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Joan Baez
American singer, songwriter, musician and activist
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Mimi Fariña
American musician
2
Janis Joplin
American singer and songwriter
3
Harry Belafonte
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, actor
4
Karrin Allyson
American jazz vocalist
5
Josh White
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist (1914-1969)
6
Dar Williams
American singer-songwriter
7
Janis Ian
American singer-songwriter and writer
8
Mavis Staples
American singer
9
Carolyn Hester
American musician
10
Miriam Makeba
South African singer and civil rights activist
11
Lucinda Williams
American rock, folk, blues, and country music singer, songwriter and musician
12
Tom Paxton
American folk singer and singer-songwriter
13
Victoria Williams
American singer, songwriter
14
Eric Bibb
American singer-songwriter
15
Pete Seeger
American folk singer
16
Emmylou Harris
American country singer
17
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
American singer and guitarist
18
Diana Jones
American singer-songwriter
19
Vienna Teng
Taiwanese-American pianist and singer-songwriter based in Detroit
20
Cat Power
American singer-songwriter and actress
21
Laura Branigan
American singer, songwriter, and actress (1952-2004)
22
Rhiannon Giddens
American musician
23
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
24
Tim Hardin
American recording artist; folk musician and composer
25
Bonnie Raitt
blues singer-songwriter and slide guitar player from the United States
26
Mary Margaret O'Hara
Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
27
Malvina Reynolds
American folk singer
28
Nina Simone
American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist
29
Laura Nyro
American musician and songwriter
30
Big Brother and the Holding Company
American rock band
31
Etta James
American recording artist; singer
32
Diana Ross
American vocalist, music artist and actress
33
Bob Dylan
American recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, author, artist and Nobel Laureate in 2016
34
k.d. lang
Canadian singer-songwriter
35
Cerys Matthews
Welsh singer-songwriter
36
Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter and folk musician
37
Nana Mouskouri
Greek singer
38
Barbara Dickson
Scottish singer and actress, recording artist
39
Radoslav Lorković
Croatian American Musician
40
Jimmy LaFave
American musician
41
Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
42
Pepper MaShay
American musician
43
Cara Dillon
Irish singer
44
Petula Clark
British actress and singer
45
Indigo Girls
American folk rock duo
46
Alice Stuart
American musician
47
Eliza Carthy
English folk musician
48
Cyndi Lauper
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, actress and activist
49
Norah Jones
American singer, songwriter and pianist
50
Ani Di Franco
American singer-songwriter
51
The Clancy Brothers
Irish folk band
52
Susan Tedeschi
American blues and soul musician
53
Phil Ochs
American protest singer and songwriter
54
Koko Taylor
American Chicago blues musician
