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Iris DeMent
Iris DeMent
American singer and songwriter
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Mary Chapin Carpenter
Mary Chapin Carpenter
American musician
2
Ani Di Franco
Ani Di Franco
American singer-songwriter
3
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
American street artist
4
Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
5
June Tabor
June Tabor
British singer
6
Hazel Dickens
Hazel Dickens
Activist, singer
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Pam Tillis
Pam Tillis
American country music singer-songwriter and actress
8
Jennifer Kimball
Jennifer Kimball
American musician
9
Jeff "Tain" Watts
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
10
Barbara Mandrell
Barbara Mandrell
American country music singer and actress
11
Tish Hinojosa
Tish Hinojosa
American singer-songwriter
12
Dar Williams
Dar Williams
American singer-songwriter
13
Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams
American rock, folk, blues, and country music singer, songwriter and musician
14
Kate Wolf
Kate Wolf
American singer
15
Mary Lou Lord
Mary Lou Lord
musician
16
Barbara Manning
Barbara Manning
American musician
17
Cheryl Wheeler
Cheryl Wheeler
female folk singer and songwriter from the USA
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Greg Brown
Greg Brown
folk musician
19
Judy Collins
Judy Collins
American singer and songwriter
20
Odetta
Odetta
American recording artist, singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and civil and human rights activist (1930-2008)
21
Rose Maddox
Rose Maddox
American musician
22
John Gorka
John Gorka
born 1958; American folk musician
23
Ellis Paul
Ellis Paul
American singer-songwriter and musician
24
Chris Smither
Chris Smither
American singer-songwriter
25
Wynonna Judd
Wynonna Judd
American country singer
26
Peggy Seeger
Peggy Seeger
American folk singer
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Etta Jones
Etta Jones
American jazz singer
28
Eva Cassidy
Eva Cassidy
American singer (1963-1996)
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Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ray Wylie Hubbard
American musician
30
Ute Lemper
Ute Lemper
German singer and actress
31
Barbara Cook
Barbara Cook
American actress and singer (1927-2017)
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Lorrie Morgan
Lorrie Morgan
American musician
33
Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins
American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Catie Curtis
Catie Curtis
American singer-songwriter
35
The Kennedys
The Kennedys
American folk-rock band
36
Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo
American musician
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Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor
American Chicago blues musician
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Terri Hendrix
Terri Hendrix
American singer-songwriter
39
Achinoam Nini
Achinoam Nini
Israeli singer, also known as Noa
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Marcia Ball
Marcia Ball
American blues singer and pianist
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Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Richman
musician
42
Tanya Donelly
Tanya Donelly
American musician
43
Barbara Morrison
Barbara Morrison
American singer
44
Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten
American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter
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Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
American country singer
46
Barbara Higbie
Barbara Higbie
American musician
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Bekka Bramlett
Bekka Bramlett
American singer and song writer
48
Indigo Girls
Indigo Girls
American folk rock duo
49
Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter and folk musician
50
Regina Carter
Regina Carter
American musician
51
The Roches
The Roches
trio of Irish-American singing-songwriting sisters
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The Walkabouts
The Walkabouts
American band
53
Eliza Carthy
Eliza Carthy
English folk musician
54
Victoria Williams
Victoria Williams
American singer, songwriter
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Holly Near
Holly Near
American actress, singer and activist
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Lyle Lovett
Lyle Lovett
American musician
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Christine Lavin
Christine Lavin
American musician
58
Swingin' Utters
Swingin' Utters
American punk rock band
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Karrin Allyson
Karrin Allyson
American jazz vocalist
60
Suzy Bogguss
Suzy Bogguss
American musician
61
Dionne Farris
Dionne Farris
American R&B singer
62
Veda Hille
Veda Hille
Canadian singer-songwriter
63
John Martyn
John Martyn
British singer-songwriter and guitarist
64
Lisa Germano
Lisa Germano
American singer/songwriter
65
Louise Mandrell
Louise Mandrell
American musician
66
Chris Norman
Chris Norman
English soft rock singer
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Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard
American country singer, songwriter, and guitarist
68
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
American singer, songwriter, musician and activist
69
Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss
American bluegrass-country singer-songwriter and musician
70
Ken Stringfellow
Ken Stringfellow
American musician
71
Tanya Tucker
Tanya Tucker
American country music singer
72
Rosalie Sorrels
Rosalie Sorrels
American singer-songwriter
73
Ann Hampton Callaway
Ann Hampton Callaway
American singer
74
Karan Casey
Karan Casey
Irish singer
75
Burl Ives
Burl Ives
American actor, writer and folk music singer (1905-1995)
76
Cracker
Cracker
band
77
Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Guthrie
American folk singer
Barbara Kessler
American musician

Barbara Kessler

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Barbara Kessler (born 1962) is an American folk-rock singer-songwriter. She began her career performing in clubs on Cape Cod and driving an ice cream truck, then began performing at open mikes in Boston, and continues to be part of the Boston folk scene. Perhaps her best-known composition is "Deep Country", which first appeared on 1994's live Stranger to this Land.

She was also featured in the 2005 video game Rogue Galaxy in which she performs the theme song "Dreaming My Way Home".