and playwright based in Greenwich Village
581
Jack Johnson
Hawaiian musician
582
Jack Rose
American guitarist
583
Jack and the Weatherman
Dutch folkpop duo
584
Jack the Lad
British folk rock group formed in 1973
585
Jackdaw
musical artist
586
Jackson Browne
American singer-songwriter
587
Jacqui McShee
British singer
588
Jagjit Kaur
Indian singer
589
Jagmohan Kaur
musical artist
590
Jake Bugg
English singer-songwriter
591
Jake Holmes
American singer-songwriter and jingle writer
592
James Bay
British singer-songwriter
593
James Hill
folk musician
594
James Keelaghan
Canadian musician
595
James Lee Stanley
American folk singer-songwriter
596
James Mackintosh
British politician (1765-1832)
597
James McMurtry
American rock and folk-rock/americana singer-songwriter and guitarist
598
James Morrison
South Sligo-style Irish fiddler
599
James Taylor
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
600
James Vincent McMorrow
Irish singer-songwriter
601
Jamie Anderson
American singer, musician
602
Jamie N Commons
British musician
603
Jan P. Muchow
Czech composer
604
Jandek
American musician
605
Janis Ian
American singer-songwriter and writer
606
Janis Joplin
American singer and songwriter
607
Jaromír Nohavica
Czech songwriter, lyricist, and poet
608
Jay Brannan
American singer-songwriter and actor
609
Jay Ungar
American musician
610
Jean Ritchie
American folk singer
611
Jeff Buckley
American singer, guitarist and songwriter
612
Jeff Lang
Australian musician
613
Jeffrey Foucault
American musician
614
Jeffrey Lewis
singer
615
Jen Cloher
Australian musician
616
Jenn Butterworth
Scottish folk guitarist and singer
617
Jennifer Kimball
American musician
618
Jenny Whiteley
Canadian singer
619
Jenny Wilhelms
Folk music singer and teacher
620
Jeremy Fisher
Canadian singer
621
Jeremy Taylor
British singer
622
Jerry Bryant
American folk music performer
623
Jerry O'Sullivan
Irish-American contemporary musician
624
Jesse Harris
American musician
625
Jesse Winchester
American-Canadian singer-songwriter, producer
626
Jessie Baylin
American singer
627
Jethro Tull
British rock band
628
Jewel
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress, and poet
629
Jez Lowe
English singer-songwriter
630
Jhusia Damai
Indian singer
631
Jill Phillips
American musician
632
Jim Causley
British musician
633
Jim Croce
American singer-songwriter
634
Jim Moray
British musician
635
Jim Page
American musician
636
Jim and Jean
637
Jimmie Rodgers
American pop singer
638
Jimmy C. Newman
American singer
639
Jimmy LaFave
American musician
640
Jivani
Armenian poet and musician
641
Jo Freya
British musician
642
Jo-El Sonnier
American singer
643
Joan Armatrading
British singer-songwriter
644
Joan Baez
American singer, songwriter, musician and activist
645
Joan Sebastian
Mexican singer
646
Joanna Newsom
American musician
647
Joaquín Sabina
Spanish singer, songwriter, and poet
648
Jock Purdon
British poet, songwriter, and coal miner
649
Jody Stecher
American musician
650
Joe Bethancourt
American musician
651
Joe Glazer
Folk musician (1918-2006)
652
Joe Hickerson
folklorist, songleader, librarian
653
Joe Hutton
British musician
654
Joe Purdy
American musician
655
Joe Summers
British singer
656
Joel Plaskett
Canadian rock musician
657
Joey Soloway
American comedian, playwright, feminist, television writer and director
658
Johanna Kurkela
Finnish singer
659
John & Mary
American folk rock duo
660
John Armstrong
English folk musician, born 1929
661
John Delafose
American Zydeco accordionist
662
John Denver
American singer and songwriter (1943-1997)
663
John Fahey
1939–2001; American fingerstyle guitarist
664
John Gorka
born 1958; American folk musician
665
John Herald
American musician
666
John Jacob Niles
American musician
667
John Kirkpatrick
English player of free reed instruments
668
John Martyn
British singer-songwriter and guitarist
669
John Mayer
American singer, guitarist, record producer and songwriter from Connecticut
670
John McCusker
British musician
671
John McCutcheon
folk music singer
672
John Prine
American country singer/songwriter
673
John Renbourn
English guitarist and songwriter
674
John Sebastian
American musician
675
John Smith
English folk guitarist and singer
676
John Stewart
American songwriter and singer
677
John Tams
British folk musician, music producer and actor
678
John Wesley Harding
British singer-songwriter and author
679
Johnny Cunningham
British musician
680
Johnny Doran
Irish musician
681
Johnny Flynn
English musician and actor
682
Johnny Moynihan
Irish singer
683
Jonatha Brooke
American musician
684
Jonathan Coulton
singer and songwriter from the United States
685
Jonathan Edwards
American singer-songwriter and musician
686
Jonathan Richman
musician
687
Jonathan Seet
Canadian musician
688
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
689
Jorge Cafrune
Argentine singer
690
Jorge Drexler
Uruguayan musician and actor
691
Jorge Pardo
Spanish musician
692
Jorma Kaukonen
American blues, folk, and rock guitarist, songwriter
693
Jory Nash
Canadian singer
694
Josh Ritter
American musician
695
Josh Rouse
American singer
696
Josh White
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist (1914-1969)
697
Joshua James
American gardener and musician
698
Joshua Tillman
American singer-songwriter
699
Judee Sill
American singer-songwriter
700
Judy Collins
American singer and songwriter
701
Judy Small
Australian singer
702
Julia Stone
Australian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
703
Julie Fowlis
Scottish singer
704
Julie Murphy
British singer
705
Julius Lester
American author and folk musician
706
Jullie Hjetland
Danish singer and composer
707
June Tabor
British singer
708
Kachra Khan
singer
709
Kaia Kater
Canadian banjo player
710
Kaigal-ool Khovalyg
Russian singer
711
Kalekuri Prasad
712
Kalpana Patowary
Indian singer
713
Kampfar
band
714
Karacaoğlan
Turkish poet
715
Karan Casey
Irish singer
716
Karel Kryl
Czech singer-songwriter and poet (1944-1994)
717
Karen Dalton
American musician
718
Karen Tweed
British musician
719
Karine Polwart
Scottish folk singer
720
Karnail Gill
Indian singer
721
Karnail Rana
Indian singer of Himachal Pradesh (born 1963)
722
Kasey Chambers
Australian country singer-songwriter and musician
723
Kate McGarrigle
Canadian singer and songwriter
724
Kate Rusby
English folk singer
725
Kate Wolf
American singer
726
Kate and Anna McGarrigle
Canadian singer-songwriter duo
727
Kathleen Edwards
Canadian singer-songwriter
728
Kathryn Tickell
British musician
729
Kathryn Williams
English singer-songwriter
730
Katie Lee
American singer
731
Katzenjammer
Norwegian English-language pop rock band
732
Kazuhiko Katō
Japanese Japanese record producer, songwriter and singer (1947–2009)
733
Kazuki Tomokawa
Japanese singer-songwriter
734
Keaton Henson
English musician and artist
735
Keiko Maruyama
Japanese singer-songwriter (1954-)
736
Keith Frank
American musician
737
Kelly Harrell
American musician
738
Ken Whiteley
Canadian folk musician, social justice advocate and children's entertainer.
739
Ken Yates
Canadian singer
740
Kerrianne Cox
Australian singer
741
Kevin Burke
British-Irish fiddler
742
Kevin Devine
Songwriter and musician
743
Kevin Ridley
British musician and sound engineer
744
Khagen Mahanta
Indian singer
745
Kiesza
Canadian singer and songwriter
746
Kim Barlow
Canadian singer-songwriter
747
Kimya Dawson
American musician
748
Kings of Convenience
Norwegian music duo
749
Kirsty MacColl
English singer and songwriter
750
Kirsty McGee
British singer-songwriter
751
Kivimetsän Druidi
Finnish band
752
Kiyoshi Maekawa
Japanese singer, actor, talent (1948-)
753
Koichi Matsuda
Japanese harmonica player (1947-)
754
Kollangudi Karuppayee
Dalit-Tamil folk singer
755
Kongar-ol Ondar
Tuvan throat singer
756
Konsta Jylhä
Finnish musician and composer
757
Korni Grupa
band
758
Kornog
759
Korpiklaani
Finnish metal band
760
Kraja
Swedish A capella folk quartet based in Umeå
761
Kris Delmhorst
American musician
762
Kris Drever
British musician
763
Kristen Hall
American folk rock singer-songwriter
764
Kristy Hanson
American musician
765
Kul Nesîmî
Turkish poet
766
Kvitka Cisyk
American opera singer of ukrainian descent
767
La Bolduc
French Canadian singer and musician
768
La Bottine Souriante
band
769
La Musgaña
Spanish folk music ensemble
770
Lal Chand Yamla Jatt
Indian singer
771
Lal Waterson
English folksinger and songwriter
772
Lalon
Bengali poet, composer and Baul saint
773
Langhorne Slim
American musician
774
Lara Fabian
Belgo-Canadian recording artist; singer
775
Lau
Scottish contemporary folk group
776
Laura Love
American musician
777
Laura Marling
British folk singer-songwriter
778
Laura Sippola
Finnish singer-songwriter
779
Laura Stevenson
American singer
780
Lavender Diamond
American band
781
Laïs
band
782
Le Rêve du Diable
musical artist
783
Le Vent du Nord
Canadian folk music group
784
Lead Belly
American folk and blues musician
785
Leah
Canadian heavy metal musician
786
Leahy
Canadian folk group originating from Lakefield, Ontario
787
Leb i sol
Macedonian and former Yugoslav musical group; rock band
788
Lee DeWyze
singer
789
Lee Hays
American folk singer and songwriter
790
Len Chandler
Folk musician from Akron, Ohio
791
Len Graham
Irish singer
792
Lena Willemark
Swedish musician
793
Leningrad
Music band
794
Lenny Kravitz
American singer and musician
795
Leo Kottke
American guitarist and singer
796
Leon Bibb
American musician
797
Leonard Cohen
Canadian poet and singer-songwriter
798
LeperKhanz
californian experimental music group
799
Les Ramoneurs de menhirs
punk rock band from France
800
Les Sœurs Boulay
music duo
801
Letzte Instanz
German band
802
Levellers
English folk rock band
803
Lewis Watson
British singer-songwriter
804
Lhasa de Sela
Mexican-American singer who gained fame in Montreal, Canada
805
Liam Clancy
Irish musician
806
Liam O'Flynn
Irish musician
807
Lianne La Havas
English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
808
Libby Roderick
Singer, songwriter
809
Lila Downs
Mexican American singer-songwriter
810
Lilly Hiatt
American singer-songwriter
811
Lily and Maria
American musical act
812
Linda Ronstadt
American singer
813
Linda Shear
American singer
814
Linda Thompson
British singer
815
Linda Waterfall
American musician
816
Lindisfarne
British folk rock and progressive rock band
817
Lisa Hannigan
Irish musician
818
Lisa Loeb
American singer-songwriter and actress
819
Livingston Taylor
American singer-songwriter
820
Liz Carroll
American musician
821
Liz Green
singer-songwriter
822
Llan de Cubel
823
Loituma
band
824
Lonnie Donegan
Scottish-born skiffle musician
825
Lopamudra Mitra
Indian singer
826
Loraine Wyman
American folksinger
827
Lord Burgess
American musician
828
Loreena McKennitt
Canadian musician and composer
829
Lori McKenna
American musician
830
Los Fronterizos
Argentine band
831
Los Jaivas
Chilean folk rock band
832
Los Tres
Chilean rock band
833
Lost Dogs
American Band
834
Loudon Wainwright III
American singer-songwriter, humorist, and actor
835
Love
American rock group
836
Luar na Lubre
band
837
Lucie Blue Tremblay
Canadian singer
838
Lucinda Williams
American rock, folk, blues, and country music singer, songwriter and musician
839
Lucy Kaplansky
American folk musician
840
Lucy Spraggan
English musician and singer
841
Lui Collins
American musician
842
Luka Bloom
Irish singer-songwriter
843
Luke Doucet
Canadian musician
844
Luke Hurley
New Zealand musician
845
Luke Temple
American singer-songwriter
846
Lullaby for the Working Class
847
Lumsk
band
848
Lynda
Mexican musician, singer, songwriter and activist
849
Lynn Miles
musician
850
Lyriel
German heavy metal band
851
Lyube
Russian band
852
Lúnasa
band
853
M. Ward
singer-songwriter and guitarist
854
Madan Gopal Singh
Indian screenwriter
855
Maddy Prior
Folk singer and musician
856
Madonna
American singer and songwriter
857
Mael Mórdha
band
858
MagellanMusic
859
Magna Carta
band
860
Magnet
Norwegian singer-songwriter
861
Mahinārangi Tocker
New Zealand singer-songwriter
862
Malicorne
French electric folk group
863
Malika Pukhraj
Pakistani singer
864
Malini Awasthi
Indian singer
865
Malvina Reynolds
American folk singer
866
Mandy Moore
American singer, songwriter, actress and voice actress
867
Mango
Italian singer-songwriter and musician
868
Manpreet Akhtar
Punjabi folk singer
869
Marcus Turner
New Zealand musician
870
Margaret Christl
Canadian folk singer
871
Margot Loyola
Chilean musician
872
Maria Kalaniemi
Finnish musician
873
Maria Muldaur
American folk-blues singer
874
Marianne Faithfull
British singer, songwriter and actress
875
Marika Papagika
Greek singer
876
Mariza Koch
Greek singer
877
Mark Eliyahu
Israeli musician
878
Mark Erelli
American musician
879
Mark Fosson
songwriter and guitarist
880
Mark Graham
US musician
881
Mark Knopfler
British songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
882
Mark Linkous
American musician
883
Mark McCafferty
884
Mark O'Connor
American fiddle player
885
Mark Oliver Everett
American rock musician
886
Mark Spoelstra
American singer-songwriter
887
Markos Vamvakaris
Greek rebetiko musician
888
Marshall Drew
American singer
889
Martha Wainwright
Canadian-American singer-songwriter
890
Martin Carthy
English musician
891
Martin Curtis
New Zealand musician
892
Martin Hayes
Irish fiddler
893
Martin Sexton
musician
894
Martin Simpson
British folk guitarist and singer
895
Martin Zellar
American musician
896
Martyn Bennett
Scottish/Canadian musician
897
Mary Black
Irish singer
898
Mary Chapin Carpenter
American musician
899
Mary Gauthier
American musician
900
Mary Hopkin
Welsh singer
901
Mary Jane Lamond
Canadian singer
902
Mary Lou Lord
musician
903
Mary Ramsey
American member of folk rock duo John & Mary
904
Masato Minami
Japanese singer-songwriter (1944-2021)
905
Mason Proffit
American country rock band
906
Master Saleem
Indian playback singer
907
Matt Corby
Australian musician
908
Matt Costa
American musician
909
Matt McGinn
British musician
910
Matt Molloy
Irish musician
911
Matt Nathanson
American musician
912
Matthews Southern Comfort
British country rock band formed in 1970
913
Mauno Järvelä
Finnish violinist and teacher
914
Maura O'Connell
Irish singer
915
Maxime Le Forestier
French recording artist, singer
916
Meena Rana
Uttarakhandi singer
917
Meg Christian
American musician
918
Meiko
American singer/songwriter
919
Melanie Safka
American singer
920
Melissa Ferrick
American musician
921
Mercanti di Liquore
Italian music group
922
Mercedes Sosa
Argentine singer
923
Meredydd Evans
Welsh folk-music singer, collector and historian. He was also a broadcaster and political activist
924
Michael Coleman
Irish musician
925
Michael Hurley
American musician
926
Michael McGoldrick
musician
927
Michael Peter Smith
American singer-songwriter
928
Michelle Lambert
American singer-songwriter and violinist
929
Michelle Shocked
American singer-songwriter
930
Micho Russell
Irish musician
931
Midnattsol
band
932
Mike Absalom
English singer, guitarist, songwriter, harpist, poet, artist and children's entertainer
933
Mike Cross
American musician
934
Mike Scott
English musician
935
Mike Seeger
American singer
936
Mill a h-Uile Rud
937
Milladoiro
Galician folk band
938
Mimi Fariña
American musician
939
Mindy Smith
American singer
940
Miriam Makeba
South African singer and civil rights activist
941
Mischief Brew
American punk band
942
Modena City Ramblers
Italian musical group; folk band
943
Modern Folk Quartet
American folk music revival group formed in the early 1960s
944
Mohsen Namjoo
Iranian musician, singer-songwriter
945
Molly Mason
American composer
946
Momtaz Begum
Bangladeshi singer & politician
947
Monica
American singer
948
Monsters of Folk
949
Moonsorrow
Finnish band
950
Morup Namgyal
an Indian folk musician, composer and dramatist,
951
Moving Hearts
band
952
Moxy Früvous
rock band from Ontario, Canada
953
Mr. Irish Bastard
band
954
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
Irish singer
955
Mumford & Sons
English folk rock band
956
Murray McLauchlan
Canadian male singer
957
Musa Eroğlu
Turkish folk musician and bağlama virtuoso
958
Mutiny
Australian folk-punk band
959
Muzsikás
band
960
Myllarguten
Norwegian musician
961
Myrath
Tunisian progressive metal band
962
Máire Ní Chathasaigh
Irish musician and broadcaster
963
Márta Sebestyén
Hungarian singer
964
Mägo de Oz
Spanish folk/heavy metal band
965
Mélissa Laveaux
Canadian singer
966
Nanci Griffith
American singer-songwriter
967
Nancy Kerr
British singer
968
Naranappa Uppoor
Indian artist
969
Narciso Yepes
Spanish classical guitarist
970
Natalie MacMaster
Canadian musician
971
Nathan Rogers
Canadian folk musician/songwriter
972
Nathan Williams
American Zydeco accordionist
973
Navneet Aditya Waiba
Indian Nepali-language folk singer
974
Neck
punk rock band
975
Nedeljko Bajić Baja
Serbian pop-folk singer
976
Neil Diamond
American recording artist; singer-songwriter
977
Neil Young
Canadian-American guitarist, singer and songwriter
978
Nektaria Karantzi
Greek byzantine singer
979
Nelly Furtado
Canadian singer and songwriter
980
New Lost City Ramblers
musical group
981
New Model Army
English rock band
982
Neşet Ertaş
Turkish folk singer and baglama musician
983
Nic Jones
British musician
984
Nick Drake
British singer-songwriter
985
Nickel Creek
American progressive acoustic music trio
986
Nigel Eaton
British musician
987
Nikollë Nikprelaj
Albanian musician
988
Nina Nastasia
American musician
989
Nine Treasures
Chinese-Mongolian folk metal band
990
Nolwenn Leroy
French singer
991
Norm Hacking
Canadian singer
992
Norma Waterson
English folk musician
993
Obadiah Parker
American musician
994
Obtest
band that plays pagan metal
995
Odetta
American recording artist, singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and civil and human rights activist (1930-2008)
996
Old Crow Medicine Show
Americana string band based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
997
Old Man Luedecke
Canadian singer-songwriter and banjo player
998
Old Swan Band
English band
999
Omnia
neoceltic pagan folk band
1000
Oratnitza
Bulgarian folk fusion band
1001
Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers
1002
Orla Gartland
Irish singer
1003
Orphaned Land
Israeli metal band
1004
Orthodox Celts
band
1005
Orville Johnson
American musician
1006
Oscar Brand
Canadian-born American folk singer-songwriter and author
1007
Oscar Lopez
Canadian musician
1008
Otava Yo
Russian folk rock band
1009
Oysterband
British band
1010
P. F. Sloan
American singer-songwriter
1011
PJ Harvey
English singer-songwriter
1012
Paban Das Baul
Indian Baul singer
1013
Paddy And The Rats
celtic punk band
1014
Paddy Tunney
Irish traditional singer and folklorist
1015
Pammi Bai
Indian singer
1016
Paravai Muniyamma
Indian actress
1017
Parkash Kaur
Indian singer
1018
Parvathy Baul
Indian singer
1019
Passenger
British singer-songwriter
1020
Pat The Bunny Schneeweis
Folk punk musician
1021
Patrice Michaud
Canadian singer, singer-songwriter and guitarist
1022
Patrick Park
American musician
1023
Patrick Sky
American singer
1024
Patrick Street
band
1025
Patrik Fitzgerald
British singer-songwriter
1026
Patthe Bapurao
Indian singer-poet
1027
Patty Griffin
American singer-songwriter
1028
Patty Larkin
American musician
1029
Paul Banks
American-Danish singer and guitarist
1030
Paul Baribeau
American musician
1031
Paul Brady
Irish singer
1032
Paul Clayton
American musician
1033
Paul Kelly
Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player
1034
Paul Siebel
American singer-songwriter
1035
Paul Simon
American musician, songwriter and producer
1036
Paul Stookey
American singer-songwriter
1037
Paul Williams
American composer, singer, songwriter and actor
1038
Peggy Seeger
American folk singer
1039
Pehr Hörberg
Swedish artist (1746-1816)
1040
Per Gudmundson
Swedish musician
1041
Perotá Chingó
1042
Pesniary
Soviet and Belarusian folk rock band
1043
Pete Cooper
Folk musician
1044
Pete Morton
British singer-songwriter
1045
Pete Seeger
American folk singer
1046
Peter Bellamy
British singer
1047
Peter Case
American musician
1048
Peter La Farge
American singer-songwriter
1049
Peter Mulvey
American musician
1050
Peter Yarrow
American singer and songwriter
1051
Peter, Paul and Mary
American folk band
1052
Phil Chevron
Irish guitarist
1053
Phil Cunningham
Scottish musician
1054
Phil Ochs
American protest singer and songwriter
1055
Phil Tanner
British singer
1056
Philip Lindholm
American singer-songwriter, filmmaker, academic
1057
Phillip Phillips
singer from the United States
1058
Phranc
American singer, guitarist, punk rock musician
1059
Piers Faccini
British painter, poet, children's author and musician living in France
1060
Pipes and Pints
band that plays punk rock
1061
Pir Sultan Abdal
poet
1062
Planxty
band
1063
Plush
South African band
1064
Po' Girl
band that plays folk music
1065
Possessed by Paul James
One-man band
1066
Prahlad Tipanya
Indian singer
1067
Pratima Barua Pandey
Indian singer
1068
Priscilla Ahn
American singer-songwriter
1069
Priscilla Herdman
American musician
1070
Prussian Blue
American Neo-Nazi pop band
1071
Prydein
1072
Purna Das Baul
Indian musician and actor
1073
Queen Ida
American musician
1074
R.E.M.
American alternative rock band
1075
Rachel Hair
British musician
1076
Radical Face
American musician
1077
Radio Tarifa
1078
Radoslav Lorković
Croatian American Musician
1079
Rae Spoon
Canadian singer-songwriter
1080
Rajnigandha Shekhawat
1081
Ralph McTell
English singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player
1082
Ralston Bowles
American musician
1083
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
American singer and guitarist
1084
Rameshwar Pathak
Indian singer
1085
Ranjit Kaur
Indian singer
1086
Rasamayi Balakishan
Indian politician
1087
Ratsy
American musician
1088
Ray LaMontagne
American singer-songwriter
1089
Rebecca Riots
1090
Red Cardell
Breton Rock band
1091
Red Molly
bluegrass musical group
1092
Reid Jamieson
Canadian singer
1093
Renaissance
band
1094
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
1095
Richard Dyer-Bennet
American musician
1096
Richard Fariña
American folksinger, songwriter, poet and novelist
1097
Richard Shindell
singer-songwriter
1098
Richard Thompson
British recording artist; singer, songwriter, guitarist
1099
Richard Youngs
bristih singer
1100
Richie Havens
American singer-songwriter
1101
Rick Fielding
Canadian folk musician
1102
Rinken Band
1103
Rita Hosking
American musician
1104
Rita MacNeil
Canadian singer
1105
Roaring Jack
1106
Robert Gomez
Texas-based musician, multi-instrumentalist
1107
Robert Whinham
English fiddler and composer
1108
Robin Batteau
American musician
1109
Robin and Linda Williams
musical artist
1110
Robyn Hitchcock
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1111
Rockin' Dopsie
American musician
1112
Rockin' Sidney
musician
1113
Rockstar Ramani Ammal
Indian folk singer
1114
Roddy Woomble
Scottish singer-songwriter
1115
Roger Manning
American anti-folk musician
1116
Roger Miller
American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (1936-1992)
1117
Roger Tallroth
Swedish musician
1118
Roger Wilson
British musician and songwriter
1119
Rokeri s Moravu
1120
Rolf Cahn
American musician
1121
Ron Sexsmith
Canadian Singer-Songwriter
1122
Ronnie Gilbert
actress, musician (1926-2015)
1123
Ronnie Lane
English recording artist; musician, songwriter and record producer
1124
Roo Panes
British singer-songwriter
1125
Rosalie Sorrels
American singer-songwriter
1126
Rosalía
Spanish singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, actress and model
1127
Roscoe Holcomb
American musician
1128
Rose Cousins
Canadian singer
1129
Rose Polenzani
folk musician
1130
Rosie Ledet
American musician
1131
Rosie Thomas
American singer-songwriter, originally from Detroit, Michigan
1132
Roy Bailey
British musician
1133
Roy Harper
British musician
1134
Roza Eskenazi
Greek singer
1135
Ruby Blue
UK folk rock/pop band of the late 1980s and early 1990s
1136
Run River North
American band
1137
Rune T. Kidde
writer
1138
Runrig
scottish celtic rock band
1139
Rusty Willoughby
American musician
1140
Ryan Bingham
American musician
1141
Ryan Ross
American guitarist, singer and songwriter
1142
S Vremena Na Vreme
band
1143
SOAK
Irish musician
1144
Sabar Koti
Sabar Koti is an Indian Punjabi singer. He is better known for his song Tennu Ki Dasiye.
1145
Sacha Distel
French singer and guitarist
1146
Sachin Dev Burman
Indian singer and composer
1147
Sally Oldfield
Irish singer-songwriter
1148
Salma Akter
singer
1149
Saltatio Mortis
German band
1150
Salvatore Adamo
Belgian recording artist of Italian birth; musician, songwriter, singer
1151
Salyu
Japanese singer
1152
Sam Rizzetta
American musician
1153
Sam Sweeney
British musician
1154
Sandra Kerr
British singer and musician
1155
Sandra McCracken
American musician
1156
Sandy
Brazilian singer-songwriter, producer and actress
1157
Sandy Denny
English singer and songwriter
1158
Sanna Kurki-Suonio
Finnish singer, kantele player and composer
1159
Sara Carter
American musician
1160
Sara Hickman
American musician
1161
Sarah Blasko
Australian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer
1162
Sarah Harmer
musician, activist
1163
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
musical duo
1164
Sasha Lazard
American singer
1165
Satinder Sartaaj
Indian singer
1166
Satoko Shimonari
Japanese singer-songwriter (1961-)
1167
Saul Broudy
American folk musician specializing in roots music, bluegrass, country, blues, and rockabilly.
1168
Saul Rose
British musician
1169
Saurom
band
1170
Savia Andina
1171
Sayat-Nova
Armenian musician and poet
1172
Scan Tester
English folk musician
1173
Schandmaul
german band
1174
Scythia
musical group
1175
Scythian
band
1176
Selda Bağcan
Turkish singer and guitarist
1177
Serge Fiori
Canadian musician
1178
Seven Nations
Celtic rock band
1179
Sforzando
Celtic music band
1180
Shah Abdul Karim
Bangladeshi musician
1181
Shahir Krishnarao Sable
Indian folk singer
1182
Shahir Vitthal Umap
Indian folk singer
1183
Shakira
Colombian singer
1184
Shana Cleveland
American guitarist and singer
1185
Shane MacGowan
Irish singer; lead singer of The Pogues
1186
Sharda Sinha
Indian singer
1187
Sharon Shannon
Irish musician
1188
Shawn Colvin
American singer-songwriter
1189
Shawn Mendes
Canadian singer-songwriter and model
1190
Shawn Phillips
American folk-rock musician
1191
Shearwater
Indie rock band from Austin, Texas
1192
Shelagh McDonald
British musician
1193
Shira Kammen
musician
1194
Shirley Collins
British folk singer
1195
Shishir Parkhie
Playback, Ghazal, Bhajan Singer, Live show performer & Music Composer
1196
Shizuka
Japanese rock band
1197
Shooglenifty
Edinburgh-based six-piece Celtic fusion band
1198
Shreya Ghoshal
Indian playback singer
1199
Shuli Natan
Israeli singer
1200
Si Kahn
activist, singer-songwriter
1201
Sian Phillips
Welsh fiddle player, folk musician
1202
Sileas
1203
Silly Wizard
band
1204
Simon & Garfunkel
American music duo
1205
Simon Nicol
singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer from England
1206
Simon Thoumire
Scottish musician
1207
Siniša Vuco
Croatian musician
1208
Sinéad Lohan
Irish singer-songwriter of folk music and folk-inspired popular music
1209
Sinéad O'Connor
Irish singer
1210
Siobhan Owen
Australian singer and harpist
1211
Sir Reg
1212
Siri Nilsen
Norwegian singer
1213
Sis Cunningham
American musician
1214
Sithara Krishnakumar
Indian singer
1215
Siân James
British musician
1216
Skyclad
British folk metal band
1217
Skyforger
latvian pagan metal band
1218
Skálmöld
Icelandic band
1219
Slaid Cleaves
American folk singer-songwriter
1220
Slavko Avsenik
Slovenian musician
1221
Slough Feg
American heavy metal band
1222
Slow Club
band that plays indie rock
1223
Smak
rock band
1224
Sofia Karlsson
Swedish singer and songwriter
1225
Solas
Irish music group
1226
Sophie Hunger
Swiss singer-songwriter
1227
Spiers and Boden
English folk duo
1228
Spiral Dance
1229
Spirit of the West
band
1230
Stan Rogers
Folk singer
1231
Steam Powered Giraffe
American steampunk musical comedy project
1232
Steeleye Span
English folk rock band
1233
Stephan Said
American musician
1234
Stephen Fearing
Canadian musician
1235
Stephen Stills
American multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter
1236
Steve Forbert
American singer-songwriter
1237
Steve Goodman
American folk music singer-songwriter
1238
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
1239
Stoja Novaković
Serbian folk singer
1240
Stone Poneys
American band
1241
Stoney Cooper
American musician
1242
Storm
musical group in Norway
1243
Stornoway
British alternative indie folk band
1244
Strawbs
English rock band
1245
Street Dogs
US band
1246
Subway to Sally
German band
1247
Sue Draheim
American fiddler
1248
Sufjan Stevens
American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
1249
Suidakra
band
1250
Sukhraj Aujla
Indian singer
1251
Summoning
Austrian black metal band
1252
Surinder Kaur
Indian singer (1929-2006)
1253
Susan Aglukark
Canadian Inuit musician
1254
Susan McKeown
Irish songwriter, folk singer and producer
1255
Susan Werner
American musician
1256
Suzanne Vega
American singer
1257
Svartsot
Danish folk metal band
1258
Swamp Zombies
musical artist
1259
Swaran Lata
musical artist
1260
Swingin' Utters
American punk rock band
1261
Swåp
1262
Séamus Egan
Irish musician
1263
Séamus Ennis
Irish singer and piper
1264
Sébastien Agius
French musician, X Factor winner
1265
Tanita Tikaram
British singer-songwriter
1266
Tanzwut
German band
1267
Teddy Thompson
English musician
1268
Teejan Bai
Indian singer
1269
Tempest
Celtic rock band
1270
Tengger Cavalry
Chinese folk metal band
1271
Terem Quartet
Russian musical ensemble
1272
Terrance Simien
American singer
1273
Terry Gilkyson
American musician
1274
Thanjai Selvi
Tamil singer
1275
The 502s
American indie folk band
1276
The Accidentals
musical group
1277
The Albion Band
English electric folk band
1278
The Alfee
Japanese rock band
1279
The Band
rock band from Toronto
1280
The Be Good Tanyas
1281
The Beach Boys
American rock band
1282
The Beau Brummels
American rock band
1283
The Bedridden
1284
The BibleCode Sundays
1285
The Blue Things
1286
The Books
American-Dutch experimental-music duo
1287
The Bothy Band
band
1288
The Boys of the Lough
band
1289
The Briggs
band
1290
The Broken String Band
1291
The Brothers Four
band that plays folk music
1292
The Burial
band
1293
The Byrds
American rock band
1294
The Chieftains
Irish folk band
1295
The Civil Wars
American musical duo
1296
The Clancy Brothers
Irish folk band
1297
The Clare Voyants
1298
The Corries
Scottish band
1299
The Corrs
Irish musical group
1300
The Cottars
Canadian Celtic musical group
1301
The Cranberries
Irish rock band
1302
The Dead South
Canadian folk-bluegrass musical ensemble
1303
The Decemberists
American indie rock band
1304
The Dreadnoughts
canadian band that plays punk rock
1305
The Dreaming
celtic rock band based in Scotland
1306
The Dubliners
Irish folk band
1307
The Duhks
Folk band
1308
The Elders
Irish American folk rock band
1309
The Felice Brothers
American folk rock/country rock band
1310
The Front Bottoms
American rock band
1311
The Gaslight Anthem
American rock band
1312
The Go Set
1313
The Grapes of Wrath
1314
The Grass Roots
American pop rock band
1315
The Greenbriar Boys
musical group
1316
The Greencards
American progressive bluegrass band
1317
The Hidden Cameras
Canadian band
1318
The Highwaymen
American folk band
1319
The Holy Modal Rounders
band
1320
The Hooters
American rock band
1321
The House Band
band
1322
The Incredible String Band
British psychedelic folk band
1323
The Jayhawks
American country and rock band
1324
The Johnstons
1325
The Killdares
1326
The Killjoys
Australian band
1327
The Kingston Trio
American folk and pop music group
1328
The Klezmatics
American musical group
1329
The Limeliters
American folk music group
1330
The Lovin' Spoonful
American band
1331
The Lumineers
American folk rock band
1332
The Mahones
band
1333
The Mamas & the Papas
American folk rock vocal group
1334
The Mammals
band
1335
The McCalmans
band
1336
The Men They Couldn't Hang
band
1337
The Menzingers
American punk rock band
1338
The Monkees
American–British pop group
1339
The Moon and the Nightspirit
Hungarian folk? music
1340
The New Christy Minstrels
American large-ensemble folk music group
1341
The Newcranes
1342
The Nields
1343
The Other Favorites
1344
The Paperboys
Canadian folk music band
1345
The Pentangle
British folk rock band
1346
The Pogues
British celtic punk band
1347
The Prodigals
1348
The Psalters
1349
The Real McKenzies
Celtic punk band from Canada
1350
The Rheingans Sisters
innovative British folk group from Sheffield
1351
The Ridges
1352
The Roches
trio of Irish-American singing-songwriting sisters
1353
The Rooftop Singers
band
1354
The Rose Garden
band
1355
The Rumjacks
1356
The Sandpipers
American band
1357
The Saw Doctors
Irish rock band
1358
The Script
Irish pop rock band
1359
The Seekers
Australian band
1360
The Serendipity Singers
1960s American folk group
1361
The Shells
1362
The Shins
American indie rock band
1363
The Story
English psychedelic folk duo
1364
The Story
American folk-rock duo
1365
The Tallest Man on Earth
Swedish musician
1366
The Tannahill Weavers
band
1367
The Tarriers
American Folk Band
1368
The Tossers
band
1369
The Travellers
folk music group
1370
The Turtles
American rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman
1371
The Twilight Hours
1372
The View
Scottish indie rock band
1373
The Waifs
Australian folk rock band
1374
The Wailin' Jennys
The Wailin' Jennys
1375
The Waterboys
Scottish-Irish folk rock band
1376
The Weavers
American folk music quartet
1377
The Witches of Elswick
1378
The Wolfe Tones
Irish rebel music band
1379
The Wood Brothers
American folk band
1380
The Young Tradition
musical group
1381
The Youngbloods
American folk rock band
1382
Theodore Bikel
Austrian-American actor, folk singer, musician, composer, unionist and political activist (1924-2015)
1383
This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb
folk punk band from Pensacola, Florida, United States
1384
Thyrfing
viking metal band from Sweden
1385
Tim Buckley
American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer
1386
Tim Chaisson
Canadian singer
1387
Tim Hardin
American recording artist; folk musician and composer
1388
Timber Timbre
band
1389
Timo Alakotila
Finnish composer, arranger, musician and music teacher
1390
Todd Snider
American singer
1391
Tom Anderson
Shetland fiddler/teacher
1392
Tom Clough
British musician
1393
Tom Paxton
American folk singer and singer-songwriter
1394
Tom Rush
American singer
1395
Tom Waits
American singer-songwriter and actor
1396
Tommy Armstrong
Singer-song writer
1397
Tommy Jarrell
American fiddler and banjo player
1398
Tommy Makem
Irish musician, artist and poet
1399
Tony Rice
American guitarist and bluegrass musician
1400
Topp Twins
New Zealand folk singers, comedians, and activists
1401
Tore Bruvoll
musician
1402
Toshi Reagon
American singer
1403
Townes Van Zandt
singer-songwriter
1404
Tracy Chapman
American singer-songwriter
1405
Tracy Grammer
American musician
1406
Traffic
English rock band
1407
Trapezoid
1408
Trees
folk band
1409
Treetop Flyers
British folk rock band
1410
Treixadura
1411
Trembling Bells
1412
Tri Yann
French band
1413
Triakel
Swedish folk band
1414
Trio Mandili
Georgian musical group
1415
Trollfest
Norwegian folk metal band
1416
Tuatha de Danann
band that plays Celtic metal
1417
Tumulus
Russian fold metal band
1418
Turgun Alimatov
Uzbek classic music and shashmaqam virtuoso and composer
1419
Turisas
Finnish metal band
1420
Two Gallants
band
1421
Two Nice Girls
American rock band
1422
Týr
folk metal band from the Faroe Islands
1423
Udi Hrant Kenkulian
Turkish Armenian musician
1424
Uiscedwr
1425
Ulver
Norwegian band
1426
Uncle Bonsai
musical artist
1427
Uncle Charlie Osborne
American musician
1428
Uncle Dave Macon
American musician (1870-1952)
1429
Uncle Sinner
Canadian Gothic Country/Gospel Blues Artist
1430
Utah Phillips
American labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller and poet (1935-2008)
1431
Valdy
Canadian singer
1432
Valravn
band that plays contemporary folk music
1433
Van Morrison
Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician
1434
Vance Gilbert
American folk musician
1435
Vangapandu Usha
1436
Varang Nord
1437
Vashti Bunyan
English singer-songwriter
1438
Vasilis Tsitsanis
Greek songwriter and bouzouki player
1439
Veda Hille
Canadian singer-songwriter
1440
Vera Blue
Australian musician
1441
Veta Biriș
Romanian folk music singer
1442
Vetiver
band that plays contemporary folk music
1443
Vic Chesnutt
Singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia (1964-2009)
1444
Victoria Williams
American singer, songwriter
1445
Viikate
Finnish band
1446
Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan
Indian Tamil folk musician
1447
Vimalakka
singer and social activist
1448
Vin Garbutt
English folk musician
1449
Vinjamuri Seetha Devi
musician
1450
Vintersorg
band
1451
Violent Femmes
American alternative rock band
1452
Violeta Parra
Chilean musician and folklorist (1917-1967)
1453
Vishaka Hari
popular Carnatic musician
1454
Vithabai Bhau Mang Narayangaonkar
Indian singer and dancer
1455
Voices on the Verge
American folk, country, and rock band
1456
Vágtázó Csodaszarvas
musical group from Hungary
1457
Värttinä
Finnish band
1458
Väsen
Swedish folk music band
1459
Víctor Jara
Chilean teacher, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, and political activist (1932-1973)
1460
Wadali brothers
Sufi singers and musicians
1461
Wade Hemsworth
Canadian singer
1462
Wagakki Band
Japanese rock band
1463
Wake Owl
1464
Wally Pleasant
American singer-songwriter
1465
Warren Zevon
American recording artist; singer-songwriter (1947-2003)
1466
Warsi Brothers
Indian Qawwali musical group
1467
Washington Squares
musical artist
1468
Waylander
northern Irish folk metal band
1469
We Five
American folk rock group
1470
Weddings Parties Anything
Australian Rock Music Band
1471
Whippersnapper
1472
Wilco
American alternative rock band
1473
Wilf Doyle
Canadian musician
1474
Wilfy Rebimbus
Indian singer
1475
Will Atkinson
musician from Northumberland
1476
Will McLean
American musician
1477
Will Oldham
American singer-songwriter and actor
1478
William Elliott Whitmore
American blues singer and musician
1479
William Fitzsimmons
American musician
1480
William Kimber
English concertina player and Morris dancer
1481
Willie Clancy
Irish musician
1482
Willie Nile
American singer-songwriter
1483
Willie Watson
American musician
1484
Willis Alan Ramsey
American singer-songwriter
1485
Willy Mason
singer-songwriter
1486
Wilma Lee Cooper
American musician
1487
Wimme Saari
Saami yoiker and singer from Finland
1488
Windir
Norwegian musical group; black metal band
1489
Wintersun
Finnish Metal band
1490
Wishing Chair
1491
Wizz Jones
British musician
1492
Wolfchant
German metal band
1493
Wolfstone
Scottish band
1494
Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter and folk musician
1495
Woody Mann
Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitarist
1496
Wytch Hazel
1497
X-tal
1498
YU grupa
Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band
1499
Young Dubliners
American rock band
1500
Yukadan
Japanese blues band (1970-)
1501
Yungchen Lhamo
Tibetan musician
1502
Zhanna Bichevskaya
Russian bard
1503
Zuzana Navarová
Czech singer and composer
1504
Zydeco Force
American Creole zydeco band
1505
inti lliminani
Chilean folk music group
1506
k.d. lang
Canadian singer-songwriter
1507
Ági Szalóki
Hungarian singer
1508
Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu
Turkish minstrel and highly regarded poet
1509
Åsa Jinder
Swedish folk musician
1510
Đorđe Balašević
Serbian songwriter