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.
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Banjo, Fiddle, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Bass Guitar, Drum Kit, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Harmonica, Pedal Steel Guitar, Organ, Horn Section
Popular appalachian folk Songs
Texas Worried Blues: Complete Recorded Works 1927-1929
1989
Bowling Green and Other Folk Songs from the Southern Mountains
1956
Elementary Doctor Watson
2002
The Unfortunate Rake, Volume 2: Yellow Mercury
2003
Hylo Brown: The Collection
2022
Earl Johnson Vol. 1 1927
1997
The New New Lost City Ramblers with Tracy Schwarz: Gone to the Country
1963
Singing The Traditional Songs Of Her Kentucky Mountain Family
1952
Hard Hitting Songs For Hard Hit People
1980
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List of appalachian folk artists
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
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3
653
2
9
2008
3
21
6525
4
9
2999
5
25
3048
6
25
9339
7
5
1613
8
25
9656
9
9
2475
10
28
11571
11
21
13580
12
3
1005
13
14
1773
14
10
2366
15
17
2187
16
3
460
17
25
13824
18
24
2966
19
17
3150
20
17
4932
21
10
3540
22
12
3375
23
6
1190
24
10
3486
25
2
396
26
8
2893
27
11
2980
28
30
991
29
5
1042
30
4
733
31
23
6644
32
23
4616
33
18
709
34
7
1280
35
23
1878
36
12
1362
37
12
899
38
17
508
39
7
2014
40
1
262
41
14
1357
42
5
1034
43
4
492
44
3
1058
45
47
105975
46
4
601
47
2
613
48
1
355
49
6
2138
50
6
548
51
3
203
52
3
388
53
3
959
54
3
711
55
33
33581
56
38
58736
57
32
18180
58
7
1887
59
18
7586
60
4
934
61
2
405
62
2
822
63
14
269
64
33
24711
65
5
2992
66
7
402
67
23
7646
68
25
8225
69
16
5211
70
16
9345
71
6
292
72
29
5971
73
28
11645
74
25
6932
75
11
609
76
6
530
77
5
286
78
13
2317
79
7
1606
80
5
1162
81
7
587
82
7
288
83
4
334
84
3
250
85
28
4262
86
28
6131
87
3
287
88
5
888
89
2
253
90
22
328
91
12
4793
92
9
1182
93
13
343
94
7
780
95
3
408
96
3
345
97
3
596
98
2
329
99
2
290
100
1
418
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