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John Jacob Niles (April 28, 1892 – March 1, 1980) was an American composer, singer and collector of traditional ballads. Called the "Dean of American Balladeers," [ 1 ] Niles was an important influence on the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, with Odetta , Joan Baez , Burl Ives , Peter, Paul and Mary and Bob Dylan , among ...
Also: United States: People: By occupation: Folk musicians by instrument / Singers by genre: Folk singers ... Pages in category "American folk singers"
American Patchwork Quartet (APQ) is an American musical group that reinterprets traditional folk songs with multicultural influences. Founded by guitarist and arranger Clay Ross, the group blends elements of jazz , Hindustani classical music , and Americana to explore themes of immigration, identity, and unity.
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 Big 3 (folk group) Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys; Big Virginia Sky; Birds of Chicago; The Biscuit Burners; The Bittersweets; Black Lodge Singers; Black Twig Pickers; Blame Sally; Blood Axis; Banjo Dan and the Mid-nite Plowboys; Bonny Light Horseman (band) The Border Blasters; Borderline (band) Boyd and Wain; Breaux Brothers; The Briarwood ...
Pages in category "American folk-pop singers" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Dianna Agron; B.
John Schmid (born 1949) is an American country and folk singer and songwriter who is popular among the Amish and Old Order Mennonites. He sings songs both in English and in Pennsylvania German. [1] He is especially popular in the Holmes/Wayne Amish settlement in Ohio where he lives. [2] He may be the "only man ever to write songs in Deitsh". [3]
Christopher Alden Shaw is a folk musician specializing in the music and folklore of the Adirondack Mountains, recognized nationally as a notable practitioner of this milieu. His first album, Adirondack , a collection of traditional and original tunes, was selected for inclusion in the folk music collection of the Library of Congress . [ 1 ] "