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Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter and folk musician
1
Pete Seeger
American folk singer
2
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
American street artist
3
Cisco Houston
American musician (1918-1961)
4
Mike Seeger
American singer
5
Judy Collins
American singer and songwriter
6
Sis Cunningham
American musician
7
Odetta
American recording artist, singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and civil and human rights activist (1930-2008)
8
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
musical duo
9
Alastair Moock
American singer-songwriter
10
Elizabeth Mitchell
American singer
11
Del McCoury
American musician
12
Elizabeth Cotten
American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter
13
Shirley Caesar
American gospel singer, evangelist
14
Ewan MacColl
English folk singer, songwriter, communist, labour activist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (1915-1989)
15
Flaco Jiménez
Tejano accordionist, performer, Grammy winner
16
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
American singer and guitarist
17
The Kingston Trio
American folk and pop music group
18
The Clancy Brothers
Irish folk band
19
Stephan Said
American musician
20
Steve Goodman
American folk music singer-songwriter
21
The Weavers
American folk music quartet
22
Carolyn Hester
American musician
23
David Bromberg
American musician
24
John Fullbright
American musician
25
Peggy Seeger
American folk singer
26
Alan Lomax
American music historian, field collector, producer and filmmaker
27
Tommy Makem
Irish musician, artist and poet
28
Doc Watson
American guitarist, songwriter and singer
29
William Bell
American soul singer and songwriter
30
Ani Di Franco
American singer-songwriter
31
The Isley Brothers
American musical group
32
José Feliciano
guitarist, singer and composer from Puerto Rico
33
Graeme Allwright
French singer-songwriter of New Zealand origin
34
Paul Simon
American musician, songwriter and producer
35
The Fairfield Four
American gospel vocal group
36
Emmylou Harris
American country singer
37
Almanac Singers
band
38
Rod MacDonald
American musician
39
Jackson Browne
American singer-songwriter
40
Richard Barone
American rock musician
41
Ronnie Gilbert
actress, musician (1926-2015)
42
John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
43
John Mellencamp
American rock singer-songwriter, musician and painter
44
Joel Rafael
American singer
45
Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and Zydeco musician
46
Susan McKeown
Irish songwriter, folk singer and producer
47
Josh White
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist (1914-1969)
48
John Hartford
American singer-songwriter and musician
49
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
50
Eric Andersen
American singer-songwriter
51
New Lost City Ramblers
musical group
52
Archie Fisher
Scottish folk singer and song writer
53
Matt McGinn
British musician
54
Charlie King
American singer-songwriter
55
Happy Traum
American musician
56
Wanda Jackson
American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist
57
James Taylor
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
