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Steve Goodman
American folk music singer-songwriter
1
John Prine
American country singer/songwriter
2
Michael Hurley
American musician
3
Loudon Wainwright III
American singer-songwriter, humorist, and actor
4
Tom Paxton
American folk singer and singer-songwriter
5
The Waterboys
Scottish-Irish folk rock band
6
Chris Smither
American singer-songwriter
7
Richard Thompson
British recording artist; singer, songwriter, guitarist
8
Gerry Conway
English folk and rock drummer/percussionist
9
John McCusker
British musician
10
Bud Freeman
American musician
11
Ben Folds
American musician
12
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
13
Lonnie Liston Smith
American pianist
14
George Hamilton IV
singer
15
Dave Carter
American musician
16
Kate Wolf
American singer
17
Stan Rogers
Folk singer
18
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
19
Jimmy LaFave
American musician
20
Portishead
British band
21
The Replacements
American rock band
22
Alan Mills
Canadian musician
23
Roy Harper
British musician
24
Dock Boggs
American musician
25
Suzanne Vega
American singer
26
James Iha
musician (guitarist, producer, writer, singer)
27
Will McLean
American musician
28
Andrew Bird
American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
29
Anaïs Mitchell
American singer-songwriter, musician and playwright
30
Pat The Bunny Schneeweis
Folk punk musician
31
Phil Ochs
American protest singer and songwriter
32
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
33
Ellis Paul
American singer-songwriter and musician
34
Wilco
American alternative rock band
35
Johnny Mandel
American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz (1925-2020)
36
The Fiery Furnaces
American band
37
Bob Dylan
American recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, author, artist and Nobel Laureate in 2016
38
Conor Oberst
American musician
39
Paul Butterfield
American blues singer and harmonica player
40
Don Black
English lyricist
41
Carl Martin
American Piedmont blues musician and vocalist
42
Old Crow Medicine Show
Americana string band based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
43
Tony Levin
American musician
44
Kate Rusby
English folk singer
45
Citizen Cope
American singer
46
Ben Howard
English singer and songwriter
47
Joe Pug
American musician
48
Joe Hill
Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World
49
Danny Schmidt
American musician
50
Bastille
English indie pop band
51
Boozoo Chavis
American musician
52
Tim Rose
American musician
