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This is a list of musicians who have both significant folk and rock elements in their music, even if they are not considered primarily folk rock artists.

## Singer-songwriters

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* Chava Alberstein
* Eric Andersen
* Ian Anderson
* Joan Armatrading
* Asaf Avidan
* Joan Baez[1]
* Đorđe Balašević
* Devendra Banhart
* James Bay
* Beck
* Ryan Bingham
* Andrew Bird
* David Blue
* Tim Buckley
* Bon Iver
* Jonatha Brooke
* Jackson Browne
* Jeff Buckley
* Jake Bugg
* Cletis Carr
* Peter Case
* Cat Power
* Harry Chapin
* Tracy Chapman
* Vic Chesnutt
* City and Colour
* Gene Clark
* Bruce Cockburn
* Leonard Cohen
* David Crosby
* Keaton Henson
* Judy Collins
* Matt Costa
* Jonathan Coulton
* Jim Croce
* John Denver
* Kevin Devine
* Lee DeWyze
* Ani DiFranco
* Donovan
* Alan Doyle
* Nick Drake
* Marshall Drew
* Bob Dylan[2]
* Jonathan Edwards
* Cass Elliot
* E
* Marianne Faithfull
* Brian Fallon
* Leslie Feist
* William Fitzsimmons
* Dan Fogelberg
* Steve Forbert
* Art Garfunkel
* Aaron Gillespie
* Steve Goodman
* Mark Gormley
* Nanci Griffith
* Arlo Guthrie[3]
* Dae-Soo Hahn
* Glen Hansard
* Tim Hardin
* Françoise Hardy
* PJ Harvey
* Jake Holmes
* Ben Howard
* Iron & Wine
* Gerard Jaffrès
* Joshua James
* Bert Jansch
* Jewel
* Amy Jo Johnson
* Jack Johnson
* Wizz Jones
* Jorma Kaukonen
* Paul Kelly
* Carole King
* David Knopfler
* Mark Knopfler
* Ray LaMontagne
* Ronnie Lane
* Gordon Lightfoot
* Philip Lindholm
* Shane MacGowan
* Bill Madden
* Laura Marling
* John Martyn
* Dave Matthews
* Mark McCafferty
* Country Joe McDonald
* Shelagh McDonald
* Don McLean
* James McMurtry
* Ralph McTell
* Joni Mitchell
* Van Morrison
* Alexi Murdoch
* Graham Nash
* Fred Neil
* Joanna Newsom
* Nico
* Conor Oberst
* Phil Ochs
* Tom Paxton
* Ben Parcell
* Patrick Park
* Phillip Phillips
* Shawn Phillips
* John Prine
* Gerry Rafferty
* Chuck Ragan
* Bonnie Raitt
* Mary Ramsey
* Willis Alan Ramsey
* Damien Rice
* Josh Ritter
* Mike Rosenberg
* Ryan Ross
* Emma Ruth Rundle
* Tom Rush
* Andrew Scott
* John Sebastian
* Paul Siebel
* Judee Sill
* Paul Simon[4]
* Langhorne Slim
* P. F. Sloan
* Todd Snider
* Bruce Springsteen
* Cat Stevens
* Sufjan Stevens
* Laura Stevenson
* Al Stewart
* John Stewart
* Alan Stivell
* Stephen Stills
* The Tallest Man On Earth
* James Taylor
* Lynda Thomas
* Richard Thompson
* Teddy Thompson
* Josh Tillman
* Eddie Vedder
* Suzanne Vega
* M. Ward
* Gillian Welch
* Emily Jane White
* Chelsea Wolfe
* Roddy Woomble
* Neil Young
* Warren Zevon
* Jack Savoretti
* Jaimin Rajani

## 1960s North American folk rock vocal groups

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* The Band
* The Beach Boys[5]
* The Beau Brummels
* Bermuda Triangle Band
* The Blue Things
* Buffalo Springfield
* Bunky and Jake
* The Byrds[6]
* Country Joe and the Fish
* Creedence Clearwater Revival[7]
* Crosby, Stills & Nash
* Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
* Don McLean
* The Grass Roots
* Ian and Sylvia
* Love
* The Lovin' Spoonful[6]
* The Mamas & the Papas[4]
* Mason Proffit
* The Rose Garden
* Peter, Paul & Mary[1]
* Simon & Garfunkel[4]
* Stone Poneys
* The Turtles
* We Five
* The Youngbloods

## British folk rock

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Main article: British folk rock

* The Albion Band
* Comus
* Sandy Denny
* Fairport Convention
* Fotheringay
* Gryphon
* Roy Harper
* Hedgehog Pie
* Jack the Lad
* Jethro Tull
* Matthews Southern Comfort
* Jim Moray
* Oysterband
* Pentangle
* Radical Face
* Steeleye Span
* Richard Thompson
* Treetop Flyers

## Celtic rock

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Main article: Celtic rock

* Barleyjuice
* Alan Stivell
* Belfast Food
* Big Country
* Blackthorn
* Blaggards
* The Bluehorses
* Brother (Australian band)
* Carbon Leaf
* Celtas Cortos
* Christy Moore
* The Cranberries
* Coast
* The Corrs
* The Corries
* Dalriada
* Dan Ar Braz
* Sue Draheim
* The Dreaming
* Dropkick Murphys
* The Duhks
* The Elders
* Eluveitie
* Enter the Haggis
* Five Hand Reel
* Gaelic Storm
* Glengarry Bhoys
* Great Big Sea
* Horslips
* Irish Stew of Sindidun
* Ithilien
* Gerard Jaffrès
* JSD Band
* The Killdares
* Lindisfarne
* Luka Bloom
* Ashley MacIsaac
* The Men They Couldn't Hang
* Moving Hearts
* Neck
* Orthodox Celts
* The Paperboys
* Peat and Diesel
* The Proclaimers
* The Prodigals
* Prydein
* Red Cardell
* Roze Poze
* Runrig
* Saw Doctors
* Scythian
* Seven Nations
* Spirit of the West
* The Tannahill Weavers
* Tempest
* Tir na n'Og
* Tri Yann
* The View
* The Waterboys
* Wolfstone

## Folk punk

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Main article: Folk punk

* Against Me!
* Andrew Jackson Jihad
* Attila the Stockbroker
* Paul Baribeau
* Blackbird Raum
* Billy Bragg
* Captain Chaos
* Cordelia's Dad
* Kimya Dawson
* Days N' Daze
* The Dreadnoughts
* Filthy Thieving Bastards
* Patrik Fitzgerald
* The Front Bottoms
* Galloping Coroners
* Galloping Wonder Stag
* Gaslight Anthem
* Gogol Bordello
* Jeffrey Lewis
* Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains
* The Levellers
* The Menzingers
* Mischief Brew
* Mutiny
* The Newcranes
* New Model Army
* Erik Petersen
* The Psalters
* Ramshackle Glory
* Mike Scott
* Sforzando
* Swamp Zombies
* Frank Turner
* This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb
* Violent Femmes
* Wingnut Dishwashers Union
* X-tal

### Celtic punk

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Main article: Celtic punk

* Black 47
* Boiled in Lead
* The Briggs
* Dropkick Murphys
* Fiddler's Green
* Filthy Thieving Bastards
* Flatfoot 56
* Flogging Molly
* The Go Set
* Greenland Whalefishers
* Irish Stew of Sindidun
* Jackdaw
* The Mahones
* Mill a h-Uile Rud
* Mr. Irish Bastard
* Neck
* Paddy and the Rats
* Pipes and Pints
* The Pogues
* The Prodigals
* Les Ramoneurs de menhirs
* The Real McKenzies
* Roaring Jack
* The Rumjacks
* Shane MacGowan and the Popes
* Sir Reg
* SMZB
* Street Dogs
* Swingin' Utters
* The Tossers

## Uncategorized folk rock

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* The 502s
* The Accidentals
* Altan Urag
* Amaral
* Đorđe Balašević
* Barenaked Ladies
* The Bedridden
* Beirut
* Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
* The BibleCode Sundays
* Bijelo Dugme
* Borknagar
* Bright Eyes
* Casa del Vento
* Celtas Cortos
* Cobirds Unite[8]
* Continental Drifters
* Counting Crows
* Dah
* Dave Matthews Band
* The Decemberists
* Den Fule
* Den Za Den
* Design
* Devotchka
* Eclection
* Energy Orchard
* The Felice Brothers
* Fever Fever
* Fiddler's Green
* Bela Fleck
* Fleet Foxes
* Flight of the Conchords
* Fly My Pretties
* Johnny Flynn
* A Fragile Tomorrow
* Faun
* Garavi Sokak
* Garmarna
* Gåte
* Gordon Giltrap
* Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
* The Grapes of Wrath
* The Greencards
* Griva
* Gundula Krause
* Hedningarna
* The Hooters
* I Ratti Della Sabina
* The Incredible String Band
* Indigo Girls
* The Infamous Stringdusters
* Los Jaivas
* The Jayhawks
* John & Mary
* Juniper Tar
* Korni Grupa
* Leb i Sol
* The Lost Dogs
* Lubeh
* The Lumineers
* MagellanMusic
* Magna Carta
* Bill Mallonee
* Chris Mason
* Sandra McCracken
* McGraw & Fer
* Midlake
* Modena City Ramblers
* Mumford & Sons
* Old Crow Medicine Show
* Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers
* Andrew Osenga
* Over the Rhine
* Pesniari
* Jill Phillips
* R.E.M.
* The Rails
* Roaring Jack
* Rokeri s Moravu
* Ruby Blue
* Run River North
* S Vremena Na Vreme
* Schandmaul
* The Shells
* The Shins
* Siniša Vuco
* Smak
* Elliott Smith
* Spiral Dance
* Aaron Sprinkle
* Steam Powered Giraffe
* The Strawbs
* Kazuki Tomokawa
* Trees
* Trembling Bells
* Los Tres
* The Twilight Hours
* Two Gallants
* The Waifs
* Wagakki Band
* Derek Webb
* Weddings Parties Anything
* Andy White
* Wilco
* Denison Witmer
* David Wolfenberger
* The Wood Brothers
* YU Grupa
* Otava Yo
* Hrdza

## See also

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* List of folk metal bands

## References

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1. ^ a b Gilliland 1969, show 19.
2. ^ Gilliland 1969, shows 31-32, 40.
3. ^ Gilliland 1969, show 18.
4. ^ a b c Gilliland 1969, show 36.
5. ^ Gilliland 1969, shows 20,37.
6. ^ a b Gilliland 1969, show 33.
7. ^ Gilliland 1969, show 54.
8. ^ "Cobirds Unite - Rusty Willoughby - AllMusic". Retrieved 16 July 2018.

### Sources

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* Gilliland, John (1969). "Blowin' in the Wind: Pop discovers folk music" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.