0
Hobart Smith
American musician
1
Mike Seeger
American singer
2
G. B. Grayson
American musician
3
Gaither Carlton
American musician
4
Alan Lomax
American music historian, field collector, producer and filmmaker
5
Bascom Lamar Lunsford
American musician and lawyer
6
Bess Lomax Hawes
American folk musician and folklorist
7
Charlie Poole
American musician
8
Arthur Smith
American country musician, songwriter and producer
9
Pete Seeger
American folk singer
10
Clarence Ashley
American musician
11
Reverend Gary Davis
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
12
Etta Baker
American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
13
Texas Gladden
American musician
14
Doyle Lawson
American musician
15
Henry Whitter
American musician
16
Ralph Stanley
American singer
17
Bill Monroe
American bluegrass musician, songwriter
18
Ernest Stoneman
American singer-songwriter
19
Guy Carawan
American musician and musicologist
20
Martin Simpson
British folk guitarist and singer
21
Lightnin' Wells
musical artist
22
Lead Belly
American folk and blues musician
23
The Duhks
Folk band
24
Dock Boggs
American musician
25
Willie Watson
American musician
