Folk singers
Folk singers of Britain and Ireland on Folk Calendar: 309 of them, with their dates, where they were born and died, and their recordings. Every artist, A to Z
By role
By instrument
By tradition
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Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
Singer and flute player; Danú
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Harvey Andrews
Singer and songwriter; Hey Sandy
- Arthur Argo 1935 to 1981 Singer, collector and broadcaster; north east song
- Frankie Armstrong Singer of ballads; the natural voice movement
- Dave Arthur Singer, writer and folklorist; Dave and Toni Arthur
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Joan Baez
Singer and activist; American folk revival
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Roy Bailey
1935 to 2018
Singer; songs of protest and justice
- Margaret Barry 1917 to 1989 Singer and banjo player; Cork and London
- Denny Bartley Singer and guitarist; Sherburn Bartley Sanders, Last Night's Fun
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Phil Beer
Fiddler and multi instrumentalist; Show of Hands
- Séamus Begley 1949 to 2023 Accordion player and singer; west Kerry
- Dominic Behan 1928 to 1989 Songwriter and writer; The Patriot Game, Liverpool Lou
- Peter Bellamy 1944 to 1991 Singer; The Young Tradition, The Transports
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Margaret Bennett
Folklorist, writer and singer
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Frances Black
Singer; The Black Family, Arcady
- Mary Black Singer; De Dannan, No Frontiers
- John Blek Singer, songwriter and guitarist from Cork
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Jon Boden
Singer, fiddler and arranger; Bellowhead
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Eric Bogle
Songwriter; And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
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Paul Brady
Singer, guitarist and songwriter; Planxty
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Billy Bragg
Singer and songwriter; Mermaid Avenue
- Danny Brazil Gypsy traditional singer and step dancer; Gloucester
- Harry Brazil Gypsy traditional singer; Gloucester
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Moya Brennan
1952 to 2026
Singer and harpist; Clannad
- Anne Briggs Singer; unaccompanied traditional song
- Jumbo Brightwell Traditional singer; Eel's Foot, Eastbridge
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Lisa Jên Brown
Singer and actor; 9Bach
- Ronnie Browne Singer and songwriter; The Corries
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Vashti Bunyan
Singer and songwriter; Just Another Diamond Day
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Dave Burland
Singer and guitarist; A Dalesman's Litany
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Henry Burstow
1826 to 1916
Bellringer and traditional singer; Horsham
- Eddie Butcher 1900 to 1980 Traditional singer and songmaker; Magilligan
- Packie Manus Byrne 1917 to 2015 Singer, whistle player and storyteller; Donegal
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- Bill Caddick 1944 to 2018 Songwriter; John O' Dreams, Home Service
- Alex Campbell Singer; the folk revival's Big Daddy
- Ian Campbell 1933 to 2012 Singer; the Ian Campbell Folk Group
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Kenna Campbell
Gaelic singer and teacher; Bannal
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Seán Cannon
Singer and guitarist; The Dubliners
- Tony Capstick 1944 to 2003 Singer, comedian and broadcaster; Sheffield
- Clive Carey 1883 to 1968 Baritone and folk song collector
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Sam Carter
Guitarist and singer; False Lights
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Eliza Carthy
Singer and fiddle player; Waterson:Carthy, The Wayward Band
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Martin Carthy
Singer and guitarist; Steeleye Span, The Watersons
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Karan Casey
Singer; formerly of Solas
- Pete Castle Singer and storyteller; English traditional songs
- Darach Ó Catháin 1922 to 1987 Sean-nós singer; Connemara
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Jim Causley
Singer; West Country songs
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Liam Clancy
1935 to 2009
Singer and guitarist; The Clancy Brothers
- Paddy Clancy 1922 to 1998 Singer and harmonica player; The Clancy Brothers
- Tom Clancy 1924 to 1990 Singer; The Clancy Brothers
- Holly Clarke Traditional singer and guitarist; Holly and the Reivers
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Josienne Clarke
Singer and songwriter
- Ted Cobbin 1906 to 1975 Melodeon player and singer; Great Glemham
- Pete Coe Singer and songwriter; Bandoggs, Ryburn 3 Step
- Johnny Collins 1938 to 2009 Shanty and sea song singer; Norwich
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Shirley Collins
Singer; Anthems in Eden, Lodestar
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Christine Collister
Singer; Gregson and Collister, Richard Thompson
- Bob Copper 1915 to 2004 Traditional singer and writer; the Copper Family
- Jim Copper 1882 to 1954 Traditional singer; the Copper Family
- Ron Copper Traditional singer; the Copper Family
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Arthur Cormack
Gaelic singer and broadcaster; Cliar
- Cecilia Costello 1884 to 1976 Traditional singer; Birmingham
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Dave Cousins
1940 to 2025
Singer and songwriter; Strawbs
- Harry Cox 1885 to 1971 Traditional singer; Catfield, Norfolk
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Elizabeth Cronin
1879 to 1956
Sean nós singer; Ballyvourney, County Cork
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- Bob Davenport 1932 to 2026 Singer; Geordie songs and The Rakes
- Sandy Denny 1947 to 1978 Singer and songwriter; Fairport Convention, Fotheringay
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Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill
Singer and keyboard player; The Bothy Band, Skara Brae
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Barbara Dickson
Singer and actress; Fife folk clubs to Blood Brothers
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Richard Digance
Singer, guitarist and comedian
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Cara Dillon
Singer; Irish traditional song
- Mícheál Ó Domhnaill 1951 to 2006 Singer and guitarist; the Bothy Band, Skara Brae
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Donovan
Singer and songwriter; Catch the Wind, Sunshine Superman
- Charlie Dore Singer-songwriter and actress; Pilot of the Airwaves
- Johnny Doughty 1903 to 1986 Traditional singer; Sussex fisherman
- Paul Downes Guitarist, singer and composer; Downes and Beer, the Joyce Gang
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John Doyle
Guitarist and singer; Solas and Usher's Island
- Nick Drake 1948 to 1974 Singer, songwriter and guitarist; Five Leaves Left, Pink Moon
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Kris Drever
Singer, guitarist and songwriter; Lau
- Ronnie Drew 1934 to 2008 Singer and guitarist; The Dubliners
- Jock Duncan 1925 to 2021 Bothy ballad singer; Aberdeenshire song
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Blair Dunlop
Singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Niamh Dunne
Fiddler and singer; Beoga
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Judy Dyble
1949 to 2020
Singer; Fairport Convention, Trader Horne
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- Meredydd Evans 1919 to 2015 Singer and scholar of Welsh folk song
- Tim Van Eyken Singer, melodeon player and actor; Waterson:Carthy
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- James Fagan Singer and bouzouki player; duo with Nancy Kerr; Melrose Quartet
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Julie Felix
1938 to 2020
Singer; Once More With Felix
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Archie Fisher
1939 to 2025
Singer, guitarist and songwriter; Travelling Folk
- Ray Fisher 1940 to 2011 Singer; Scots ballads and the Fisher family
- John Francis Flynn Singer, flute and whistle player
- Chris Foster Singer and guitarist; English traditional song
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Julie Fowlis
Gaelic singer and piper
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Bob Fox
Singer and guitarist; The Pitmen Poets
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Iona Fyfe
Ballad singer; Scots and Doric
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- Vic Gammon Folk song scholar, singer and melodeon player
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Vin Garbutt
1947 to 2017
Singer, songwriter and whistle player; the Teesside Troubadour
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Dick Gaughan
Singer and guitarist; Five Hand Reel
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Anne Lorne Gillies
Gaelic singer and scholar; Songs of Gaelic Scotland
- Gwyneth Glyn Poet and singer songwriter in Welsh
- Martin Graebe Folk song researcher; Sabine Baring-Gould
- Len Graham Traditional singer and song collector; Ulster
- Richard Grainger Singer-songwriter of Teesside and Whitby; The Whitby Whaler; formerly Teesside Fettlers
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Clive Gregson
Songwriter and producer; Gregson and Collister
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Woody Guthrie
1912 to 1967
Singer and songwriter; This Land Is Your Land
- Arfon Gwilym Singer; plygain and cerdd dant
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- Gordon Hall 1932 to 2000 Traditional singer; Horsham, Sussex
- Robin Hall 1936 to 1998 Singer; Robin Hall and Jimmie Macgregor
- Johnny Handle Singer, songwriter and musician; High Level Ranters
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Mike Harding
Singer, comedian and broadcaster
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Bella Hardy
Singer and songwriter
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Roy Harper
Singer and songwriter; Stormcock
- Roy Harris 1933 to 2016 Unaccompanied singer; sea and military songs
- Bob Hart 1892 to 1978 Traditional singer; Snape, Suffolk
- Nick Hart Singer and multi instrumentalist; English traditional song
- Tim Hart 1948 to 2009 Singer and guitarist; Steeleye Span
- Frank Harte 1933 to 2005 Singer and collector of Dublin street songs
- Joe Heaney 1919 to 1984 Sean-nós singer and storyteller; Connemara
- Mike Heron Singer and songwriter; the Incredible String Band
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Fay Hield
Traditional singer and ethnomusicologist
- Lizzie Higgins 1929 to 1993 Traveller ballad singer; Aberdeen
- Joe Holmes 1906 to 1978 Fiddler, lilter and singer; with Len Graham
- Rosie Hood Singer; Wiltshire songs
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Mary Hopkin
Singer; Those Were the Days
- Stan Hugill 1906 to 1992 Shantyman, author and sea song historian
- Alistair Hulett 1951 to 2010 Songwriter; Roaring Jack, Dance of the Underclass
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Alan Hull
1945 to 1995
Singer and songwriter; Lindisfarne
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- Hamish Imlach 1940 to 1996 Singer, guitarist and raconteur; Glasgow
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Andy Irvine
Singer and bouzouki player; Planxty, Sweeney's Men
- Dafydd Iwan Welsh language singer and songwriter; Yma o Hyd
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- Hannah James Singer, accordionist and clog dancer; Lady Maisery, JigDoll
- Siân James Singer and harpist; Welsh song
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Bert Jansch
1943 to 2011
Guitarist, singer and songwriter; Pentangle
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Bridget St John
Singer and guitarist; Ask Me No Questions
- Bob Johnson 1944 to 2023 Guitarist and singer; Steeleye Span
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Nic Jones
Singer, guitarist and fiddler; Penguin Eggs
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Wizz Jones
1939 to 2025
Guitarist and singer; British folk blues
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Cathy Jordan
Singer and bodhrán player; Dervish
- Fred Jordan 1922 to 2002 Traditional singer and farm worker; Shropshire
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Dolores Keane
1953 to 2026
Singer; De Dannan, A Lion in a Cage
- Seán Keane Singer; Arcady
- Luke Kelly 1940 to 1984 Singer and banjo player; The Dubliners
- Keith Kendrick Singer and concertina player; Derbyshire
- Calum Kennedy 1928 to 2006 Gaelic singer; Mòd Gold Medallist
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Mary Ann Kennedy
Gaelic singer, harpist and broadcaster
- Barry Kerr Singer, songwriter, flute and uilleann pipes player and painter
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Nancy Kerr
Fiddle player and singer; with James Fagan
- Virginia Kettle Singer and songwriter; Merry Hell
- Louisa Jo Killen 1934 to 2013 Singer and concertina player; recorded as Louis Killen
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Phyllis Kinney
1922 to 2026
Singer and scholar of Welsh traditional music
- Lisa Knapp Singer and songwriter
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Steve Knightley
Singer and songwriter; Show of Hands
- Jimmy Knights Traditional singer and banjo player; Suffolk
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Danny Kyle
1939 to 1998
Singer and entertainer; Danny Kyle Open Stage
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Seth Lakeman
Singer, fiddler and songwriter; Kitty Jay
- Sam Larner 1878 to 1965 Fisherman and traditional singer; Winterton, Norfolk
- Tim Laycock Singer, actor and storyteller; Dorset songs and dialect
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Sam Lee
Singer and song collector; The Nest Collective
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Chris Leslie
Fiddler; Fairport Convention, Whippersnapper
- Tom Lewis Singer and songwriter; sea songs and shanties
- Rona Lightfoot Piper, Gaelic singer and storyteller
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Iarla Ó Lionáird
Sean-nós singer; The Gloaming
- A. L. Lloyd 1908 to 1982 Singer, writer and collector; Folk Song in England
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Jez Lowe
Songwriter; Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies
- Trevor Lucas 1943 to 1989 Singer and guitarist; Fotheringay, Fairport Convention
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- Ishbel MacAskill 1941 to 2011 Gaelic singer; the Gaelic diva
- Jimmy MacBeath 1894 to 1972 Bothy ballad singer
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Ewan MacColl
1915 to 1989
Singer, songwriter and activist; Dirty Old Town, Radio Ballads
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Kirsty MacColl
1959 to 2000
Singer and songwriter; They Don't Know, Fairytale of New York
- Kitty Macfarlane Singer, songwriter and guitarist; Somerset
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Shane MacGowan
1957 to 2023
Lead Singer of The Pogues, general Hell raiser
- Jimmie Macgregor Singer and broadcaster; with Robin Hall
- George Machray Singer-songwriter from Port Seton, East Lothian
- Kathleen MacInnes Gaelic singer and actress
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Dougie MacLean
Singer and songwriter; Caledonia
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Flora MacNeil
1928 to 2015
Gaelic traditional singer; Barra
- Catherine-Ann MacPhee Gaelic singer and actor
- Dónal Maguire Irish traditional singer, mandolin and tenor banjo player
- Sarah Makem 1900 to 1983 Traditional singer; Keady, County Armagh
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Tommy Makem
1932 to 2007
Singer, banjo and whistle player; The Clancy Brothers
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Liam Ó Maonlaí
Singer and bodhrán player; Hothouse Flowers
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Michael Marra
1952 to 2012
Singer and songwriter; the bard of Lochee
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John Martyn
1948 to 2009
Singer, songwriter and guitarist; Solid Air
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Karen Matheson
Gaelic singer; Capercaillie
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Cerys Matthews
Singer and broadcaster; Welsh traditional song
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Iain Matthews
Singer; Fairport Convention, Matthews Southern Comfort
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Julie Matthews
Singer and songwriter; While and Matthews
- Pop Maynard 1872 to 1962 Traditional singer and marbles champion; Copthorne
- Jim McCann 1944 to 2015 Singer; The Dubliners, Grace
- Cathal McConnell Flute and whistle player and singer; The Boys of the Lough
- Lauren McCormick Singer and flute player; The Devil's Interval
- Gordeanna McCulloch 1946 to 2019 Ballad singer; The Clutha
- Shelagh McDonald Singer and songwriter; Stargazer
- Matt McGinn 1928 to 1977 Songwriter; The Foreman O'Rourke
- Ewan McLennan Singer and guitarist
- Francie McPeake 1917 to 1986 Piper and teacher; the McPeake Family
- Francis McPeake 1885 to 1971 Uilleann piper and singer; the McPeake Family
- Rachael McShane Singer, cellist and fiddler; Bellowhead, The Cartographers
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Jacqui McShee
Singer; Pentangle
- Ralph McTell Singer, songwriter and guitarist; Streets of London
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Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Fiddler and singer; Altan
- Siobhan Miller Singer; Scots songs
- Christy Moore Singer and guitarist; Planxty, Moving Hearts
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Jim Moray
Singer, arranger and producer; False Lights
- Angeline Morrison Singer and songwriter; The Sorrow Songs
- Pete Morton Singer and songwriter
- Julie Murphy Singer in Welsh and English; Fernhill
- Noel Murphy Singer, guitarist and humourist
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Findlay Napier
Singer and songwriter; Back of the Moon
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Rachel Newton
Harpist, singer and viola player; The Furrow Collective
- Simon Nicol Guitarist and singer; Fairport Convention
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Rab Noakes
1947 to 2022
Singer and songwriter; Stealers Wheel
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Jackie Oates
Singer and fiddler
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Maz O’Connor
Singer, songwriter and composer
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Damien O’Kane
Singer, banjo player and guitarist
- Lisa O’Neill Singer and songwriter; Heard a Long Gone Song
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- Walter Pardon 1914 to 1996 Traditional singer; Knapton, Norfolk
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Niamh Parsons
Singer; Arcady
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Tom Paxton
Singer and songwriter; The Last Thing on My Mind, Ramblin' Boy
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Radie Peat
Singer, concertina and harmonium player; Lankum
- Bob Pegg Singer, songwriter and storyteller; Mr Fox
- Brian Peters Concertina and melodeon player; ballad singer
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Grace Petrie
Singer and songwriter; protest songs
- Karen Pfeiffer Singer, guitarist and woodwind player; duo with Paul Walker
- Cyril Poacher 1910 to 1999 Traditional singer; the Ship Inn, Blaxhall
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Karine Polwart
Singer and songwriter; Faultlines, Malinky
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Emily Portman
Singer and songwriter; The Furrow Collective
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Christine Primrose
Gaelic singer; Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
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John Prine
1946 to 2020
Singer and songwriter; Sam Stone, Paradise
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Maddy Prior
Singer; Steeleye Span
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- Pernille Quigg Singer-songwriter and guitarist; The Quiggs
- Stephen Quigg Singer and guitarist; The McCalmans; The Quiggs
- Matt Quinn Singer and melodeon and mandolin player; The Dovetail Trio
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Eddi Reader
Singer; Fairground Attraction, the songs of Robert Burns
- Jean Redpath 1937 to 2014 Singer; Scots song and Robert Burns
- Jim Reid 1934 to 2009 Singer and songwriter; Foundry Bar Band
- Paddy Reilly Ballad singer; The Fields of Athenry, The Dubliners
- Hazel Richings Singer; Hissyfit and CHaS
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Alasdair Roberts
Singer and songwriter; traditional ballads
- Bob Roberts 1907 to 1982 Singer and storyteller; Thames sailing barge skipper
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Kathryn Roberts
Singer; Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman
- Jeannie Robertson 1908 to 1975 Traveller ballad singer; Aberdeen
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Stanley Robertson
1940 to 2009
Ballad singer and storyteller; Traveller tradition
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Saul Rose
Melodeon player; Waterson:Carthy, Faustus
- Tony Rose 1941 to 2002 Singer and concertina player; Bandoggs
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Leon Rosselson
Songwriter; satirical songs, The Galliards
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Kate Rusby
Singer and songwriter; the Barnsley Nightingale
- Micho Russell 1915 to 1994 Tin whistle player and singer; Doolin
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Georgia Ruth
Harpist and songwriter in Welsh and English
- Jack Rutter Singer, guitarist and bouzouki player; Moore Moss Rutter
- Mick Ryan Singer, songwriter and writer of folk operas
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- Emily Sanders Singer, fiddle and viola player; Sherburn Bartley Sanders, Isambarde
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Tommy Sands
Singer and songwriter; The Sands Family
- George Sansome Traditional singer and guitarist; Granny's Attic; Queer Folk
- Bob Scarce 1885 to 1974 Traditional singer; Blaxhall, Suffolk
- Willie Scott 1897 to 1989 Traditional singer; Border shepherd and crook maker
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Peggy Seeger
Singer and songwriter; Radio Ballads, Gonna Be an Engineer
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Pete Seeger
1919 to 2014
Singer, banjo player and activist; The Weavers
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Martin Simpson
Singer and guitarist; English and American traditions
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Emily Smith
Singer, pianist and accordion player
- Wiggy Smith 1926 to 2001 Gypsy traditional singer; Gloucestershire
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Dáithí Sproule
Guitarist and singer; Skara Brae and Altan
- Davy Steele 1948 to 2001 Singer and songwriter; Ceolbeg, Clan Alba, Battlefield Band
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Al Stewart
Singer and songwriter; Year of the Cat
- Andy M. Stewart 1952 to 2015 Singer and songwriter; Silly Wizard
- Belle Stewart 1906 to 1997 Traveller singer and songwriter; Blairgowrie
- Davie Stewart 1901 to 1972 Traveller singer and accordion player
- Kathy Stewart Singer-songwriter; Kathy Stewart and the Frequent Flyers
- Sheila Stewart 1937 to 2014 Traveller singer and storyteller; Perthshire
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Miranda Sykes
Singer and double bassist; Show of Hands
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June Tabor
Singer; Silly Sisters, Oysterband
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Heidi Talbot
Singer and songwriter; formerly of Cherish the Ladies
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John Tams
Singer, songwriter and actor; Home Service
- Phil Tanner 1862 to 1950 Traditional singer, the Gower Nightingale
- Cyril Tawney 1930 to 2005 Singer and songwriter; Sally Free and Easy, The Grey Funnel Line
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Allan Taylor
Singer and songwriter; It's Good to See You
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Joseph Taylor
1833 to 1910
Traditional singer; Saxby All Saints, Lincolnshire
- Jake Thackray 1938 to 2002 Singer and songwriter; witty, wordy songs
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Linda Thompson
Singer; Richard and Linda Thompson
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Richard Thompson
Guitarist and songwriter; Fairport Convention
- Steve Tilston Songwriter and guitarist
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Nioclás Tóibín
1928 to 1994
Sean-nós singer; Déise tradition
- George Townshend 1882 to 1967 Traditional singer; Sussex
- Paddy Tunney 1921 to 2002 Singer, lilter and writer, the Man of Songs; Fermanagh
- Gordon Tyrrall Singer, guitarist and flute player; Magnetic North; duo recordings with Brian Peters
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- Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin Singer and scholar of Irish song; A Hidden Ulster
- Becky Unthank Singer and clog dancer; The Unthanks
- Rachel Unthank Singer, cellist and clog dancer; The Unthanks
- Harry Upton Traditional singer; Balcombe, Sussex
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- Paul Walker Singer-songwriter and guitarist; duo with Karen Pfeiffer
- Dan Walsh Clawhammer banjo player, guitarist and singer; Urban Folk Quartet
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Lucy Ward
Singer and songwriter
- Lal Waterson 1943 to 1998 Singer and songwriter; The Watersons, Bright Phoebus
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Mike Waterson
1941 to 2011
Singer and songwriter; The Watersons
- Norma Waterson 1939 to 2022 Singer; The Watersons, Waterson:Carthy
- John Watt 1933 to 2011 Songwriter and singer; Pittenweem Joe
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Gillian Welch
Singer and songwriter; with David Rawlings
- Liam Weldon 1933 to 1995 Singer and songwriter; Dark Horse on the Wind
- Sheena Wellington Singer; Burns songs and Scots traditional song
- Chris While Singer and songwriter; While and Matthews
- Duncan Williamson 1928 to 2007 Traveller storyteller and singer; Argyll and Fife
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Robin Williamson
Singer, storyteller and harper; the Incredible String Band
- Roy Williamson 1936 to 1990 Singer and songwriter; the Corries, Flower of Scotland
- Chris Wilson Singer; The Wilson Family
- Steve Wilson Singer and instrumentalist; The Wilson Family
- Bob Wood Singer and fingerstyle guitarist; Ram Folk Club founder
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Chris Wood
Songwriter, fiddler and singer
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© Bryan LedgardCC BY 2.0
Bernard Wrigley
Singer, comedian and actor; the Bolton Bullfrog
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Martyn Wyndham-Read
Singer of English and Australian traditional songs