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folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be ca ...
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Albania

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Eli Fara Eli Fara (; born 21 May 1967) is an Albanian singer. Prior to 2000, she was awarded the Merited Artist of Albania by the Government of Albania. Life and career Fara was born on 21 May 1967 in the city of Korçë, then part of the People's ...
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Fatime Sokoli Fatime Sokoli (18 June 1948 – 12 August 1987) was an Albanian folk singer, renowned for her powerful voice and contributions to the traditional music of Northern Albania. She is remembered as a cultural icon who broke gender barriers in a mal ...
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Nikollë Nikprelaj Nikolle Nikprelaj (born 12 April 1961) is an Albanian singer from Tuzi, Montenegro. Nikolle began his professional career in his late teens. He is now the lead singer for the Albanian folk group "Besa Trieshit", which has won first place in Albania ...


Andean

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Savia Andina Savia Andina is an Andean folk music ensemble from Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plai ...


Argentina

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Mercedes Sosa Haydée Mercedes "La Negra" Sosa (; 9 July 1935
at BrainyHistory.com – 4 October 2009) was an
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Eduardo Falu Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male name Edward. Another version is Duarte (name), Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Dudu (footballer, born 1992) (Eduardo Pereira Rodrigues), Brazilian footballer * Eduardo (footba ...
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Jorge Cafrune Jorge Antonio Cafrune (Perico Del Carmen, Jujuy, August 8, 1937 – Buenos Aires, February 1, 1978) was one of the most popular Argentine folklorist singers of his time, as well as an unflagging researcher, compiler, and diffuser of the native ...
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Ariel Ramirez Ariel may refer to: Film and television *Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award * ''Ariel'' (film), a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki *, a Russian film directed by Yevgeni Kotov * ''ARIEL Visual'' and ''ARIEL Deluxe'', a 1989 and 1991 ...
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Los Fronterizos Los Fronterizos is an Argentine musical band consisting of four men. The group was established in 1953 in the northern province of Salta -- bordering on Bolivia -- from which "Los Fronterizos" ("men of the frontier") is derived. Los Fronterizos ar ...
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Pescado Rabioso Pescado Rabioso (Rabid Fish) was an Argentine rock band led by musician Luis Alberto Spinetta from 1971 to 1973. Initially a trio accompanied by drummer Black Amaya and bassist Osvaldo "Bocón" Frascino, it became a quartet with the addition of k ...


Armenia

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Djivan Gasparyan Djivan Gasparyan (var. Jivan Gasparyan; , ; 12 October 1928 – 6 July 2021) was an Armenian musician and composer. He played the duduk, a double reed woodwind instrument related to the orchestral oboe. Gasparyan is known as the "Master of the d ...
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Udi Hrant Udi Hrant Kenkulian (; ; 1901 – August 29, 1978), often referred to as Udi Hrant (lit. "oud-player Hrant") or as Hrant Emre ("Hrant of the soul") was an oud player of Turkish classical music, and a key transitional figure in its transformation i ...
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Australia

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Blue King Brown Blue King Brown is an Australian urban roots ensemble formed in 2003 in Byron Bay by mainstays Nattali Rize and Carlo Santone. They have released three studio albums, ''Stand Up'' (October 2006), ''Worldwize Part 1 – North & South'' (August ...
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Eric Bogle Eric Bogle (born 23 September 1944) is an Australian folk music, folk singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Scotland, he emigrated to Australia at the age of 25 to settle near Adelaide, South Australia. Bogle's songs have covered a variety of to ...
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Sarah Blasko Sarah Elizabeth Blaskow (born 23 September 1976), known professionally as Sarah Blasko, is an Australian singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. From April 2002, Blasko developed her solo career after fronting Sydney-based band Acquie ...
* Boy And Bear *
Kasey Chambers Kasey Chambers (born 4 June 1976) is an Australian country music, Australian country singer-songwriter and musician born in Mount Gambier, South Australia, Mount Gambier to musicians Diane and Bill Chambers (musician), Bill Chambers. Her older ...
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Slim Dusty Slim Dusty, AO MBE (born David Gordon Kirkpatrick; 13 June 1927 – 19 September 2003) was an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He was an Australian cultural icon, referred to universally as Australia's Ki ...
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Steve Gadd Stephen Kendall Gadd (born April 9, 1945) is an American jazz fusion drummer, percussionist, and session musician. Gadd is one of the best-known and most highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry, recognized by his induction i ...
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Roaring Jack Roaring Jack was an Australian Celtic punk/folk punk band of the 1980s and 1990s. The band was nominated for two ARIA Music Awards during their career. The band's singer Alistair Hulett died at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow of liver ...
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Vance Joy James Gabriel Keogh (born 1 December 1987), known professionally as Vance Joy, is an Australian singer, songwriter, musician, and former Australian rules footballer. He is best known for his 2013 hit song " Riptide". Joy signed a five-album de ...
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Lisa Mitchell Lisa Helen Mitchell (born 22 March 1990) is an Australian musician, singer and songwriter who grew up in Albury, New South Wales. Mitchell currently lives in Melbourne and is working on her fourth studio album. Mitchell finished sixth in the 20 ...
* Siobhan Owen *
The Seekers The Seekers were an Australian folk music, folk-influenced pop music, pop group originally formed in Melbourne in 1962. They were the first Australian pop music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the Unit ...
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Judy Small Judith Margaret Small is an Australian folk music singer, songwriter and musician and retired judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, as a performer she has been hailed as "The Grand Dame of Australian Folk Music" Small, during her s ...
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Angus & Julia Stone Angus & Julia Stone are an Australian Folk music, folk and indie pop group, formed in 2006 by brother and sister Angus Stone, Angus and Julia Stone. Angus & Julia Stone have released five studio albums and a soundtrack album: ''A Book Like Thi ...
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The Waifs The Waifs (originally styled as The WAiFS) are an Australian folk rock band formed in 1992 by sisters Vikki Thorn (harmonica, guitar, vocals) and Donna Simpson (musician), Donna Simpson (guitar, vocals) as well as Josh Cunningham (guitar, vocal ...


Indigenous Australians

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Kerrianne Cox Kerrianne Cox is an Aboriginal singer from Beagle Bay in Western Australia. She has toured widely around Australia and toured USA and South Africa and appeared in the musical Bran Nue Dae in 1996. Cox was nominated in the Deadly Awards The ...
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Archie Roach Archibald William Roach (8 January 1956 – 30 July 2022) was an Australian (Gunditjmara and Western Bundjalung people, Bundjalung) singer-songwriter and Aboriginal Australian, Aboriginal activist. Often referred to as "Uncle Archie", Roach wa ...


Azerbaijan


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Ashik

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Ali Ekber Çiçek Ali Ekber Çiçek (1935 – 26 April 2006) was a Turkish folk musician. Çiçek was born in 1935, in Erzincan, Turkey. His father died in the Erzincan Earthquake and thus Çiçek worked as a farmer at a young age. Financial problems limited h ...
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Aşık Mahzuni Şerif Şerif Cırık, popularly known as Aşık Mahsuni Şerif, was a Turkish ashik, folk musician, composer, poet, and author.
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Aşık Khanlar Khanlar Maharramov (; 1950, Tovuz – 1998, Baku) was a famous Azerbaijani ashiq An ashik (; ) or ashugh (; ka, აშუღი) is traditionally a singer-poet and bard who accompanies his song—be it a dastan (traditional epic st ...
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Aşık Veysel Aşık is Turkish for Ashik, a traditional musician and troubadour Aşık is a Turkish name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Aşık Çelebi (1520–1572), Ottoman biographer, poet, and translator * Âşık İbretî (1920–1976 ...
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Neşet Ertaş Neşet Ertaş (1938 – 25 September 2012) was a Turkish folk music singer, lyricist, modern ashik and virtuoso of the traditional Turkish instrument the bağlama. His profession in Turkish is known as ''halk ozanı'', which literally means ...
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Aşiq Ələsgər Ashig Alasgar (; 1821 – 7 March 1926) was an Azerbaijani mystic troubadour (Ashik) and highly regarded poet of Azerbaijani folk songs. He was born in the village of Azat, then known as Aghkilsa, in what was then the Goycha District of the Eriv ...
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Jivani Jivani (; 1846–1909), born Serob Stepani Levonian (; also known as Serovbe Stepani Benkoyan, ), was an Armenian '' ashugh'' (bard) and poet. History Jivani was born in Kartsakhi, near Akhalkalaki, Georgia. He became an orphan when he was 8, ...
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Sayat-Nova Sayat-Nova (Armenian: Սայեաթ-Նովայ ( сlassical), Սայաթ-Նովա (reformed); ka, საიათნოვა; ; ; born Harutyun Sayatyan; 14 June 1712 – 22 September 1795) was an Armenian poet, musician and '' ashugh'', who ...
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Karacaoğlan Karacaoğlan was a 17th-century Anatolian Turkish folk poet and ashik. His exact dates of birth and death are unknown but it is widely accepted that he was born around 1606 and died around 1679. He lived around the city of Osmaniye. His tomb, wh ...
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Kul Nesîmî Kul Nesîmî, or simply Nesîmî, real name Ali was an Ottoman Alevi-Bektashi poet, who lived in the 17th century in Anatolia. Very little is known about this poet except that certain political events found an expression in his poetry, such as ...
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Pir Sultan Abdal Pir Sultan Abdal (born Haydar) was a prominent Turkish poeta b Gülseren Özdemir. "Pîr Sultan Abdal Animizm İnançlar" (PDF). Çukurova University. 2 February 2014. Accessed: 5 November 2008. and an important religious figure in Alevism of T ...


Bangladesh

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Lalon Lalon (; died 17 October 1890), also known as Lalon Shah, Lalon Fakir, Shahji, was a Bengali spiritual leader, philosopher, mystic poet and social reformer. Regarded as an icon of Bengali culture, he inspired and influenced many philosophers, ...
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Hason Raja Dewan Hason Raja Chowdhury, or simply known as Hason Raja (; 21 December 1854 – 6 December 1922), was a Bengali mystic poet and songwriter from Sylhet, Bengal Presidency (now Bangladesh). His unique style of music made him one of the most p ...
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Abbasuddin Ahmed Abbasuddin Ahmed (27 October 1901 – 30 December 1959) was a Pakistani folk song composer and singer born in the Bengal province of British India. He was known for Bhawaiya folk song which is a style commonly found in Rangpur, Undivided Goalpa ...
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Shah Abdul Karim Baul Shah Abdul Karim (; 15 February 1916 – 12 September 2009) was a Bangladeshi Baul musician and philosopher. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Baul musicians, he was called Baul Samrat (The Baul King). The Government of Bangladesh awar ...
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Momtaz Begum Momtaz Begum (; born 5 May 1961) is a Bangladeshi folk singer and politician. She served as the member of parliament representing the Manikganj-2 constituency from 2014-2025 and Reserved Women's Seat-21 from 2009–2013. Referred to as "''T ...
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Habib Wahid Habib Wahid is a Bangladeshi music composer and singer. He is the son of composer Ferdous Wahid. Habib gained prominence in the early 2000s with his unique fusion of traditional Bangladeshi folk music and contemporary pop elements, earning h ...
* Farida Parveen *
Salma Akhter Moushumi Akhter Salma (born 1 January 1991), commonly known as Salma Akhter, is a Bangladeshi folk singer. She rose to fame in 2006 after winning the second season of ''"Closeup 1 Tomakei Khujchhey Bangladesh"'', a television series broadcast on ...
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Bari Siddiqui Bari Siddiqui (15 November 1954 – 24 November 2017) was a Bangladeshi singer-songwriter and flautist. His songs include ''Shua Chan Pakhi'', ''Amar Gaye Joto Dukkho Shoy'', ''Pubali Batashe'' and ''Manush Dhoro Manush Bhojo''. Early life Popu ...
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Ferdausi Rahman Ferdausi Rahman (; born 28 June 1941) is a Bangladeshi playback singer. She sang some popular film songs for Pakistani films also in the 1960s especially working with the music composer Robin Ghosh in film Chakori released in 1967. She was award ...
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Abdur Rahman Boyati Abdur Rahman Boyati (1 January 1939 – 19 August 2013) was a Bangladeshi folk singer. He was also a lyricist, music composer, director and poet. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2015 by the Government of Bangladesh. He is most notable for the hit ...


Bolivia

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Asunta Limpias de Parada Asunta Limpias de Parada (April 11, 1915 in Trinidad – October 27, 1995 in Cochabamba) was a Bolivian composer, writer, singer and pianist who contributed a wide and diverse body of content in folk music. Biography Limpias de Parada was born ...


Brazil

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Anavitória Anavitória (Brazilian Portuguese: Help:IPA/Portuguese, /ɐnɐviˈtɔɾjɐ/) is a Brazilian Musical ensemble, musical duo consisting of Ana Clara Caetano Costa and Vitória Fernandes Falcão. Formed in 2015, Anavitória debuted with an EP produce ...
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Cartola Angenor de Oliveira, known as Cartola ( Portuguese for top hat), (; October 11, 1908 – November 30, 1980) was a Brazilian singer, composer and poet considered to be a major figure in the development of samba. Cartola composed, alone or with ...


Bulgaria

* The Bisserov Sisters *
Bistritsa Babi Bistritsa Babi (, ) are an elderly/multi-generational women's choir carrying on the traditional dances and polyphonic singing of the Shopluk region of Bulgaria. Founded in 1939, the group won the European Folk Art Award in 1978, and it was dec ...
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Bulgarka Junior Quartet Bulgarka Junior Quartet is a Bulgarian vocal folklore ensemble. Biography Bulgarka Junior Quartet was formed in 1989 in Plovdiv (Bulgaria), as the initiator for the formation of the group is Rumyana Tsintsarska (Folklore Music Editor in Bulgar ...
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Pirin Folk Ensemble The Pirin Folk Ensemble (, ''Folkloren ansambal „Pirin“'') (also Pirin Folk Song and Dances State Ensemble) is a Bulgarian performance group. It consists of a folk orchestra, a dance troupe, and a women's choir. The ensemble strives to preserve ...
* Svetoglas *
Trio Bulgarka Trio Bulgarka (; also known as "Three Golden Coins", previously known as "Bulgarka Folk Trio") were a Bulgarian vocal ensemble. They gained international prominence through their contributions to the groundbreaking 1975 world music album ''Balk ...


Canada


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Susan Aglukark Susan Aglukark, ( Inuktitut syllabics: ᓲᓴᓐ ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ ''suusan agluukkaq''; born 27 January 1967) is a Canadian singer whose blend of Inuit folk music traditions with country and pop songwriting has made her a major recording st ...
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The Band The Band was a Canadian-American rock music, rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario, in 1957. It consisted of the Canadians Rick Danko (bass, guitar, vocals, fiddle), Garth Hudson (organ, keyboards, accordion, saxophone), Richard Manuel (piano, d ...
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Del Barber Delainey Doucha Barber (born October 14, 1983) is a Canadian independent folk, folk rock, Americana, and alternative country singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. Barber has been nominated for and won a number of awards including a ...
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Kim Barlow Kim Barlow (born March 10, 1969) is a Canadian folk singer and musician. Biography Barlow was born in Montreal, Quebec, and raised in rural Nova Scotia, she is of Anglo-Quebecker descent. She studied classical guitar at Florida State University ...
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Be Good Tanyas The Be Good Tanyas are a Canadian folk music group formed in Vancouver in 1999. Their influences include folk, country, and bluegrass. The style of music they perform can be referred to as alt-country or Americana. History The Be Good Tanyas f ...
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Heather Bishop Heather Bishop, (born April 25, 1949) is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter primarily known for her work as a social justice advocate and in the field of folk music and children's music. For her dedication to social justice, she has been awarded ...
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La Bolduc Mary Rose-Anne Bolduc, born Travers, (June 4, 1894 – February 20, 1941) was a musician and singer of French Canadian music. She was known as Madame Bolduc or La Bolduc. During the peak of her popularity in the 1930s, she was known as the ...
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La Bottine Souriante La Bottine Souriante (LBS) is a folk band from Canada. The band specializes in traditional Québécois music, often with a modern twist. Formed in 1976 by Yves Lambert, Andre Marchand, and Mario Forest, they have toured extensively through Eu ...
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Oscar Brand Oscar Brand (February 7, 1920 – September 30, 2016) was a Canadian-born American folk singer-songwriter, radio host, and author. In his career, spanning 70 years, he composed at least 300 songs and released nearly 100 albums, among them Can ...
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Tim Chaisson Timothy Chaisson (born September 6, 1986) is a Canadian singer/songwriter from Souris, Prince Edward Island. He is a member of Juno Award winning group, The East Pointers. Early years Tim Chaisson is a member of the extended Chaisson family, w ...
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City and Colour Dallas Michael John Albert Green (born September 29, 1980) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who records under the name City and Colour. He is also known for his contributions as a singer, rhythm guitarist, songwrite ...
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Bruce Cockburn Bruce Douglas Cockburn ( ; born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. His song styles range from folk to folk- and jazz-influenced rock to soundscapes accompanying spoken stories. His lyrics reflect interests in spirit ...
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Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, soc ...
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Stompin' Tom Connors Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, Order of Canada, OC (February 9, 1936 – March 6, 2013) was a Canadian country music, country and folk music, folk singer-songwriter. Focusing his career exclusively on his native Canada, he is credited wi ...
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The Cottars The Cottars are a Canadian Celtic musical group from Cape Breton Island formed in 2000. The group's current members are Ciarán MacGillivray, Fiona MacGillivray, Bruce Timmins, and Claire Pettit. History The Cottars were founded in late 2000 wh ...
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Les Colocs ''Les Colocs'' (The Roommates) were a Quebec rock band formed in Montreal in 1990 by singer-songwriter André "Dédé" Fortin. Known for their energetic performances and eclectic fusion of musical styles, they blended rock with folk, swing, blues ...
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Crash Vegas Crash Vegas was a Canadian folk rock band which formed in 1988, and achieved moderate success in the early 1990s. Biography The band was formed by Michelle McAdorey and Greg Keelor of Blue Rodeo in 1988, who were also in a romantic relationsh ...
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Bonnie Dobson Bonnie Dobson (born November 13, 1940, in Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)"Bo ...
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Luke Doucet Luke Doucet (born June 9, 1973) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has written and performed as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock band Veal and the folk rock band Whitehorse. In 2006 and 2011, Doucet was nominated fo ...
* Wilf Doyle *
The Duhks The Duhks were a Canadian folk fusion band, formed in 2002 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Featuring banjo, fiddle, guitar, percussion, and vocals, The Duhks blended folk music together with various Canadian and American traditional styles, inc ...
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Fred Eaglesmith Frederick John Elgersma (born July 9, 1957), known by the stage name Fred Eaglesmith, is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter. He is known for writing songs about vehicles, rural life, down-and-out characters, lost love and quirky rur ...
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Kathleen Edwards Kathleen Margaret Edwards (born July 11, 1978
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Stephen Fearing Stephen John Ging Fearing (born January 14 1963) is a Canadian roots/folk singer-songwriter.
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Ferron Ferron Foisy (born Deborah Foisy on 1 June 1952; known professionally as Ferron) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and poet. In addition to gaining fame as one of Canada's most respected songwriters, Ferron, who is openly lesbian, became one of t ...
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Serge Fiori Serge Fiori (born March 4, 1952) is a Canadian musician who was the lead vocalist and guitarist for Harmonium, a progressive rock band from Quebec. After Harmonium broke up he pursued a solo career. Biography Serge Fiori grew up in the Little ...
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Jeremy Fisher Jeremy Fisher (born Jeremy Binns; December 15, 1976) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Fisher is based in Ottawa, Ontario, and was previously based on Vancouver Island, B.C., Montreal, Quebec, and in Seattle, Washington, US. Fisher's work is hea ...
* Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band *
David Francey David Francey (born 1954) is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. He is the recipient of four Juno Awards and three Canadian Folk Music Awards. Early life Francey was born in Ayrshire, Scotland. He immigrated to Canada with his family at age 12. ...
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Ginalina Gina Lam, known professionally as Ginalina, is a Canadian folk music singer, songwriter, children's musician, and children's author. Her music has received three Juno Awards nominations, four Canadian Folk Music Awards nominations, and two Wes ...
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The Grapes of Wrath ''The Grapes of Wrath'' is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize ...
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Great Big Sea Great Big Sea was a Canadian folk rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year Irish, Scott ...
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Great Lake Swimmers Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian folk rock band from Wainfleet, Ontario, and currently based in Toronto. The current touring line-up is Tony Dekker on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica, Erik Arnesen on banjo, electric guitar and Pump o ...
* Norm Hacking *
Sarah Harmer Sarah Lois Harmer (born November 12, 1970) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and environmental activist. Early life Born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Harmer gained her first exposure to the musical lifestyle as a teenager, when her older s ...
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Harmonium The pump organ or reed organ is a type of organ that uses free reeds to generate sound, with air passing over vibrating thin metal strips mounted in a frame. Types include the pressure-based harmonium, the suction reed organ (which employs a va ...
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Hart-Rouge Hart-Rouge are a Canadians, Canadian folk music group, consisting of siblings Paul Campagne, Michelle Campagne, and Suzanne Campagne. Originally from Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan, Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan, the Campagne family are among the most ...
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Wade Hemsworth Albert Wade Hemsworth (October 23, 1916 – January 19, 2002) was a Canadian folk singer and songwriter.Alan Hustak, "Canadian composer dies at 85". ''Calgary Herald'', January 20, 2002. Although he was not a prolific composer, having writt ...
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The Hidden Cameras The Hidden Cameras are a Canadian indie pop band. Fronted by singer-songwriter Joel Gibb, the band consists of a varying roster of musicians who play what Gibb once described as "gay church folk music". Their live performances have been elaborat ...
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Veda Hille Veda Hille (born August 11, 1968) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, keyboardist and tenor guitar player from Vancouver, British Columbia. She writes songs about love and tragedy, as well as about topical British Columbia subjects.. ''The Vue Wee ...
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Ian & Sylvia Ian & Sylvia were a Canadian folk and country music duo which consisted of Ian and Sylvia Tyson. They began performing together in 1959 (full-time in 1961), married in 1964, and divorced and stopped performing together in 1975. History Early ...
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Reid Jamieson Reid Jamieson (born October 20, 1973) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He was a regular member of the CBC's The Vinyl Cafe and won the grand prize for Folk in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest for the song RAIL. Career Jamieson has released ...
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James Keelaghan James Keelaghan (born October 28, 1959) is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Keelaghan is now based in Perth, Ontario. Many of the lyrics in his songs display a concern about social problems and justice in society. Ex ...
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Mary Jane Lamond Mary Jane Lamond is a Canadian Celtic folk musician who performs traditional Canadian Gaelic folk songs from Cape Breton Island. Her music combines traditional and contemporary material. Lamond is the vocalist on Ashley MacIsaac's 1995 hit singl ...
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k.d. lang Kathryn Dawn Lang (born November 2, 1961), known by her stage name k.d. lang (stylised in all lowercase), is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Lang has won Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical pe ...
* Abigail Lapell *
Leah Leah () appears in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two wives of the Biblical patriarch Jacob. Leah was Jacob's first wife, and the older sister of his second (and favored) wife Rachel. She is the mother of Jacob's first son Reuben. She has thr ...
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Gordon Lightfoot Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved worldwide success and helped define the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s. Widely considered one of Canada's greatest songwriters, ...
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Old Man Luedecke Old Man Luedecke () is the recording name of Canadian singer-songwriter and banjo player Christopher “Chris” Rudolf Luedecke of Chester, Nova Scotia. He is most noted as a two-time Juno Award winner for Roots & Traditional Album of the Yea ...
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Ashley MacIsaac Ashley Dwayne MacIsaac (born February 24, 1975) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and actor from Cape Breton Island. He has received three Juno Awards, winning for Best New Solo Artist and Best Roots & Traditional Album – Solo at th ...
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Buddy MacMaster Hugh Alan "Buddy" MacMaster (October 18, 1924 – August 20, 2014) was a Canadian fiddler. He performed and recorded both locally and internationally, and was regarded as an expert on the tradition and lore of Cape Breton fiddle music. Early ...
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Natalie MacMaster Natalie MacMaster (born June 13, 1972) is a Canadian fiddler from Troy, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, who plays Cape Breton fiddle music. She has toured with the Chieftains, Faith Hill, Carlos Santana and Alison Krauss, and has recorded with ...
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Rita MacNeil Rita MacNeil (May 28, 1944 – April 16, 2013) was a Canadian singer and songwriter from the community of Big Pond, Nova Scotia, Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in ...
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Kate & Anna McGarrigle Kate McGarrigle (February 6, 1946 – January 18, 2010) and Anna McGarrigle (born December 4, 1944) were a duo of folk rock and country folk Canadian singer-songwriters (and sisters) from Quebec, who performed together until Kate's death in 2010 ...
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Loreena McKennitt Loreena McKennitt (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who writes, records, and performs world music with Celtic music, Celtic and Middle Eastern music, Middle Eastern influences. McKenni ...
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Murray McLauchlan Murray Edward McLauchlan, (born 30 June 1948) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player. He is best known for his Canadian hits "The Farmer's Song," "Whispering Rain," and "Down by the Henry Moore". Early life ...
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Lynn Miles Lynn Miles (born 29 September 1958) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She has won the Juno Award and three Canadian Folk Music Awards. Early life and education Miles was born on 29 September 1958 in the town of Cowansville, Quebec. Her father w ...
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Joni Mitchell Roberta Joan Mitchell (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and painter. As one of the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitch ...


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Jory Nash Jory Nash is a folk music-oriented Canadian singer-songwriter and musician based in Cobourg, Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population ...
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Faith Nolan Faith Nolan (born 1957) is a Canadian social activist, folk and jazz singer-songwriter and guitarist. She currently resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. History Nolan is considered part of a Canadian feminist music movement of the 1980s and 90s. ...
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The Paperboys The Paperboys (sometimes billed and credited as Tom Landa and the Paperboys) are a Canadian folk music band from Vancouver that formed in 1991. The Paperboys blend Celtic folk with bluegrass, Mexican, Eastern European, African, zydeco, soul ...
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Evalyn Parry Evalyn Parry is a Canadian performance-maker, theatrical innovator and singer-songwriter. She grew up in Toronto, Ontario in the Kensington Market neighbourhood. Her music combines elements of spoken word and folk. Biography Evalyn Parry is t ...
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Po' Girl Po' Girl is a Canadian music group whose style derives from folk, country and jazz. The band evolved from a series of jam sessions, in 2000, between Trish Klein of The Be Good Tanyas and Allison Russell, then of Fear of Drinking. The two met u ...
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Le Rêve du Diable Le Rêve du Diable (''The Devil's Dream'') is a Canadian folk music group from Quebec. It is one of the oldest folk music bands in the province, and has been performing folk music for more than forty years. History The band was founded by Gervais ...
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Garnet Rogers Garnet Rogers (born May 1955) is a Canadian folk musician, singer, songwriter and composer. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario with Maritime roots. Early life Rogers was born in Hamilton, Ontario to Nathan Allison Rogers and Valerie (née Bushell) ...
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Nathan Rogers Nathan Rogers (born July 16, 1979 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian folk musician/songwriter. Early life Rogers is the son of Stan and Ariel Rogers. His father, a folk musician and songwriter, died in a fire aboard Air Canada Flight 797 on ...
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Stan Rogers Stanley Allison Rogers (November 29, 1949 – June 2, 1983) was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter who sang traditional-sounding songs frequently inspired by Canadian history and the working people's daily lives, especially from the fishin ...
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Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie (born Beverley Jean Santamaria; February 20, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and social activist. Sainte-Marie's singing and writing repertoire includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism, and h ...
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Ron Sexsmith Ronald Eldon Sexsmith (born January 8, 1964) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario. He was the songwriter of the year at the 2005 Juno Awards. He began releasing recordings of his own material in 1985 at age 21, and has ...
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Rae Spoon Rae Spoon is a Canadian musician, composer, producer, performer, and writer from Calgary, Alberta. Their musical style has varied from country to electronic-influenced indie rock and folk punk.The Travellers *
Lucie Blue Tremblay Lucie Blue Tremblay (born 1958 in Montreal) is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. Tremblay started performing when she was still a child, accompanying her mother's five-piece band as a drummer. Later, she taught herself how to play the guitar, ...
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Valdy Paul Valdemar Horsdal, (born 1 September 1945), commonly known as Valdy, is a Canadian folk and country musician whose solo career began in the early 1970s. He is known for "Rock and Roll Song", his first mainstream single. Valdy is the winner o ...
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The Wailin' Jennys The Wailin' Jennys are a Canadian music group. A 2011 review says they "sing like siblings and play like seasoned veterans". They have released several albums and received two Juno Awards. The group has been featured several times on the Ameri ...
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Loudon Wainwright III Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actor. He has released twenty-six studio albums, four live albums, and six compilations. Some of his best-known songs include "The Swimmin ...
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Dawud Wharnsby Dawud Wharnsby (born David Howard Wharnsby; June 27, 1972) is a Canadian Universalist Muslim singer-songwriter, poet, performer, educator and television personality. A multi-instrumentalist, he is best known for his work in the musical/poetic g ...
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Jesse Winchester James Ridout "Jesse" Winchester Jr. (May 17, 1944 – April 11, 2014) was an American-Canadian musician and songwriter. He was born and raised in the southern United States. Opposed to the Vietnam War, he moved to Canada in 1967 to avoid ...
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Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. Since the begi ...


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Víctor Jara Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez (; 28 September 1932 – 16 September 1973) was a Chilean teacher, theatre director, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter and PCCh, Communist political activist. He developed Chilean theater by directing a bro ...
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Violeta Parra Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (; 4 October 1917 – 5 February 1967) was a Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena (The Chilean New Song), a renewal and a ...


Czech Republic


Moravia Moravia ( ; ) is a historical region in the eastern Czech Republic, roughly encompassing its territory within the Danube River's drainage basin. It is one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The medieval and early ...

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Karel Kryl Karel Kryl (12 April 1944 – 3 March 1994) was a Czechoslovak poet, singer-songwriter and author of many hit protest songs in which he explicitly criticized the Communist (and later also the post-communist) regimes in his home country for their ...
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Jaromír Nohavica Jaromír Nohavica or Jarek Nohavica (born 7 June 1953, in Ostrava) is a Czech recording artist, songwriter, lyricist and poet. Early life He was born in Ostrava and has played guitar since he was 13. He began studies at the Technical Unive ...


Denmark

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Rune T. Kidde Rune Torstein Kidde (27 September 1957 – 21 October 2013) was a Danish writer, storyteller, musician and artist. He was the son of illustrator and painter Thormod Kidde (19 July 1925 – 19 February 1996) and ceramist Ragnhild Kidde (6 March ...
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Nina & Frederik Nina & Frederik were a Danish–Dutch traditional popular music, popular singing duet (music), duo of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Their repertoire consisted of a blend of folk music, calypso music, calypsos and standards.Sleeve notes of album ...


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Liisu Mägi Liisu Mägi, also known as Puru Liisu and Laulu-Liisu, (16 December 1831 – 17 January 1926) was an Estonian folk singer and wedding singer in Mulgimaa and Southern Viljandi County. She was also known for creating or writing down thousands of lo ...


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Timo Alakotila Timo Alakotila is a Finnish composer, arranger, and musician born 15 July 1959. Career Timo Alakotila's range of music styles stretches from Finnish folk music of the '' pelimanni'' style over some jazz influences to more or less Finnish ...
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Angelit Angelit, formerly known as Angelin tytöt (''Aŋŋel nieiddat''), is a Finnish Sámi folk music group formed by sisters Ursula and Tuuni Länsman in 1989. However, the history of the group can be traced back to 1982 when Eino Ukkonen, Ursula and ...
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Frigg Frigg (; Old Norse: ) is a goddess, one of the Æsir, in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about her, she is associated with marriage, prophecy, clairvoyance and motherhood, and dwells in the wetl ...
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Gjallarhorn In Norse mythology, Gjallarhorn (Old Norse: ; "hollering horn"Orchard (1997:57). or "the loud sounding horn"Simek (2007:110).) is a horn associated with the god Heimdallr and the wise being Mímir. The sound of Heimdallr's horn will herald the ...
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Islaja Merja Kokkonen (born 19 May 1979), better known by her stage name Islaja, is a singer-songwriter and musician from Helsinki, Finland. Besides her solo career, she is a member of free improv and psychedelic folk bands Avarus, Kemialliset Ystäv ...
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Arto Järvelä Arto Järvelä (born in 1964 in Hattula, Finland) is a Finnish violin, fiddler and composer. Because of the many groups and projects he is involved in, he has been called "the busiest man in Finnish folk music". He is primarily a violinist, but am ...
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Mauno Järvelä Mauno Järvelä (born 25. November 1949) is a Finnish fiddler, violinist and music pedagogue. He is the uncle of Arto Järvelä, and both of them are members in the successful folk music group JPP, whose roots are the pelimanni tradition from Ka ...
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Konsta Jylhä Konsta Viljami Jylhä (14 August 1910 – 13 September 1984) was a folk-virtuoso who, in Finnish Fiddle, fiddling, made the traditional ''Traditional Nordic dance music, pelimanni-style'' folk music a Finland, Finnish cultural phenomenon of wider c ...
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Sari Kaasinen A sari (also called sharee, saree or sadi)The name of the garment in various regional languages include: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * is a drape (cloth) and a women's garment in the Indian subcontinent. It consists of an un-stit ...
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Maria Kalaniemi Maria Kalaniemi (born 27 May 1964 in Espoo, Finland) is a Finnish accordionist. She was classically trained, gaining her MMus from the Sibelius Academy in 1992, but has become mostly known as a folk musician having played this music from childhoo ...
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Sanna Kurki-Suonio Sanna Kurki-Suonio (born 1966) is a Finnish singer, kantele player and composer in the contemporary folk / neo-folk music genre. She is most well known for her work with the band Hedningarna, which extended over eight years between 1991 and 1999. ...
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Värttinä Värttinä (, meaning " spindle") is a Finnish folk music band that started as a project by Sari and Mari Kaasinen in 1983 in the village of Rääkkylä, in Karelia, the southeastern region of Finland. Many transformations have taken place in t ...
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Jenny Wilhelms Jenny Wilhelms (born 1974) is a Finnish musician. She studied classical and folk music in many Nordic countries. She has been the lead singer of the innovative folk band Gjallarhorn from 1994. Later, according to her bio for her appearance at ...
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Wimme Wimme Saari (also known as Wimme; born 1959; Kelottijärvi, Enontekiö) is a Finnish Sami yoiker. Wimme Saari combines traditional Sami singing with his own improvisations, usually to a techno-ambient accompaniment by members of Finnish electron ...


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Sacha Distel Alexandre "Sacha" Distel (29 January 1933 – 22 July 2004) was a French musician and singer who had hits with a cover version of "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" in 1970, which reached No 10 in the UK Charts, " Scoubidou", and " The Good Lif ...
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Maxime Le Forestier Maxime Le Forestier (; born 10 February 1949 as Bruno Le Forestier) is a French singer-songwriter. Life and career Bruno Le Forestier was born on 10 February 1949 in Paris to Robert Le Forestier and Genevieve (''née'' Lili 1917–2010), who had ...
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Gus Viseur Gustave Joseph Viseur (17 May 1915 – 25 August 1974) was a Belgian/French accordionist. Early life Viseur was born in Lessines, Belgium, on 17 May 1915. His father was a bargeman, so the family moved around a lot until 1920, when they settled i ...


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Dan Ar Braz Daniel Le Bras (born 15 January 1949), known by his stage name Dan Ar Braz (), is a Breton guitarist-singer-composer and the founder of L'Héritage des Celtes, a 50-piece Pan-Celt band. As a leading guitarist in Celtic music band, he recorde ...
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Kornog Kornog ("The West Wind" in Breton) is a Breton folk music band formed in 1980 which plays traditional Breton or Celtic tunes and compositions. It was one of the most influential Celtic groups of the 1980s and one of the only representativ ...
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Alan Stivell Alan Stivell (; born Alan Cochevelou on 6 January 1944) is a Breton people, Breton and Celtic musician and singer, songwriter, recording artist, and master of the Celtic harp. From the early 1970s, he revived global interest in the Celtic (specif ...
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Tri Yann Tri Yann () is a French band from Nantes who play medieval folk rock music drawing on traditional Breton folk ballads. The band was founded in 1969 by Jean Chocun, Jean-Paul Corbineau and Jean-Louis Jossic – all of whom remained members – ...
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Nolwenn Leroy Nolwenn Le Magueresse (; born 28 September 1982), known by her stage name Nolwenn Leroy (), is a French singer-songwriter and actress. Originally classically trained (violin and opera singing), she rose to fame after winning the second season o ...


Greece

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Chronis Aidonidis Chronis Aidonidis (; 23 September 1928 – 23 October 2023) was a Greek singer from Karoti, a village now belonging to Didymoteicho, Greece. His parents were Fr. Christos and Chrysanthi Aidonidis. He learned his first songs in his hometown and ...
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Haris Alexiou Haris Alexiou (, ; born 27 December 1950 in Thebes, Greece as Hariklia Roupaka, , ) is a Greek singer whose career has spanned over 5 decades. She is one of the most popular singers in Greece. She has worked with important Greek songwriters and c ...
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Rosa Eskenazi Roza Eskenazi (mid-1890s – 2 December 1980, Greek: Ρόζα Εσκενάζυ) was a Jewish-Greek dancer and singer of ''rebetiko'', Greek folk music, Kanto and Turkish folk music born in Istanbul, whose recording and stage career extended from ...
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Glykeria Glykeria (born Glykeria Kotsoula, ; born 16 November 1953 in Agio Pnevma, Serres) is a Greek singer active in Greece and Cyprus, while also gaining fame in Israel, France, Turkey, Spain, and England. Her career has spanned over 30 years and is m ...
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Mariza Koch Mariza Koch (; born 14 March 1944) is a Greek folk music singer who has recorded many albums since starting her career in 1971. On the wider stage she is best remembered for representing her homeland at the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 with the so ...
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Marika Papagika Marika Papagika (, née Katsoris; September 1, 1890 – August 2, 1943) was a popular Greek singer in the early 20th century and one of the first Greek women singers to be heard on sound recordings. Biography Marika Papagika was born on the islan ...
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Domna Samiou Domna Samiou (; 12 October 1928 – 10 March 2012Greek fol ...


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Ági Szalóki Ági Szalóki (born October 17, 1978) is a Hungarian folk singer. She has performed internationally with world music and folk revival bands, including Besh o droM and Ökrös. Career Szalóki began singing as a toddler, reportedly drawing in ...
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Márta Sebestyén Márta Sebestyén (; born 19 August 1957) is a Hungarian folk vocalist, composer and actress. Early life Sebestyén was born in Budapest, Hungary. Her mother is a composer, and was a music student of Zoltán Kodály. Her father was an economi ...
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Muzsikás Muzsikás is a Hungarian musical group playing mainly folk music of Hungary and other countries and peoples of the region. Established in 1973, it has also played works by classical composers, especially Béla Bartók, who himself collected fol ...
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The Moon and the Nightspirit The Moon and the Nightspirit is a Hungarian folk music duo founded in 2003 by Ágnes Tóth and Mihály Szabó. Their songs deal mostly with pagan fairy tales and shamanism. History The lyrics of their debut album ''Of Dreams Forgotten and Fabl ...


Iceland

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India


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Ila Arun Ila Arun is an Indian actress, TV personality and Rajasthani folk-pop singer known for her works in Hindi cinema, and Indian pop. She has appeared in many prominent Bollywood films such as '' Lamhe'', ''Jodhaa Akbar'', '' Shaadi Ke Side Effe ...
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Malini Awasthi Malini Awasthi (born 11 February 1967) is an Indian singer, more commonly referred to as Folk Queen of India. Having been trained classically, she is equally adept in various forms of Hindustani music like vintage Dadra Thumri Chaiti, Kajri Chai ...
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Allah Jilai Bai Allah Jilai Bai (1 February 1902 – 3 November 1992) was a folk singer from Rajasthan, India. Early life Born in Bikaner to a family of singers, by the age of 10 she was singing in the Durbar of Maharaja Ganga Singh. She took singing lessons ...
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Teejan Bai Teejan Bai (born 8 August 1956) is an exponent of Pandavani, a traditional performing art form, from Chhattisgarh, in which she enacts tales from the Mahabharata, with musical accompaniments. She has been awarded the Padma Shri in 1987, Padma ...
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Dipali Barthakur Dipali Barthakur (30 January 1941 – 21 December 2018) was an Indian singer from Assam. Her songs were sung mainly in the Assamese language. She received the fourth-highest civilian award of India, the Padma Shri, in the year 1998. Early life ...
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Parvathy Baul Parvathy Baul is a Baul folk singer, musician and Oral storytelling, storyteller from Bengal and one of the leading Baul musicians in India. Trained under Baul gurus, Sanatan Das Baul, Shashanko Goshai Baul in Bengal, she has been performing bo ...
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Chinnaponnu Chinnaponnu (also credited as Chinna Ponnu or Chinnaponnu Kumar) is a folk and playback singer from the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Early life Chinnaponnu was born in Suranam, a small village in Sivagangai district, Tamil Nadu, India. She start ...
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Anima Choudhury Anima Choudhury (born 28 February 1953) is a singer from the Indian north eastern state of Assam. Her musical career over more than four decades has focussed on folk and modern Assamese songs. She has been awarded local and state level mus ...
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Anupama Deshpande Anupama Deshpande is a Bollywood playback singer who has won the Filmfare Awards, Filmfare Award for Filmfare Best Female Playback Award, Best Female Playback Singer for her folk music, folk song "Sohni Chenab De" in the film ''Sohni Mahiwal (1 ...
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Bindhyabasini Devi Bindhyavasini Devi (died 2006) was an Indian folk musician. She was popularly recognised as Bihar Kokila. She was the founder of ''Vindhya Kala Mandir'', a Patna based music academy promoting folk music, Vindhya Kala Mandir. The academy is asso ...
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Shreya Ghoshal Shreya Ghoshal (; born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer. Noted for her wide vocal range and versatility, she is one of the most prolific and influential singers of India. Often referred to as the "Queen of Dynamics'' for her remarkable voc ...
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Abhaya Hiranmayi Abhaya Hiranmayi is an Indian playback singer. She has recorded songs and provided backing vocals for film music in Malayalam and Telugu languages. Early life and education Born in a creatively inclined family in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. H ...
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Kollangudi Karuppayee Kollangudi Karuppayee (; 1925 or 1926 – 14 June 2025) was an Indian Tamil folk singer who also performed in films. She is considered one of the pioneers of Tamil folk music; as the first of her genre and background to perform in films, she serve ...
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Jagjit Kaur Jagjit Kaur (May 1930 – 15 August 2021) was an Indian Hindi/Urdu singer and was married to the music director, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam. Personal life and death Kaur belonged to an aristocratic family from Punjab. She married composer Moham ...
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Parkash Kaur Prakash Kaur (19 September 1919 – 2 November 1982) was a veteran Indian singer. Early life Kaur was born in Lahore, back then part of British India, into a Punjabi people, Punjabi-Sikh family. She is the elder sister of Surinder Kaur, fa ...
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Ranjit Kaur Ranjit Kaur (also spelled as Ranjeet Kaur) (born 20 October 1950) is a Punjabi singer of Indian Punjab. She is known for her duets with Muhammad Sadiq, a noted Punjabi singer and politician. She did many Punjabi films as a playback singer and ...
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Surinder Kaur Surinder Kaur (25 November 1929 – 14 June 2006) was an Indian singer and songwriter. While she mainly sang Folk music of Punjab, Punjabi folk songs, where she is credited for pioneering and popularising the genre, Kaur also recorded songs as ...
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Anitha Kuppusamy Anitha Kuppusamy is a Tamil folk and Carnatic singer, and television host known for her ' Naatupura Pattu', a Tamil folk art. Anitha aspired to become a singer from a young age. Apart from singing, Anitha has appeared as a judge on several televi ...
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Swaran Lata (singer) Swaran Lata (born 19 November 1938), or Swaranlata () is a former Punjabi singer of Indian Punjab. She is known for her songs like ''Lai De Maye Kaalean Baagan Di Mehndi'', ''Munh Vich Bhabi De, Nand Burkiaan Pave''. She sang almost every Punjab ...
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Kumari Kanchan Dinkerao Mail Laxmichand "Babla" Virji Shah and Kumari Kanchan Dinkarrao Mali-Shah were an Indian husband-wife musical group best known for work in the chutney music and Desi Folk music genres. They performed together for forty years until Kanchan died in 20 ...
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Paravai Muniyamma Paravai Muniyamma (25 June 1937 – 29 March 2020) was an Indian folk singer and actress. She got the adjective Paravai as she was born in a village called Paravai in Madurai. She featured in many Tamil films mostly in supporting roles an ...
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Rockstar Ramani Ammal Ramani Ammal (; 1954 – 4 April 2023), also popularly known by her stage name Rockstar Ramani Ammal, was an Indian folk and playback singer. She rose to prominence after taking part in a television reality show Zee Tamil's ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sen ...
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Vithabai Bhau Mang Narayangaonkar Vithabai Bhau Mang Narayangaonkar (July 1935 – 15 January 2002) was an Indian dancer, singer and Tamasha artist. Early life and career Vithabai was born and grew up in a family of artists. She was born in the city of Pandharpur, Solapur distri ...
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Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan is a Tamil folk singer and composer and a renowned exponent of Tamil folk art. Together with her husband M. Navaneethakrishnan, she has conducted several years of research and study on Tamil folk music and dances ...
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Nooran Sisters Nooran Sisters are Sultana Nooran (born 14 June 1992) and Jyoti Nooran (born 24 February 1994), an Indian devotional Sufi singing duo. Born to a family of Sufi musicians, they perform Sham Chaurasia gharana classical music. They gained public ...
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Pratima Barua Pandey Pratima Barua Pandey (3 October 1934 – 27 December 2002) was an Indian Folk music, folk singer from the royal family of Gauripur, India, Gauripur in Western Assam's Dhubri district. Barua Pandey, a national awardee, best known for her ...
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Kalpana Patowary Kalpana Patowary is an Indian playback and folk singer from Assam. She has recorded songs and folk music in several Indian languages, with Bhojpuri music being the major genre. Patowary embarked on her career at the age of 4 and received furt ...
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Malika Pukhraj Malika Pukhraj ( Punjabi, ) (1912 – 2004) was a highly popular Ghazal and folk singer of Pakistan. She was generally known as "Malika", meaning "The Queen", publicly. She was extremely popular for her rendition of Hafeez Jalandhri's naz ...
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Rajnigandha Shekhawat Rajnigandha Shekhawat is a singer from Rajasthan, India. She is known for singing Rajasthani folk, Hindi cinema, Bollywood, English and Rajasthani Marwari mashups, and vintage classics. and is the princess of the Thikana of Malsisar Backgro ...
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Meena Rana Meena Rana is an Indian Uttarakhandi singer. She has released many Garhwali and Kumaoni music albums. Albums ;Utarakhandi albums : * Chand taro maa * Meri Khati Mitthi * Darbar Nirala Sai ka ;Utarakhandi Garhwali albums * Teri meri Maya * ...
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Thanjai Selvi Thanjai Selvi is a Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka ** Myanmar or Burmese ...
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Sharda Sinha Sharda Sinha (1 October 1952 – 5 November 2024) was an Indian folk and classical singer. Hailing from Bihar, she predominantly sang in Maithili and Bhojpuri language and is called ''Bihar Kokila'', the cuckoo of Bihar. Sinha has sung many f ...
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Sithara (singer) Sithara Krishnakumar is an Indian playback singer, composer, lyricist, dancer, classical dancer and an occasional actor. She predominantly works in Malayalam cinema in addition to Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. Sithara is a well known singer ...


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Vimalakka Arunodaya Vimala (born 1964), popularly known as Vimalakka, is a Telugu balladeer and social activist. Her folk troupe is known as Arunodaya Samskritika Samakhya (ACF). She also heads a Joint Action Committee for the creation of Telangana stat ...
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Hira Devi Waiba Hira Devi Waiba (9 September 1940 – 19 January 2011) was an Indian folk singer in the Nepali-language and is hailed as the pioneer of Nepali folk songs. Her song " Chura ta Hoina Astura" is said to be the first Tamang Selo (a genre of N ...
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Navneet Aditya Waiba Navneet Aditya Waiba is an Indian singer who primarily sings in Nepali-language and the daughter of the late Hira Devi Waiba, the pioneer of Nepali folk music. Navneet and younger brother Satya Aditya Waiba (producer/manager) attempt to maint ...


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A.R. Akela Anant Rao, "A. R." Akela (born 30 September 1960) is an Indian Dalit author, poet, folk singer and publisher Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available ...
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Abdul Alim (folk singer) Abdul Alim (27 July 1931 – 5 September 1974) was a Bangladeshi folk singer. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer in 1975 for playback in ''Sujan Sakhi''. He was posthumously awarded the Ekushey Padak in 1977 ...
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Pammi Bai Paramjit Singh Sidhu, professionally known as Pami Bai, is an Indian singer, songwriter and Bhangra dancer from Patiala. He is considered one of the most notable figures in the world of Punjabi music specialising in the traditional folk dance o ...
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Patthe Bapurao Patthe Bapurao (11 November 1868 – 22 December 1941) was a Marathi singer-poet in the Tamasha usical theatreHe has a son Govind Shridhar Kulkarni and daughter-in-law Nalini Govind Kulkarni. He also composed several Vags, dramatic and humorous ...
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Paban Das Baul Paban Das Baul (born 1961) is a noted Baul singer and musician from India, who also plays a ''dubki'', a small tambourine and sometimes an ''ektara'' as an accompaniment. He is known for pioneering traditional Baul music on the international musi ...
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Bhopa The Bhopa people are the priest-singers of the folk deities in the state of Rajasthan, India. They perform in front of a scroll, known as (''par'' in the Rajasthani language) that depicts the episodes of the narrative of the folk deity and func ...
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S. D. Burman Sachin Dev Burman (1 October 1906 – 31 October 1975) was an Indian music director and singer. He was a member of the Tripura royal family, but his father was excluded from the throne. He started his career with Bengali films in 1937. He lat ...
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Hemant Chauhan Hemant Chauhan is an Indian writer and singer associated and Padam Shri Award by Government of India 2023 with Gujarati literature and Music of Gujarat, music. Early life He was born on 7 November 1955 in Kundni village in Rajkot district of ...
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Anthony Daasan Anthony Daasan is an Indian folk singer currently working in the Tamil film industry. He is known for contributing a powerful voice to fusions of Tamil folk, country, jazz, electronica and rock styles. Before this phase of playback singing, he ...
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Bipul Chettri Bipul Chettri is a singer-songwriter of Nepalese descent who sings in the Nepali language and plays Himalayan folk rock music with a contemporary touch. His debut album, '' Sketches of Darjeeling'', was released in July 2014 and his follow-up a ...
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Gaddar Gummadi Vittal Rao (31 January 1949 – 6 August 2023), known as Gaddar, was an Indian poet, singer, and communist revolutionary. Gaddar was active in the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency, as well as the Telangana movement, movement for Telangana' ...
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Karnail Gill Karnail Gill () was a Punjabi folk singer of Punjab. He is best known for his duets with Narinder Biba, Surinder Kaur, Jagmohan Kaur, Mohni Narula, Swaran Lata, Ranjit Kaur, Kumari Veena, Kuldip Kaur, Gulshan Komal, Priti Bala, Usha Kiran, Harneet ...
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Habib Painter Habib Painter or Habeeb Painter (1915 – 22 February 1987) was a noted Indian Qawwal and a folk singer. There is a park named in honour of Habib Painter in Aligarh near Paan Wali Kothi named as ''Bulbuley Hind Habib Painter Park'' Early life H ...


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Hans Raj Hans Hans Raj Hans is an Indian singer and politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri. He sings Punjabi folk and Sufi music as well as in movies and has also released his own 'Pun ...
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Balappa Hukkeri Balappa Hukkeri () (1911–1992) was a singer of folk songs and Bhavageetes in Kannada language and a freedom fighter in his early years. He is mainly credited for popularizing Sugama Sangeetha in North Karnataka, just like P. Kalinga Rao who ...
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Lal Chand Yamla Jatt Lal Chand Yamla Jatt(Batwal Rajput) (28 March 1910 – 20 December 1991) was a noted Indian folk singer in the Punjabi language, Punjabi-language. His trademark was his soft strumming of the tumbi and his turban tying style known traditionally ...
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Avtar Singh Kang Avtar Singh Kang is a Punjabi singer and Punjabi folk contributor. He is also known as 'A.S.' Kang. Career Born to a Sikh family in Kultham village of Nawashehar district of Punjab now called SBS Nagar in Indian Punjab, Kang was educated in t ...
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Ateeq Hussain Khan Ustad Ateeq Hussain Khan Bandanawazi Al-Hashmi Qawwal () (born 1980) is an Indian Qawwal. He was born in Hyderabad, India. He started his training in Indian classical music ( Hindustani shastria sangeeth) from his father from the early age o ...
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Kachra Khan Kanchra Khan is an Indian folk singer from the Manganiar community. Early life Kachra Khan was born in Khanayani Village, in the Barmer district of western Rajasthan. Career Khan performs at major sufi Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, myst ...
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Khagen Mahanta Khagen Mahanta was a singer and composer of folk and traditional music of Assam. Khagen Mahanta was a notable person in Assamese folk music and known as the "King of Bihu". His Bihu songs, Borgeet and other folk songs remain popular in Assam. T ...
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Asa Singh Mastana Asa Singh Mastana (22 August 1926– 23 May 1999) was a Punjabi musician and singer best known for lending his voice to the Bollywood movie Dooj Ka Chand and singing ''jugni'' and ''Heer''-genre of folk songs, which recount the tales of Heer Ranj ...
* Morup Namgyal *
Naranappa Uppoor Naranappa Uppoor (1918–1984) was a famous ''bhagavath'' (Yakshagana singer) of Yakshagana art during the 20th century. He was much known for his voice, knowledge of tradition and heritage of Yakshagana. Dr. Shivarama Karanth, writer and his c ...
* Shishir Parkhie *
Rameshwar Pathak Rameshwar Pathak (1 March 1938 – 3 December 2010) was an acclaimed Kamrupi Lokgeet singer from Kamrup, Assam, India. He also worked as a teacher in Arya Vidyapeeth Higher Secondary and Multipurpose School, Guwahati from 1963 to 1996. Early ...
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Adarsh Rathore Aadarsh Rathore (born 12 June 1988) is an Indian journalist, musician and folk singer of Himachal Pradesh, most known for his rap song, ''Dhikkar Hai'' about the corruption in 2010 Commonwealth Games, New Delhi. He became popular in social networ ...
* Wilfy Rebimbus *
Devdatta Sable Devdatta Sable is a Marathi singer and composer. He is known for composing music for songs ''Hi Chaal Turu Turu'' and ''Manaachyaa Dhundit'' and for the Marathi film 'Aakrandan'. Sable has sung the Adivasi song titled 'Dev jevla aamhi pahila' fr ...
* Shahir Krishnarao Sable *
Master Saleem Saleem Shahzada also known as Master Saleem is an Indian singer who is known for his work as a Punjabi singer. He has also released several private albums of Punjabi Music Music.. Early life and training Master Saleem was born as Saleem (Sal ...
* Purna Das Baul *
Satinder Sartaaj Satinder Pal Singh, popularly known as Satinder Sartaaj, is an Indian singer, songwriter, actor and poet primarily associated with Punjabi language, Punjabi songs and films. He gained fame with his song "Sai". Since then he has performed acro ...
* Madan Gopal Singh *
Ghulam Hassan Sofi Ghulam Hassan Sofi (1932, Srinagar - 2009, Srinagar) was a singer and harmonium player of traditional music of Kashmir, India. Sofi began his career from Radio Kashmir, local station of All India Radio, in the early 1950s. He also sang for the ...
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Deshapati Srinivas Deshapathi Srinivas (born 1970) is an Indian lyricist, singer and Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Chief Minister, Government of Telangana. He is one of the key leaders of Telangana Separation Movement. His songs are eloquent. He is an advocate ...


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Prahlad Tipanya Prahlad Singh Tipaniya is an Indian folk singer who performs Kabir bhajans in the Malwi folk style from Madhya Pradesh. He performs along with a group of tambura, khartal, manjira, dholak, harmonium, timki, and violin players. Early life Pra ...
* Vitthal Umap * Wadali Brothers *
Warsi Brothers Warsi Brothers are an Indian Qawwali musical group, consisting of brothers Nazeer Ahmed Khan Warsi and Naseer Ahmed Khan Warsi (the Qawwāls), along with eight accompanists (the ''humnawa'' or party). They are based in Hyderabad. Family of qaw ...


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ALT Alt or ALT may refer to: Abbreviations for words * Alt account, an alternative online identity also known as a sock puppet account * Alternate character, in online gaming * Alternate route, type of highway designation * Alternating group, mathem ...
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Altan Altan may refer to: * Altan (name) * Altan (company), a software company. * Altan (band), a folk music group from Donegal * ''Altan'' (album), a 1987 album by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy * Altan Jalab, a village in Afghanistan * A ...
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Mary Black Mary Black (born 23 May 1955) is an Irish folk singer. She is well known as an interpreter of both traditional folk and modern material which has made her a major recording artist in her native Ireland. Background Mary Black was born into a m ...
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Luka Bloom Luka Bloom (born Kevin Barry Moore; 23 May 1955) is an Irish folk singer-songwriter. He is the younger brother of folk singer Christy Moore. Early life Kevin Barry Moore was born on 23 May 1955 in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. His p ...
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The Bothy Band The Bothy Band are an Irish traditional band, originally active during the mid 1970s. They quickly gained a reputation as one of the most influential bands playing Irish traditional music. Their enthusiasm and musical virtuosity had a signific ...
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Paul Brady Paul Joseph Brady (born 19 May 1947) is an Irish singer-songwriter and musician from Strabane, Northern Ireland. His work straddles folk and pop. He was interested in a wide variety of music from an early age. Initially popular for playing ...
* Kevin Burke *
Karan Casey Karan Casey (born 1969) is an Irish folk singer, and a former member of the Irish band Solas. She resides in Cork, Ireland. Early years Casey was born in Ballyduff Lower, Kilmeaden, County Waterford, Ireland. Her family encouraged her to si ...
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The Chieftains The Chieftains were a traditional Irish folk band formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous w ...
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The Clancy Brothers The Clancy Brothers were an influential Irish folk music group that developed initially as a part of the American folk music revival. Most popular during the 1960s, they were famed for their Aran jumpers and are widely credited with popularisi ...
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Liam Clancy Liam Clancy (; 2 September 1935 – 4 December 2009) was an Irish folk singer from Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary. He was the youngest member of the influential folk group the Clancy Brothers, regarded as Ireland's first pop stars. They achi ...
* Willie Clancy *
Clannad Clannad () were an Irish band formed in 1970 in Gweedore, County Donegal, by siblings , and (Moya) (in English, Brennan) and their twin uncles Noel and (Duggan). They have adopted various musical styles throughout their history. Beginn ...
* Michael Coleman *
The Corrs The Corrs are an Irish family band consisting of siblings Andrea (lead vocals, tin whistle, mandolin, ukulele), Sharon (violin, keyboards, vocals), Caroline (drums, percussion, piano, bodhrán, vocals) and Jim (guitar, piano, keyboards, v ...
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The Cranberries The Cranberries were an Irish rock music, rock band formed in Limerick in 1989. The band was composed of lead singer and guitarist Dolores O'Riordan, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan (Noel's brother), and drummer Fergal Lawler. O'Riord ...
* De Danann *
Dervish Dervish, Darvesh, or Darwīsh (from ) in Islam can refer broadly to members of a Sufi fraternity (''tariqah''), or more narrowly to a religious mendicant, who chose or accepted material poverty. The latter usage is found particularly in Persi ...
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Cara Dillon Cara Elizabeth Dillon (born 21 July 1975, in Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish folk singer. In 1995, she joined the folk supergroup Equation and signed a record deal with Warners Music Group. After leaving t ...
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Johnny Doran Johnny Doran (1908 – 19 January 1950)Sleeve notes compiled by Jackie Small and published with ''The Bunch of Keys'' audio tape, Comhairle Bhéaloideas Éireann (CBÉ 001), 1988 was an Irish uilleann piper. Life and family Johnny Doran was b ...
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The Dubliners The Dubliners () were an Folk music of Ireland, Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962 as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group, named after its founding member; they subsequently renamed themselves The Dubliners. The line-up saw many changes in pers ...
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Séamus Egan Seamus Egan is an Irish-American musician. Early days Seamus Egan was born in Hatboro, Pennsylvania to Irish immigrants Mike and Ann Egan. At the age of three his parents moved the family back home to County Mayo, Ireland. He learned accordio ...
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Energy Orchard Energy Orchard were a guitar-based rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s, from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Fronted by Bap Kennedy (brother of singer-songwriter Brian Kennedy), their style drew heavily on the influence of Van Morrison and oth ...
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Seamus Ennis Seamus may refer to: * Séamus, a Gaelic male given name Film and television * Seamus (''Family Guy''), a character on the television series ''Family Guy'' * Seamus, a pigeon in '' Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore'' * Seamus McFly, a f ...
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Brian Finnegan Brian Finnegan (born 20 August 1969) is an Irish flute and tin whistle player from Armagh. Finnegan began playing whistle at age 8 and flute at age 10 as a student of the Armagh Pipers Club under the tuition of the Vallely family. He first cam ...
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Orla Gartland Orla Joan Gartland (born 3 February 1995) is an Irish singer, songwriter and musician. Gartland released her debut studio album, '' Woman on the Internet'', in 2021, which reached number 3 on the Irish album chart, number 1 on the UK Indie Char ...
* Frankie Gavin *
Goats Don't Shave Goats Don't Shave are an Irish folk rock band formed in 1990. Formed in Dungloe, County Donegal, the group was fronted by singer-songwriter Pat Gallagher and backed by musicians, Charlie Logue (keyboards), Declan Quinn (whistle), Gerry Coyle ...
* Len Graham *
Lisa Hannigan Lisa Margaret Hannigan (born 12 February 1981) is an Irish musician, singer, composer, and voice actress. She began her musical career as a member of Damien Rice's band. Since beginning her solo career in 2007 she has released three albums: '' S ...
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Frank Harte Frank Harte (14 May 1933 – 27 June 2005) was a traditional Irish singer, song collector, architect and lecturer. He was born in Chapelizod, County Dublin, and raised in Dublin. His father, Peter Harte, who had moved from a farming backgrou ...
* Martin Hayes * Andy Irvine *
The Johnstons The Johnstons were an Irish close-harmony folk band, founded in Slane, County Meath, Ireland, consisting of siblings Adrienne, Luci and Michael Johnston. Career The Johnstons began performing in the early 1960s in Slane. They signed to Pye Re ...
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Dolores Keane Dolores Keane (born 26 September 1953) is an Irish folk singer. She was a founding member of the group De Dannan following which she pursued a solo recording and touring career. Background Keane was born in a small village called Sylane (near ...
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Frankie Kennedy Frankie Kennedy (30 September 1955 – 19 September 1994) was a flute and tin whistle player born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was also the co-founder of the band Altan, formed with his wife Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh. The popular '' Frankie ...
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Sinéad Lohan Sinéad Lohan (born 1971) is an Irish singer and songwriter. A native of Cork, her song "Sailing By" appeared on the compilation '' A Woman's Heart 2''. Music career In 1991 Lohan began playing regular gigs at The Lobby, a music venue in Cor ...
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Lúnasa Lughnasadh, Lughnasa or Lúnasa ( , ) is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of the harvest season. Historically, it was widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. Traditionally, it is held on 1 August, or about hal ...
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Dónal Lunny Dónal Lunny (born 10 March 1947) is an Irish folk musician and producer. He plays guitar and bouzouki, as well as keyboards and bodhrán. As a founding member of popular bands Planxty, The Bothy Band, Moving Hearts, Coolfin, Mozaik, LAPD ...
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Tommy Makem Thomas Makem (4 November 1932 – 1 August 2007) was an Irish folk music, folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller. He was best known as a member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. He played the long-necked 5-string banjo, tin whistle, l ...
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Michael McGoldrick Michael McGoldrick (born 26 November 1971, in Manchester, England) is a folk musician who plays Irish flute, uilleann pipes, low whistle and bodhran. He also plays other instruments such as acoustic guitar, cittern, and mandolin. Bands McG ...
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Matt Molloy Matt Molloy (born 12 January 1947) is an Irish musician, from a region known for producing talented flautists. As a child, he began playing the flute and won the All-Ireland Flute Championship at nineteen. Considered one of the most brilliant ...
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Christy Moore Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore (born 7 May 1945) is an Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was one of the founding members of the bands Planxty and Moving Hearts and has had significant success as a solo artist. His first albu ...
* James Morrison *
Van Morrison Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison (born 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician whose recording career started in the 1960s. Morrison's albums have performed well in the UK and Ireland, with more than 40 reaching the UK ...
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Johnny Moynihan John Moynihan (born 29 October 1946, Phibsboro) is an Irish folk singer, based in Dublin. He is often credited with introducing the bouzouki into Irish music in the mid-1960s. Music career Sweeney's Men Known as "The Bard of Dalymount", he ...
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Máire Ní Chathasaigh Máire Ní Chathasaigh (; born 1956) is an Irish harpist, composer and singer. Biography She was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, in a musical family. She learned to playthe harp when she was eleven. She created new harp ornamentation te ...
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Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (born 1978) is a musician and singer from County Kerry, Ireland. Until 2016, she was the lead singer for the traditional music group Danú, and from that year on she has been half of the electronica duo Aeons. Biography ...
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Maura O'Connell Maura O'Connell (born 16 September 1958) is an Irish singer. She is known for her contemporary interpretations of Irish folk songs, strongly influenced by American country music. Background O'Connell was born in Ennis, the main town in Count ...
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Liam O'Flynn Liam O'Flynn, Óg Flynn (, 15 September 1945 – 14 March 2018) was an Irish people, Irish Uilleann pipes, uilleann piper and Folk music of Ireland, Irish traditional musician. In addition to a solo career and as a member of Planxty, O'Flynn re ...
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Sally Oldfield Sally Patricia Oldfield (born 3 August 1947) is an English singer-songwriter. She is the sister of composers Mike and Terry Oldfield. Early life Born in Dublin, Ireland, Oldfield was raised in the Roman Catholic faith of her mother, Maureen ...
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Patrick Street Patrick Street is an Irish folk group founded by Kevin Burke (formerly of The Bothy Band) on fiddle, Andy Irvine ( Sweeney's Men, Planxty) on mandolin, bouzouki, harmonica and vocals, Jackie Daly (De Dannan) on button accordion, and Arty Mc ...
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Planxty Planxty were an Irish folk music band formed in January 1972, consisting initially of Christy Moore (vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhrán), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, gu ...
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The Pogues The Pogues are an English Celtic punk band founded in King's Cross, London, in 1982, by Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy and Jem Finer. Originally named Pogue Mahone—an anglicisation of the Irish language, Irish phrase :wikt:póg mo thóin, ''p ...
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Fionn Regan Fionn Regan (born 1981) is an Irish folk musician and singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Bray, Regan came to prominence with the release of his debut studio album, '' The End of History'' in 2006. He had been releasing extended plays for si ...
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Damien Rice Damien George Rice (born 7 December 1973) is an Irish musician, singer and songwriter. He began his career as a member of the 1990s rock group Juniper (band), Juniper, who were signed to Polygram Records in 1997. The band enjoyed moderate succe ...
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Micho Russell Micho Russell (25 March 1915 – 19 February 1994) was an Irish musician and author best known for his expert tin whistle performance. He also played the simple-system flute and was a collector of traditional music and folklore. Biography Ru ...
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Sharon Shannon Sharon Shannon (born 8 June 1968) is an Irish musician, best known for her work with the button accordion and for her fiddle technique. She also plays the tin whistle and Diatonic button accordion, melodeon. Her 1991 debut album, ''Sharon Shann ...
*Davy Spillane *Paddy Tunney *The Waterboys *Andy White (drummer), Andy White *The Wolfe Tones


Israel

*Chava Alberstein *David Broza *Bradley Fish *Mark Eliyahu *Aviva Semadar


Italy

*Salvatore Adamo, Adamo *Carlo Buti *Francesco Guccini * Fabrizio De André


Japan

*Rinken Band


Mexico

*Joan Sebastian


Netherlands

*Omnia (band), Omnia


New Zealand

*Avalanche City *Martin Curtis *Flight of the Conchords *Luke Hurley *Bic Runga *Mahinarangi Tocker *Topp Twins *Marcus Turner


Nigeria

*Brymo


Norway

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*Myllarguten *Annbjørg Lien *Chateau Neuf Spelemannslag


Peru

*Wayno


Philippines

*Freddie Aguilar


Romania

*Veta Biriș


Russian Federation

*Nadezhda Babkina *Jeanne Bichevskaya *Marina Devyatova *Nadezhda Kadysheva *Sasha Lazard *Maria Mordasova *Pelageya *Ivan Rebroff *Lidiya Ruslanova *Terem Quartet *Varvara (singer), Varvara *Olga Voronets *Yuta (Russian singer), Yuta (singer) *Zolotoe Koltso *Lyudmila Zykina


Slovenia

*Slavko Avsenik *Atomik Harmonik


South Africa

*Ladysmith Black Mambazo *Mahotella Queens *Miriam Makeba *David Kramer (singer), David Kramer


Spain

*La Musgaña *Llan de cubel, Llan de Cubel *Hevia *Luar Na Lubre *Jorge Pardo (musician), Jorge Pardo *Carlos Núñez Muñoz, Carlos Núñez *Radio Tarifa *Narciso Yepes


Sweden

*First Aid Kit (band), First aid kit *Francis (band), Francis *Frifot *Garmarna *Per Gudmundson *Emma Härdelin *Hedningarna *Pehr Hörberg *Åsa Jinder *Sofia Karlsson (singer), Sofia Karlsson *Hållbus Totte Mattson *Ale Möller *Anders Norudde *Swåp *The Tallest Man On Earth *Roger Tallroth (singer), Roger Tallroth *Triakel *Väsen *Lena Willemark


Tibet

*Yungchen Lhamo


Turkey

*Altın Gün *
Aşık Veysel Aşık is Turkish for Ashik, a traditional musician and troubadour Aşık is a Turkish name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Aşık Çelebi (1520–1572), Ottoman biographer, poet, and translator * Âşık İbretî (1920–1976 ...
*Güler Duman *Muhlis Akarsu *Belkis Akkale *Selda Bağcan *Ali Ekber Cicek *Nesimi Çimen *Musa Eroğlu *Sabahat Akkiraz *Lalezar Ensemble *Musa Eroğlu *
Neşet Ertaş Neşet Ertaş (1938 – 25 September 2012) was a Turkish folk music singer, lyricist, modern ashik and virtuoso of the traditional Turkish instrument the bağlama. His profession in Turkish is known as ''halk ozanı'', which literally means ...
*Hasret Gültekin *
Udi Hrant Udi Hrant Kenkulian (; ; 1901 – August 29, 1978), often referred to as Udi Hrant (lit. "oud-player Hrant") or as Hrant Emre ("Hrant of the soul") was an oud player of Turkish classical music, and a key transitional figure in its transformation i ...
*Ahmet Kaya *Erkan Oğur *Arif Sağ *Baba Zula


Tuva

*Huun-Huur-Tu *Kongar-ol Ondar


Ukraine

*Taisia Povaliy


United Kingdom


England


A–M

*Mike Absalom *Harvey Andrews *Joan Armatrading *Frankie Armstrong *Badly Drawn Boy *Roy Bailey (folk singer), Roy Bailey *James Bay (singer), James Bay *Peter Bellamy *Birdy (musician), Birdy *Blowzabella *Spiers and Boden, Jon Boden *Bombay Bicycle Club *Billy Bragg *Anne Briggs *Jake Bugg *Vashti Bunyan *Eliza Carthy *Martin Carthy *Jim Causley *Dolly Collins *Shirley Collins *Coope Boyes and Simpson *Pete Cooper (musician), Pete Cooper *Copper family *Harry Cox *Andy Cutting *Sandy Denny * Dodie *Lonnie Donegan *Nick Drake *Barry Dransfield *Nigel Eaton *Edward II (band), Edward II *Emmy the Great *George Ezra *Fairport Convention *Newton Faulkner *Flook (band), Flook *Chris Foster (folk singer), Chris Foster *Jo Freya *Vin Garbutt *Goblin Band *Davey Graham *David Gray (British musician), David Gray *Clive Gregson *John Wesley Harding (singer), John Wesley Harding *Bella Hardy *Roy Harper (singer), Roy Harper *Boo Hewerdine *Robyn Hitchcock *Ben Howard *Ashley Hutchings *Bert Jansch *Nic Jones *Wizz Jones *Fred Jordan (singer), Fred Jordan *Sandra Kerr *William Kimber *John Kirkpatrick (folk musician), John Kirkpatrick *Chris Leslie (musician), Chris Leslie *A. L. Lloyd, Bert Lloyd *Kirsty MacColl *Laura Marling *John Martyn (singer), John Martyn *Iain Matthews *Kirsty McGee *Ralph McTell *Pete Morton *Mumford and Sons


N–Z

*Simon Nicol *Old Swan Band *Beth Orton *Oysterband *Roo Panes *Passenger (singer), Passenger *Brian Peters (folk singer), Brian Peters *Maddy Prior *John Renbourn *Lucy Rose *Saul Rose *Kate Rusby *Martin Simpson *Slow Club *Spiers and Boden, John Spiers *The Staves *Steeleye Span *Cat Stevens *Stornoway (band), Stornoway *The Story (British band), The Story *Joe Summers *Dave Swarbrick *Sam Sweeney *June Tabor *John Tams *Jeremy Taylor (singer), Jeremy Taylor *TESS (musician), TESS *Scan Tester *Jake Thackray *Richard Thompson (musician), Richard Thompson *Teddy Thompson *Frank Turner *Karen Tweed *Uiscedwr *Ward Thomas (band), Ward Thomas *Lal Waterson *Norma Waterson *The Watersons *Lewis Watson (musician), Lewis Watson *Whippersnapper (band), Whippersnapper *Roger Wilson (folk musician), Roger Wilson *Chris Wood (folk musician), Chris Wood *The Young Tradition


Cornwall

*Dalla *Fisherman's Friends *Brenda Wootton


Northumbria

*Jack Armstrong (piper), Jack Armstrong *John Armstrong (of Carrick) *Thomas “Tommy” Armstrong, Tommy Armstrong *Will Atkinson (musician), Will Atkinson *Tom Clough *Johnny Handle *George Hepple *Joe Hutton (piper), Joe Hutton *Jack the Lad *James Hill (folk musician), James Hill *Nancy Kerr *Billy Pigg *Jock Purdon *Colin Ross (folk musician), Colin Ross *Kathryn Tickell *Robert Whinham (fiddler), Robert Whinham *The Witches of Elswick *Jez Lowe


Isle of Man

*Christine Collister *Ruth Keggin


Northern Ireland


Scotland

*Aidan O'Rourke (musician), Aidan O'Rourke *Alistair Hulett *Alasdair Roberts (musician), Alasdair Roberts *Aly Bain *Amy MacDonald (singer), Amy MacDonald *Archie Fisher *Battlefield Band *Bert Jansch *Billy Connolly *Capercaillie (band), Capercaillie *Catriona MacDonald *Dick Gaughan *Duncan Chisholm *Donovan *
Eric Bogle Eric Bogle (born 23 September 1944) is an Australian folk music, folk singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Scotland, he emigrated to Australia at the age of 25 to settle near Adelaide, South Australia. Bogle's songs have covered a variety of to ...
*Ewan MacColl *Gordon Duncan (piper), Gordon Duncan *Ian Campbell Folk Group *Ivan Drever *James Mackintosh *John McCusker *Johnny Cunningham *Julie Fowlis *Karine Polwart *Kris Drever *Lau (band), Lau *Linda Thompson (singer), Linda Thompson *Martyn Bennett *Matt McGinn (Scottish songwriter), Matt McGinn *Phil Cunningham (folk musician), Phil Cunningham *Rachel Hair *Shooglenifty *Sìleas *Silly Wizard *Simon Thoumire *Skipinnish *The Corries *The House Band *The Incredible String Band *The McCalmans *The Tannahill Weavers *Tom Anderson (fiddler), Tom Anderson *Wolfstone


Wales

*Fernhill (band), Fernhill *Jack Harris (singer-songwriter), Jack Harris *Mary Hopkin *Siân James (musician), Sian James *Ceri Rhys Matthews *Julie Murphy (singer), Julie Murphy * Siobhan Owen *Sian Phillips (folk musician), Siân Phillips *Phil Tanner


United States


Appalachian

*Clarence Ashley *Joe Bethancourt *Dock Boggs *Fleming Brown *Dick Burnett (musician), Dick Burnett *Guy Carawan *Sara Carter *Stoney Cooper *Hazel Dickens *Roscoe Holcomb *Tommy Jarrell *Kossoy Sisters *Wilma Lee *Bascom Lamar Lunsford *New Lost City Ramblers *Uncle Charlie Osborne *Jean Ritchie *Sam Rizzetta *Loraine Wyman *Doc Watson *Uncle Dave Macon *Charlie Poole *Possessed by Paul James *Rising Appalachia


Cajun and zydeco

*Fernest Arceneaux *Amédé Ardoin *Chris Ardoin *Dewey Balfa *BeauSoleil *Bobby Charles *Boozoo Chavis *C. J. Chenier *Clifton Chenier *Geno Delafose *John Delafose *Keith Frank *Queen Ida *Beau Jocque *Rosie Ledet *D. L. Menard *Jimmy C. Newman *Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys *Rockin' Dopsie *Rockin' Sidney *Amanda Shaw *Terrance Simien *Jo-El Sonnier *Nathan Williams (Zydeco), Nathan Williams *Buckwheat Zydeco *Zydeco Force


General


0–9

*10,000 Maniacs


A–C

*The Accidentals *Derroll Adams *A Fragile Tomorrow *The Almanac Singers *Eric Andersen *Jamie Anderson (musician), Jamie Anderson *Joan Baez *Devendra Banhart *Robin Batteau *Dan Bern *Leon Bibb (musician), Leon Bibb *Theodore Bikel *Billy Pilgrim (group), Billy Pilgrim *David Blue (musician), David Blue *Hugh Blumenfeld *Dock Boggs *Gordon Bok *Ralston Bowles *Bryan Bowers *
Oscar Brand Oscar Brand (February 7, 1920 – September 30, 2016) was a Canadian-born American folk singer-songwriter, radio host, and author. In his career, spanning 70 years, he composed at least 300 songs and released nearly 100 albums, among them Can ...
*Brewer & Shipley *Chuck Brodsky *David Bromberg *Jonatha Brooke *The Brothers Four *Greg Brown (folk musician), Greg Brown *Jeff Buckley *Tim Buckley *David Buskin * The Byrds *Rolf Cahn *Andrew Calhoun *Hamilton Camp *Guy Carawan *Mary Chapin Carpenter *Liz Carroll *Dave Carter *Chad Mitchell Trio *Len Chandler *Harry Chapin *Tracy Chapman *The Chenille Sisters *Cherish the Ladies *Vic Chesnutt *Frank Christian (singer-songwriter), Frank Christian *Meg Christian *The Civil Wars *Paul Clayton (folksinger), Paul Clayton *Slaid Cleaves *Shana Cleveland *Judy Collins *Lui Collins *Shawn Colvin *Annette Conlon *Matt Costa *Elizabeth Cotten * Counting Crows *Jim Croce *Mike Cross (musician), Mike Cross *Sis Cunningham *Catie Curtis


D–F

*Barbara Dane *Erik Darling * The Decemberists *Grey DeLisle *Kris Delmhorst *Iris DeMent *John Denver *Ani DiFranco *Alice Di Micele *disappear fear *Alix Dobkin *DW (Dave) Drouillard *Antje Duvekot *Richard Dyer-Bennet *Bob Dylan *Eddie from Ohio *Seamus Egan *Cass Elliot *Ramblin' Jack Elliott *Mark Erelli *John Fahey (musician), John Fahey *Mimi Fariña *Richard Fariña *Anne Feeney *Melissa Ferrick *Cathy Fink *Fleet Foxes *Steve Forbert *Mark Fosson *Jeffrey Foucault *Four Bitchin' Babes *Bob Franke *Donavon Frankenreiter *Debbie Friedman


G–J

*Gaia Consort *Garfunkel and Oates *Mary Gauthier *Bob Gibson (musician), Bob Gibson *Ronnie Gilbert *Vance Gilbert *Eliza Gilkyson *Terry Gilkyson *Steve Gillette *Tif Ginn *Girlyman *Joe Glazer *Steve Goodman *John Gorka * Mark Gormley *Tracy Grammer *Greenbriar Boys *Patty Griffin *Nanci Griffith *Arlo Guthrie *Nora Guthrie *Sarah Lee Guthrie *Woody Guthrie *Kristen Hall *Frank Hamilton (musician), Frank Hamilton *Kristy Hanson *Jack Hardy (singer-songwriter), Jack Hardy *Kelly Harrell *Jesse Harris *Richie Havens *Bess Lomax Hawes *Lee Hays *John Herald *Priscilla Herdman *Carolyn Hester *Sara Hickman *The Highwaymen (folk band), The Highwaymen *Anne Hills *David Holt (musician), David Holt *Holy Modal Rounders *Rita Hosking *Cisco Houston *Michael Hurley (musician), Michael Hurley *Janis Ian *Indigo Girls *Iron & Wine *Bon Iver *Eileen Ivers *Burl Ives *Ella Jenkins *Jim and Jean *Jewel Kilcher *Mason Jennings *Orville Johnson * Daniel Johnston *Freedy Johnston *Billy Jonas *Diana Jones (singer-songwriter), Diana Jones *Dick Justice (singer), Dick Justice


K–M

*Si Kahn *Noah Kahan *Shira Kammen *Christine Kane *Lucy Kaplansky *Buell Kazee *The Kennedys (band), The Kennedys *Barbara Kessler *Jennifer Kimball *Charlie King (folksinger), Charlie King *The Kingston Trio *The Klezmatics *Bonnie Koloc *Leo Kottke *Peter La Farge *Jimmy LaFave *Bruce Langhorne *Patty Larkin *Lavender Diamond *Christine Lavin *Lead Belly *Katie Lee (singer), Katie Lee *Julius Lester *Jeffrey Lewis *Lily and Maria *The Limeliters *Alan Lomax *Laura Love (musician), Laura Love *Lullaby for the Working Class * The Lumineers *The Mammals *Cindy Mangsen *Woody Mann *Roger Manning *Marcy Marxer *Molly Mason *Willy Mason *David Massengill *Ed McCurdy *John McCutcheon *Country Joe McDonald *Brownie McGhee *Lori McKenna *Will McLean *Melanie (singer), Melanie *Ingrid Michaelson *The Microphones *Bill Miller (musician), Bill Miller *Roger Miller *Anaïs Mitchell *Modern Folk Quartet *Alastair Moock *Bill Morrissey *Mount Eerie *Jason Mraz *Geoff Muldaur *Maria Muldaur *Peter Mulvey


N–R

*Holly Near *Fred Neil *Ayla Nereo *Neutral Milk Hotel *The New Christy Minstrels *Carrie Newcomer *Joanna Newsom *Nickel Creek *The Nields *Willie Nile *John Jacob Niles *Conor Oberst *Phil Ochs *Mark O'Connor *Odetta *Jerry O'Sullivan (musician), Jerry O'Sullivan *Jim Page (singer), Jim Page *Patrick Park *Tom Paxton *Ellis Paul *Alice Peacock *Elvis Perkins *Peter, Paul & Mary *Gretchen Peters * Phillip Phillips *Utah Phillips *Phranc *Wally Pleasant *Rose Polenzani *John Prine *Chris Pureka * R.E.M. *Joshua Radin *Ratsy *Toshi Reagon *Rebecca Riots (band), Rebecca Riots *Red Molly *Del Rey (musician), Del Rey *Malvina Reynolds *Jean Ritchie *Josh Ritter *Earl Robinson *The Roches *Libby Roderick *The Rooftop Singers *Jack Rose (guitarist), Jack Rose *Josh Rouse *Tom Rush


S–T

*The Sandpipers *Claudia Schmidt (musician), Claudia Schmidt *Eric Schwartz (songwriter), Eric Schwartz *Mike Seeger *Peggy Seeger *Pete Seeger *The Serendipity Singers *Martin Sexton *Linda Shear *The Shells (band), The Shells *Richard Shindell *Michelle Shocked *Paul Siebel *Judee Sill *Simon & Garfunkel *Patrick Sky *Langhorne Slim *Fred Small (singer-songwriter), Fred Small *Chloe Smith (musician), Chloe Smith *Elliott Smith *Michael Peter Smith *Mindy Smith *Stephan Smith *Chris Smither *Solas (group), Solas *Faith Soloway *Leah Song *Rosalie Sorrels *Mark Spoelstra *Bill Staines *James Lee Stanley *Starling Arrow *Jody Stecher *Sufjan Stevens *The Story (American band), The Story *Sweet Honey in the Rock *Taylor Swift *The Tarriers *James Taylor *Livingston Taylor *Luke Temple *Rosie Thomas (singer-songwriter), Rosie Thomas *Trapezoid (band), Trapezoid *Artie Traum *Happy Traum *Two Nice Girls


U–Z

*Uncle Bonsai *Jay Ungar *Dave Van Ronk *Townes Van Zandt *Suzanne Vega *Voices on the Verge *Eric Von Schmidt *
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*Tom Waits *M. Ward *Washington Squares *Linda Waterfall *Doc Watson *Willie Watson (musician), Willie Watson *The Weavers *The Weepies *Gillian Welch *Susan Werner *Hedy West *Floyd Red Crow Westerman *Cheryl Wheeler *Erica Wheeler (singer-songwriter), Erica Wheeler *Whiskeytown *Josh White *William Elliott Whitmore *David Wilcox (American musician), David Wilcox *Dar Williams *Lucinda Williams *Victoria Williams *Cris Williamson *Wishing Chair *Denison Witmer *Kate Wolf *Hally Wood *Martin Zellar


Uzbekistan

*Turgun Alimatov


See also

* Traditional singer *Lists of musicians


References

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