Great Folk Artists?

BinGnarly

I like Folk but I dont really know many artists can anyone suggest some good folk?

musicismylife78

Righteous Babe Records has some great folk, Ani Difranco is cream of the crop in terms of folk in my book. If you like the political side of pearl jam, you will love her music.

Dan Bern is great

David Rovics

Billy Bragg

Jack Johnson

Woody Guthrie

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john prine

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leatherman_8

I'm a fan of Gillian Welch, although some people consider her alt-country.

Also Beth Orton's latest album "Comfort of Strangers" is some good relaxing music.

musicismylife78

also check out ben harper. He is eclectic musically, playing anything from reggae to rock to hip hop, and folk. His early records are very folky. His new record, is split into 2 cd's, one rock, one folk, the folk record is mindblowing.

For old time folk try the nitty gritty dirt band, or crosby stills nash and young,

some neil young, could be considered folk.

Indigo Girls

tracy chapman

damien rice

Todd76

One of my favourite artists EVER is Canadian singer/songwriter Sarah Harmer...i'm not sure that she's necessarily "folk" but the term comes up alot in reviews of her music

she has 3 albums: You Were Here, All Of Our Names, and I'm A Mountain - they are all incredible

alobar

for some freak folk:

Devendra Banhart

Joanna Newsome

Cocorosie

Karl Blau

Jose Gonzalez (not so much a freak folk artist, more straight ahead folk)



And my favorite folk genre, anti-folk:

Kimya Dawson

The Moldy Peaches

Jeffrey & Jack Lewis

Sathogwa

Leadbelly

Woody Guthrie

early Dylan

early Joan Baez

Carter Family

Bert Jansch

Fairport Convention

A modern guy who is brilliant is Martin Simpson

catefrances

wilco and billy bragg got together and put new music to the words of woody guthrie. it's called mermaid avenue. as far as i know there are two CDs. you should check it out.

piaget77

Phil Ochs

FinsburyParkCarrots

Folk is such a limiting term for acoustic based music, but you could try Davy Graham, Bert Jansch, Nick Drake, The Incredible String Band, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Pentangle, Dick Gaughan, the live Tim Buckley album "Dream Letter",
and the guv'nor of them all, John Martyn (but he's so much more than just folk). The two albums John did, with his ex-wife Beverley Martyn are great, too.

For Irish folk, try Planxty, and The Dubliners. Then, start checking out old players such as Seamus Ennis, Michael Coleman and Johnny Doran.

For African folk, try Toumani Diabate, and Ali Farka Toure.

There's a really good singer and guitarist around int he UK, at the moment, called John Smith:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=43995702&MyToken=bc8cf0dd-cb43-47d4-ad6c-140b40a7ea8b

And if you like your folk mixed up with electric music, jazz, and soul, try Terry Callier:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=60730413&MyToken=bc8cf0dd-cb43-47d4-ad6c-140b40a7ea8b

danielheyes

you cant go wrong with devendra banhart,saw him in manchester a few weeks ago,blew me away,the best voice around at the moment.......

david kitt for some truly modern folk,and iron and wine for some dark twisted folk!!

gjemsel

Sawyer wrote:

mountain goats

joshua radin

brett dennen

matt costa

cary brothers

the weepies

Agreed. Great group of musicians. (Just saw most of them on Monday night.) And ironically I am watching Lost as I type this.

dharma69

BinGnarly wrote:

I like Folk but I dont really know many artists can anyone suggest some good folk?

Indigo Girls
James Taylor
Xavier Rudd (folk Aussie style!)
The Weepies
Iron & Wine
Paul Westerberg

Low_Light03

Mason Jennings

Matt Costa

Jeff Curro

rhinomagic

Old Crow Medicine Show.

John Prine is a nice suggestion, also.

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oktacoma

One of my favorite albums is Jerry Garcia and David Grisman's Shady Grove. On it, they play several classic folk and bluegrass tunes. Absolutely classic acoustic music!!