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IndianSummerIndianSummer Posts: 854
edited May 2007 in Other Music
which are some of the better american folk artists/musicians.


i am listenning to Pete Seeger and was wondering which other artists i should listen to.

btw, for those who dont know, i am from India.
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  • MilestoneMilestone Posts: 1,140
    My favorite is Doc Watson. Most of his stuff is considered 'bluegrass' but in my eyes, bluegrass is folk.

    For all-instrumental folk, try John Fahey.
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  • pearlzepfanpearlzepfan Posts: 456
    Well, Woody Guthrie is commonly known as being the greatest folk artist of all time. His most famous song is "This Land Is Your Land" but he has thousands of others. Endless amounts of songs that man wrote. He wrote about everyone and everything he saw and encountered to share with all of us.
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  • hailhail82hailhail82 Posts: 330
    Woody Guthrie
    The Carter Family
    Roscoe Holcombe
    I'll second Doc Watson, and add he is more old-time (traditional mountain folk) than bluegrass (much more informed by the blues).
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    If you want some newer stuff check out Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    If you want some newer stuff check out Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
    Hmm i never thought of them as folk

    It all starts with Woody Guthrie i think

    Some other good ones:
    joan baez
    phil ochs
    some dylan
    pete seger
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    todd snider
  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    intodeep wrote:
    Hmm i never thought of them as folk

    It all starts with Woody Guthrie i think

    Some other good ones:
    joan baez
    phil ochs
    some dylan
    pete seger


    The rest of their music isnt folk but that album mostly consists of folk.
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Search high and low for work by a singer songwriter called Bob Martin. He's originally from Lowell, Massachusetts.

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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    pearlzepfan wrote:
    Well, Woody Guthrie is commonly known as being the greatest folk artist of all time.

    I think he was the all-important catalyst in 20th century folk, in the true sense, because after he became ill and inactive, his work almost on its own triggered the massive folk revival in the States and Britain, in the 1950s and 1960s, without his continued input.

    Terms such as "greatest" are obviously subjective, but it's hard to underestimate Woody's impact, indirectly through other artists, even if not directly through his own recorded and performed output.
  • hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Posts: 4,895
    Steve Goodman
  • IndianSummerIndianSummer Posts: 854
    thanks everyone for their input.
    I have faced it, A life wasted...

    Take my hand, my child of love
    Come step inside my tears
    Swim the magic ocean,
    I've been crying all these years
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    jeez i forgot....ramblin' jack elliot.....
  • bryn_cmbsbryn_cmbs Posts: 407
    John Prine
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