folk musician

C7854
concept

A folk musician is a performer who creates and interprets traditional or culturally rooted music, often using acoustic instruments and storytelling lyrics to preserve and share communal heritage.

All labels observed (25)

Label Occurrences
folk musician canonical 83
folk music duo 6
folk rock musician 5

Instances (129)

Instance Via concept surface
Gregory Alan Isakov
Donovan
Atahualpa Yupanqui
Richie Havens
Coconutters traditional folk performers
Loudon Wainwright III
Nanci Griffith
Kate McGarrigle
Martha Wainwright folk rock musician
Anna McGarrigle
Andrew Bird indie folk musician
Billy Connolly
Alasdair Roberts
Dónal Lunny Irish folk musician
kobzars traditional musicians
gusan (Armenian bard)
surface form: gusan
minstrel
Art Podell
Woody
surface form: Woody Guthrie
David Crosby folk rock musician
Sonny Terry
John Prine
Peter Yarrow
Gil Robbins
James Yorkston
Johnny Flynn folk rock musician
Allan-a-Dale minstrel
Allen-a-Dale minstrel
Alasdair Roberts (solo)
Cat Power
José Afonso
Nina Van Pallandt
ashik
Kimya Dawson indie folk musician
Laura Marling
Mary Chapin Carpenter
John Denver
Bert Jansch
Alela Diane
Tommy Makem Irish folk musician
Clarence Ashley
Hambone Willie Newbern country blues musician
Arthel Lane Watson
Mike Seeger
Tom Paley
Gordon Lightfoot
Tracy Schwarz
Ian Tyson
Frank Proffitt
Tim Hardin
Donovan Philips Leitch