Appalachian folk music is a genre that originated in the Appalachian region of the United States. It is characterized by its traditional and acoustic sound, often featuring instruments such as the banjo, fiddle, and guitar. The lyrics often tell stories of everyday life, love, and hardship. This genre has been passed down through generations and has influenced many other genres of music.
Here you can see the popularity of Appalachian Folk genre over time. This graph shows albums and singles releases count by year and decade.
329 releases
Explore appalachian folk history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.
Here is a list of appalachian folk artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the appalachian folk genre. You can find out what appalachian folk genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.
| # | name | popularity | followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 2077 | |
| 2 | 2 | 709 | |
| 3 | 10 | 2595 | |
| 4 | 24 | 7601 | |
| 5 | 5 | 1667 | |
| 6 | 3 | 1035 | |
| 7 | 26 | 9780 | |
| 8 | 9 | 2504 | |
| 9 | 30 | 12439 | |
| 10 | 24 | 9919 | |
| 11 | 3 | 1015 | |
| 12 | 23 | 3337 | |
| 13 | 22 | 14101 | |
| 14 | 7 | 644 | |
| 15 | 2 | 502 | |
| 16 | 4 | 761 | |
| 17 | 26 | 14304 | |
| 18 | 14 | 1856 | |
| 19 | 17 | 3295 | |
| 20 | 23 | 3201 | |
| 21 | 13 | 2232 | |
| 22 | 10 | 3582 | |
| 23 | 11 | 3616 | |
| 24 | 12 | 3477 | |
| 25 | 10 | 1244 | |
| 26 | 12 | 3083 | |
| 27 | 13 | 2979 | |
| 28 | 3 | 447 | |
| 29 | 3 | 332 | |
| 30 | 5 | 291 | |
| 31 | 27 | 4838 | |
| 32 | 4 | 1083 | |
| 33 | 28 | 1035 | |
| 34 | 24 | 2074 | |
| 35 | 15 | 772 | |
| 36 | 1 | 297 | |
| 37 | 13 | 1441 | |
| 38 | 18 | 1460 | |
| 39 | 10 | 952 | |
| 40 | 7 | 625 | |
| 41 | 6 | 1074 | |
| 42 | 5 | 983 | |
| 43 | 5 | 418 | |
| 44 | 5 | 542 | |
| 45 | 47 | 112149 | |
| 46 | 10 | 514 | |
| 47 | 10 | 3121 | |
| 48 | 6 | 2183 | |
| 49 | 4 | 630 | |
| 50 | 6 | 315 | |
| 51 | 4 | 567 | |
| 52 | 3 | 1079 | |
| 53 | 3 | 412 | |
| 54 | 7 | 1936 | |
| 55 | 39 | 61429 | |
| 56 | 34 | 34670 | |
| 57 | 19 | 7794 | |
| 58 | 4 | 852 | |
| 59 | 34 | 20479 | |
| 60 | 2 | 754 | |
| 61 | 16 | 5170 | |
| 62 | 34 | 25753 | |
| 63 | 7 | 414 | |
| 64 | 8 | 1017 | |
| 65 | 31 | 6937 | |
| 66 | 23 | 8253 | |
| 67 | 25 | 8580 | |
| 68 | 18 | 9584 | |
| 69 | 16 | 5451 | |
| 70 | 30 | 12877 | |
| 71 | 4 | 310 | |
| 72 | 28 | 7656 | |
| 73 | 26 | 7391 | |
| 74 | 15 | 310 | |
| 75 | 4 | 555 | |
| 76 | 4 | 341 | |
| 77 | 2 | 355 | |
| 78 | 14 | 2418 | |
| 79 | 8 | 1659 | |
| 80 | 8 | 2072 | |
| 81 | 6 | 1220 | |
| 82 | 4 | 381 | |
| 83 | 2 | 281 | |
| 84 | 30 | 4913 | |
| 85 | 4 | 947 | |
| 86 | 1 | 359 | |
| 87 | 1 | 302 | |
| 88 | 6 | 3084 | |
| 89 | 26 | 6633 | |
| 90 | 5 | 940 | |
| 91 | 21 | 376 | |
| 92 | 15 | 5001 | |
| 93 | 9 | 1223 | |
| 94 | 9 | 863 | |
| 95 | 12 | 363 | |
| 96 | 10 | 736 | |
| 97 | 4 | 441 | |
| 98 | 3 | 356 | |
| 99 | 2 | 300 | |
| 100 | 1 | 8 |
Enjoy this playlist of popular appalachian folk music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.
