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Barbara Dane
Barbara Dane
American singer
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Cisco Houston
Cisco Houston
American musician (1918-1961)
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Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter and folk musician
3
Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
American musician
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Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger
American folk singer
5
The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio
American folk and pop music group
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Sis Cunningham
Sis Cunningham
American musician
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The Weavers
The Weavers
American folk music quartet
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Joan Baez
Joan Baez
American singer, songwriter, musician and activist
9
Rod MacDonald
Rod MacDonald
American musician
10
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
American recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, author, artist and Nobel Laureate in 2016
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Peter Yarrow
Peter Yarrow
American singer and songwriter
12
Paul Clayton
Paul Clayton
American musician
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Reverend Gary Davis
Reverend Gary Davis
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
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Peggy Seeger
Peggy Seeger
American folk singer
15
Phil Ochs
Phil Ochs
American protest singer and songwriter
16
Oscar Brand
Oscar Brand
Canadian-born American folk singer-songwriter and author
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Jean Ritchie
Jean Ritchie
American folk singer
18
Washington Squares
Washington Squares
musical artist
19
Richard Fariña
Richard Fariña
American folksinger, songwriter, poet and novelist
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Matt McGinn
Matt McGinn
British musician
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Peter La Farge
Peter La Farge
American singer-songwriter
22
John Jacob Niles
John Jacob Niles
American musician
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Alan Mills
Alan Mills
Canadian musician
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Theodore Bikel
Theodore Bikel
Austrian-American actor, folk singer, musician, composer, unionist and political activist (1924-2015)
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The Clancy Brothers
The Clancy Brothers
Irish folk band
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Bonnie Dobson
Bonnie Dobson
Canadian singer
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Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl
English folk singer, songwriter, communist, labour activist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (1915-1989)
Irwin Silber
American journalist

Irwin Silber

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American journalist
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Irwin Silber (October 17, 1925 – September 8, 2010) was an American Communist, editor, publisher, and political activist.