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This is a list of folk musicians, sorted by country, with some sub-categories based on region, style or gender. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Woody Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his guitar. His best-known song is "This Land Is Your Land".
While the Romantic nationalism of the folk revival had its greatest influence on art-music, the "second folk revival" of the later 20th century brought a new genre of popular music with artists marketed through concerts, recordings and broadcasting. This is the genre that remains as "contemporary folk music" even when traditional music is ...
Also: United States: People: By occupation: Folk musicians by instrument / Singers by genre: Folk singers. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 ...
On Saturday, April 27, at Word of South, the artists Leon Timbo (1:30 p.m.) and Ally Free (3:30 p.m.) will do solo shows, each backed by other Black Opry musicians.
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Hundreds of folk songs from the 19th century have known authors but have continued in oral tradition to the point where they are considered traditional for purposes of music publishing. This has become much less frequent since the 1940s. Today, almost every folk song that is recorded is credited with an arranger.
Due to the often multiple practical uses of folk art artifacts from the United States, many pieces of art go anonymous and unconnected to any specific artists. [7] Although there are many prominent and well known American folk artists, there are many more who are lacking in biographical details or cannot have anonymous creations attributed to them, posing a challenge to the study of folk art.