Genre: Folk
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
A warm, baritone vocal tone and poetic lyricism are combined with a unique guitar style that blends soft jazz and folk sensibilities and an intimate stage persona by singer/songwriter David Wilcox. Often compared to James Taylor and John Martyn, Wilcox has built a solid fan base for his well-crafted folk-pop tunes.
Cleveland-born...
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Genre: Folk
Decades Active: 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s
The political insight and human compassion that inspired Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Fred Small to seek a law degree continues to be expressed in his folk-rooted songs. Over the past two decades, Small has musically addressed everything from homosexuality in the military and the unnecessary difficulties of the disabled to radioactive frogs... [+] Read More
Genre: Folk
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Geoff Bartley's first album, Blues Beneath the Surface, has been re-released with five extra cuts by Mill City Music in Minneapolis. After a long hiatus, he resurfaced in 1998 with One Kind Word; Hear That Wind Howl followed a year later. ~ Richard Meyer, All Music Guide
Genre: Folk
Decades Active: 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s
One of the most prolific and respected children's artists, John McCutcheon has consistently produced quality children's albums (and folk albums) since the early '70s.
McCutcheon is first and foremost an instrumentalist. Like thousands of others in the '60s, McCutcheon, a Wisconsin native, taught himself how to play a mail-order...
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Genre: Folk
Decades Active: 70s, 80s, 90s
The traditional balladry of American and British folk music is resurrected through the performances of deep-voiced folk singer Scott Alarik. Accompanying himself with finger-picked guitar melodies, Alarik successfully captures the storytelling aspects of his tunes. While his between-song banter provides comical interlude, his mastery of the... [+] Read More
Genre: Folk
Decades Active: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s
Tom Paxton proved to be one of the most durable of the singer/songwriters to emerge from the Greenwich Village folk revival scene of the early '60s. In some ways, he had more in common with the late-'50s generation of folksingers such as Dave Van Ronk (who was 16 months his senior) and even older performers than with the new crop of... [+] Read More