Woody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie

male, deceased (1967)
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912-October 3, 1967) was a prolific American folk musician. He described himself in one of his songs as "The...
Chris Smither

Chris Smither

male, 65 years old
Chris Smither (born November 11, 1944 in Miami, Florida) is an American folk/blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. His music draws deeply from...

John Stewart

male, 70 years old
John Stewart is an American songwriter and singer, best-known for his contributions to the American folk music movement of the early and mid 1960s...
Happy Traum

Happy Traum

male
Happy Traum (born Harry Peter Traum, 1939, The Bronx, New York City) is an American folk musician who started playing music in the Fifties. Happy...
Moe Asch

Moe Asch

male, deceased (1986)
Moses ("Moe") Asch (born December 2, 1905, Warsaw; died October 19, 1986, New York City) was the founder of Folkways Records. The label, founded in...
Brooks Williams

Brooks Williams

male, 51 years old
Brooks Williams is an American acoustic guitarist and singer/songwriter. His style combines roots, jazz, blues, classical, and folk. He has...
Odetta

Odetta

female, 78 years old
Odetta (b. December 31, 1930) is an African-American singer and guitarist whose repertoire consists largely of American folk music, blues, jazz,...

Fred Cockerham

male, deceased (1980)
Fred Cockerham (3 November, 1905 - July 8, 1980) was a fiddle and banjo player of American folk music. Cockerham was one of the seven children of...
Adrienne Young

Adrienne Young

female
Adrienne Young is a Nashville, Tennessee-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Her music, created with various incarnations of her...
Izzy Young

Izzy Young

male, 81 years old
Israel Goodman Young or Izzy Young (born 26 March 1928) is a noted figure in the world of folk music, both in America and Sweden. He is the former...