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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.
The Kossoy Sisters are identical twin [1] sisters (Irene Saletan and Ellen Christenson) who performed American folk and old-time music.Irene sang mezzo-soprano vocal, and Ellen supplied soprano harmony, with Irene on guitar and Ellen playing the five-string banjo in a traditional up-picking technique.
(Top) 1 Singer-songwriters. 2 1960s North American folk rock vocal groups. 3 British folk rock. ... "Blowin' in the Wind: Pop discovers folk music" (audio). Pop ...
Also: United States: People: By occupation: Folk musicians by instrument / Singers by genre: Folk singers. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 ...
The album received first place on Q's Top 20 Albums of 2014. [8] Bahamas Is Afie received a nomination for Adult Alternative Album of the Year At the Juno Awards of 2015, and Jurvanen received nomination for Songwriter of the Year for "All the Time", "Bitter Memories" and "Stronger Than That". [9] He won the awards in both categories.
Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker has described Williams as "one of America's very best singer-songwriters." [2] She is a frequent performer at folk festivals and has toured with such artists as Mary Chapin Carpenter, Patty Griffin, Ani DiFranco, the Nields, Shawn Colvin, Girlyman, Joan Baez, and Catie Curtis. [3]
Hootenanny was an American musical variety television show broadcast on ABC from April 1963 to September 1964. The program was hosted by Jack Linkletter.It primarily featured pop-oriented folk music acts, including The Journeymen, The Limeliters, the Chad Mitchell Trio, The New Christy Minstrels, The Brothers Four, Ian & Sylvia, The Big 3, Hoyt Axton, Judy Collins, Johnny Cash, The Carter ...
Back in 1961, Ian and Sylvia had headlined at the Mariposa Folk Festival. In a poll of the Western Writers of America, two Ian & Sylvia songs, "Someday Soon" and "Summer Wages" (both written by Tyson), were selected among the "Top 100 Western Songs" of all time. [22] Ian Tyson was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989. [17]