folk music
folk music: what it is, how it sounds and 25 musicians associated with it.
folk music musicians
Bing Crosby
1903–1977 · American singer and actor (1903–1977)
Joni Mitchell
b. 1943 · Canadian musician
Norah Jones
b. 1979 · American musician (born 1979)
Connie Francis
1937–2025 · American singer and actress (1937–2025)
Bobby Darin
1936–1973 · American singer and actor (1936–1973)
Zaz
b. 1980 · French singer
Yma Sumac
1922–2008 · Peruvian-American singer (1922–2008)
Abdullah Ibrahim
1934–2026 · South African pianist and composer (1934–2026)
Frankie Laine
1913–2007 · American pop singer, songwriter, and actor (1913–2007)
Dave Van Ronk
1936–2002 · American musician (1936–2002)
Johnny Mandel
1925–2020 · American composer and arranger of popular songs, film…
Anneke Grönloh
1942–2018 · Dutch singer (1942–2018)
Amos Lee
b. 1978 · American singer-songwriter
Tony Rice
1951–2020 · American bluegrass musician (1951–2020)
Gordon Haskell
1946–2020 · British singer (1946-2020)
Aldo Romano
b. 1941 · French-Italian jazz drummer (1941-)
Mary Ford
1924–1977 · American musician (1924-1977)
Freshlyground
2002– · South African band (2002-)
Barbara Dane
1927–2024 · American singer
Danny Thompson
1939–2025 · English double bassist (1939–2025)
Alex Acuña
b. 1944 · Peruvian musician
Taraf de Haïdouks
1990– · Romanian-Romani musical group; taraf
Sophie Hunger
b. 1983 · Swiss singer-songwriter and author
Karl Seglem
b. 1961 · Norwegian jazz musician
Yıldız İbrahimova
b. 1952 · Turkish-Bulgarian singer (born 1952)