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schlager,berlin school,idaho indie,northern irish punk,dixieland,arab folk,alabama indie,mandolin,greek psychedelic rock,irish rock,steampunk,irish singer-songwriter,progressive metal,kc indie,gothic rock,modern dream pop,electra,bush ballad,acoustic rock,cantautor,dance pop,jamtronica,sacred steel,hammond organ,song poem,ohio indie,new mexico music,psychedelic folk rock,

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List of folk rock artists

Here is a list of folk rock artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the folk rock genre. You can find out what folk rock genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#	name	Popularity	instrumentalness	danceability	energy	acousticness	Happiness	tempo	followers
1	The Beach Boys	72	5	49	57	36	64	125	4119221
2	Simon & Garfunkel	72	3	45	35	68	48	111	4637760
3	Van Morrison	72	4	56	53	46	59	119	2840037
4	Bob Dylan	71	1	53	48	53	54	123	6122158
5	Yusuf / Cat Stevens	70	2	56	46	52	54	124	1712477
6	Paul Simon	69	3	62	48	59	59	116	2105353
7	Steely Dan	68	2	68	53	31	69	117	1988855
8	America	68	2	56	47	49	57	120	1573334
9	Jimmy Buffett	68	0	65	50	43	71	124	778125
10	The Mamas & The Papas	68	0	51	55	59	61	119	1545332
11	Neil Diamond	68	2	48	47	40	51	112	2361538
12	The Doobie Brothers	68	4	59	63	27	75	125	2242407
13	James Taylor	68	1	60	36	52	50	107	2341044
14	John Denver	68	1	45	30	69	51	119	1857008
15	Jim Croce	67	0	60	42	70	72	127	1229119
16	Gordon Lightfoot	67	2	57	40	57	55	110	764548
17	George Harrison	67	5	54	60	35	59	120	2437030
18	John Mellencamp	66	1	63	83	5	77	126	1537664
19	The Kinks	66	3	53	69	30	67	123	2393019
20	Roy Orbison	66	2	49	50	56	60	116	1785242
21	Bread	65	0	47	39	50	47	121	1484043
22	Wings	65	6	55	50	24	57	116	957464
23	Joe Cocker	65	1	56	54	30	53	116	2100220
24	Don McLean	64	1	47	32	65	44	115	866714
25	Allman Brothers Band	64	25	44	65	33	67	120	1471129
26	The Monkees	63	2	52	67	35	68	115	1082694
27	Cream	63	6	48	56	29	58	119	2157390
28	Linda Ronstadt	63	2	49	33	54	45	121	821806
29	Carly Simon	63	0	55	45	49	50	120	1018963
30	J.J. Cale	63	29	72	39	57	69	116	717963
31	Buffalo Springfield	62	7	53	46	48	62	122	734496
32	The Hollies	62	1	53	65	25	66	130	1085662
33	Stealers Wheel	62	1	71	62	13	85	113	138087
34	Carole King	62	2	58	42	64	58	118	1383727
35	Jackson Browne	62	0	56	51	40	50	122	1229436
36	Glen Campbell	62	1	48	54	34	59	117	420004
37	Gerry Rafferty	61	2	56	52	26	51	118	302975
38	The Righteous Brothers	61	1	37	39	57	37	117	530828
39	10cc	61	2	56	59	31	55	121	642902
40	Crosby, Stills & Nash	60	0	51	34	58	45	124	1763014
41	Jefferson Airplane	60	3	43	52	39	46	123	1459618
42	Traveling Wilburys	60	1	61	83	22	69	138	1082839
43	The Band	60	4	53	67	30	60	121	1010372
44	Harry Nilsson	60	7	53	35	59	53	114	439875
45	The Zombies	60	4	50	60	45	58	122	884540
46	The Everly Brothers	60	0	53	43	62	60	117	828350
47	Jethro Tull	60	7	50	53	29	62	125	1722081
48	Three Dog Night	59	1	52	57	34	66	115	882048
49	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	59	1	47	39	54	50	126	1535591
50	Steve Winwood	59	8	66	67	28	72	122	967657
51	Bachman-Turner Overdrive	59	6	55	69	5	78	129	916355
52	The Turtles	59	4	49	60	34	64	121	550197
53	Bonnie Raitt	59	2	58	43	54	52	114	637966
54	The Lovin' Spoonful	58	9	56	52	43	69	120	464627
55	Buddy Holly	58	8	59	52	59	76	126	1195789
56	Derek & The Dominos	58	15	41	67	48	59	125	642243
57	The Moody Blues	58	15	38	50	39	41	118	1219430
58	Canned Heat	57	3	58	52	38	68	125	582758
59	Rodríguez	57	0	49	63	39	51	117	488075
60	The Byrds	57	6	47	57	34	65	121	917616
61	Donovan	57	10	54	38	53	55	113	660440
62	Faces	57	10	50	68	37	64	120	382367
63	Seals and Crofts	56	4	51	47	38	47	116	663141
64	Peter, Paul and Mary	56	1	51	22	70	46	116	681904
65	Little Feat	56	6	55	58	30	68	126	415276
66	Peter Frampton	56	12	57	62	22	48	111	1159575
67	The Guess Who	56	2	49	60	40	63	122	631589
68	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	56	6	47	55	19	43	118	391712
69	Big Brother & The Holding Company	55	13	44	44	31	42	129	252916
70	Badfinger	55	0	52	56	24	56	114	369538
71	John Fogerty	55	1	63	77	17	73	134	790573
72	Warren Zevon	55	4	59	54	36	60	115	382268
73	Tommy James & The Shondells	55	3	54	60	23	73	118	301479
74	Joan Baez	54	1	45	25	66	40	118	597569
75	Todd Rundgren	54	4	49	60	30	60	119	326663
76	Dan Fogelberg	54	1	53	40	48	53	123	708718
77	Joni Mitchell	54	0	53	33	82	49	99	1291941
78	Al Stewart	53	2	54	56	27	57	118	251859
79	Sonny & Cher	53	0	55	61	32	62	125	372129
80	James Gang	53	23	50	62	13	65	123	339048
81	Ten Years After	52	25	42	64	20	58	129	505356
82	Loggins & Messina	52	4	54	50	40	64	133	447704
83	The Box Tops	52	1	61	42	36	75	113	148666
84	The 5th Dimension	52	0	45	52	49	59	118	263729
85	B.J. Thomas	52	0	55	44	60	59	112	214457
86	Ry Cooder	51	13	61	38	52	64	115	288350
87	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	51	21	42	51	25	45	117	982453
88	Petula Clark	51	0	48	47	65	54	118	302089
89	Harry Chapin	51	1	50	40	61	42	112	327361
90	Procol Harum	51	9	40	64	27	47	131	409744
91	Herman's Hermits	51	0	58	60	39	77	130	448260
92	Jefferson Starship	50	4	50	67	23	57	127	924762
93	Love	50	1	55	52	35	57	121	232644
94	The Yardbirds	50	12	46	66	19	62	122	897176
95	Stephen Stills	50	6	54	52	37	55	120	272932
96	Traffic	50	2	45	56	30	53	110	553204
97	Pure Prairie League	49	0	48	48	36	61	123	231880
98	k.d. lang	49	1	44	41	47	26	124	359653
99	Pete Townshend	48	4	56	65	30	53	134	353320
100	The Young Rascals	48	0	50	55	33	66	128	159260
101	Art Garfunkel	48	2	43	32	64	40	114	524238
102	Blind Faith	47	1	39	53	53	66	114	372955
103	The Edgar Winter Group	47	16	54	72	15	62	119	245227
104	Leon Russell	47	0	53	47	42	62	117	245346
105	The Association	47	4	51	49	42	58	121	228013
106	The Grass Roots	46	1	62	64	18	76	124	207675
107	Gary Puckett & The Union Gap	46	0	44	50	47	54	111	229586
108	Judy Collins	46	0	39	23	82	32	110	234386
109	Graham Nash	45	1	56	32	51	47	123	214106
110	Poco	45	8	50	51	27	54	116	227904
111	Richie Havens	44	5	55	49	64	59	117	115913
112	Dave Mason	44	0	54	67	23	70	123	167964
113	Janis Ian	44	0	52	26	73	34	107	140688
114	Blood, Sweat & Tears	44	10	48	53	43	50	107	559349
115	Arlo Guthrie	43	3	56	52	62	58	124	140124
116	Richard Thompson	43	5	51	48	55	50	125	85267
117	David Crosby	43	10	53	33	53	32	116	285249
118	Tim Buckley	43	4	42	35	66	38	111	213051
119	Bobbie Gentry	43	0	55	32	57	64	115	60924
120	The Youngbloods	42	6	57	46	65	72	114	124108
121	Buffy Sainte-Marie	42	2	54	43	56	55	115	90676
122	Iron Butterfly	42	10	49	51	18	61	123	376979
123	Barry McGuire	41	1	60	33	47	78	126	20999
124	The Flying Burrito Brothers	41	6	48	52	17	56	110	139027
125	Humble Pie	41	2	45	64	9	60	128	321359
126	Strawberry Alarm Clock	41	8	48	58	28	66	119	127824
127	Gram Parsons	40	0	55	43	47	57	110	129999
128	Jan & Dean	40	2	51	71	52	82	123	102194
129	Paul Revere & The Raiders	40	0	56	64	22	73	121	198126
130	Eric Burdon & the Animals	39	9	50	53	39	50	111	266126
131	Quicksilver Messenger Service	39	32	54	58	49	67	116	133029
132	The Cowsills	39	0	45	61	44	67	120	93446
133	Roger McGuinn	38	2	48	51	39	60	123	44922
134	Country Joe & The Fish	36	9	39	44	43	43	132	159534
135	Strawbs	34	12	45	64	24	50	114	46131
136	John Sebastian	34	3	54	35	57	60	120	39508
137	Pentangle	32	11	54	41	54	53	115	51332
138	The Roches	32	1	59	25	69	42	121	24830
139	Ronnie Lane	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	13399
140	Crosby & Nash	31	0	58	27	77	21	109	215958
141	Dillard & Clark	30	7	53	29	53	38	75	12387
142	Crazy Horse	26	1	54	48	36	57	125	74560
143	Shawn Phillips	25	19	38	58	30	35	138	9552
144	Eric Andersen	21	31	50	23	74	31	112	10036

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