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Folk Roots: Troubadours Rise Again
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By Sean Nelson Special to MSN Music As with fashion, so with pop music: Styles and sounds that...
ICONS AND PATRON SAINTS Bob Dylan Few living legends can be said to be more influential than the man...
Woody Guthrie Before Dylan came the essential folkie archetype: a born drifter from the dust bowl,...
Pete Seeger A disciple of Woody Guthrie who became his heir, keeping the good word of authentic folk...
Nick Drake Pastoral English folk never had a lonelier sound than the haunted voice and nimble...
Elliott Smith Never a folk purist, Smith arose from the NW punk underground, where the fragile hush...
ACTIVE LEGENDS AND GOING CONCERNS Richard Thompson This founding member of seminal English folk...
Gillian Welch An eerie sense of timelessness pervades the music of Welch and her musical partner...
Ry Cooder Best known as a blues guitar giant and session man's session man, Cooder is also a...
Leonard Cohen At the tender age of 77, Cohen is touring and recording with renewed vigor 45 years...
Wilco Between a coltish beginning as modified country rockers and their current incarnation as the...
Billy Bragg A quintessentially British folk standard-bearer who arose from punk's ashes in Margaret...
Vashti Bunyan In 1970, this stunning folk singer disappeared to Ireland when her LP, "Just Another...
NEW TRADITIONALISTS The Decemberists One of the unlikelier success stories in contemporary rock...
Fleet Foxes (see also: Father John Misty) Probably the most conspicuous poster boys for the current...
The Avett Brothers Led by brothers Scott and Seth Avett, this North Carolina outfit isn't strictly...
Devendra Banhart The leading (and most photogenic) exponent of the "freak folk" scene, Banhart's...
Bon Iver Having gained fame and Grammys for his spare, desolate songs about romantic agony, recorded...
Joanna Newsom Probably the weirdest-sounding and best-loved artist on this list, Newsom's main...
Dawes At first listen, you wouldn't expect this band of loose-limbed folk rockers to be from L.A....
The Civil Wars Formed in Nashville by songwriters John Paul White and Joy Williams, the Civil Wars...
The Head and the Heart A Seattle band who formed at a popular Irish pub open mic and found early...
Punch Brothers In terms of pure skill, it's hard to imagine a more accomplished or ambitious act....
Sara Watkins Another former Nickel Creek member, Sara Watkins has plowed a slightly more...
The Lumineers Currently to be found at or near the top of the charts with their rousing, radio- (and...
Sufjan Stevens Almost certainly the most visible standard-bearer of two of the biggest developments...
Mumford & Sons Of all the artists currently associated with the deluge of folk and folk-rock...
Laura Marling At home in Britain, Marling is rightfully recognized as a major talent and a big star,...
The Swell Season Best known as the duo who appeared in "Once," Glen Hansard and Markéta...
Of Monsters & Men You can be forgiven for not realizing there was a vital folk music scene...
The Tallest Man on Earth How interesting that the two best-loved exports of Scandinavian music (ABBA...
Kings of Convenience If there is a gentler sound in this world than the vocal and guitar interplay...
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