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Genre
kentucky mountain folk
Parent Genre: Folk/Acoustic

Top artists of kentucky mountain folk genre

Jean Ritchie
Roscoe Holcomb
Cousin Emmy
Buell Kazee
Pete Steele
Burnett & Rutherford
W.L. Gregory
George Davis
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List of kentucky mountain folk artists

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

                                                                                                                                       
#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Jean Ritchie
29 0 52 8 93 55 118 12208
2
Roscoe Holcomb
24 20 53 36 82 53 130 11552
3
Cousin Emmy
22 0 65 28 80 62 130 489
4
Buell Kazee
9 2 51 32 98 69 139 2958
5
Pete Steele
6 25 45 41 98 80 146 295
6
Burnett & Rutherford
5 32 58 39 98 90 122 1347
7
W.L. Gregory
4 40 59 43 84 80 126 97
8
George Davis
3 7 62 15 82 71 130 136
9
Bill Cornett
3 9 51 40 99 71 127 136
10
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts
3 54 57 47 97 87 119 322
11
Lee Sexton
3 42 42 53 96 75 160 323
12
Marion Sumner
2 62 42 42 97 89 137 86
13
Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers
1 56 58 54 96 72 130 48
14
Willie Chapman
1 86 35 73 97 90 158 92
15
Taylor's Kentucky Boys
1 92 59 55 98 89 132 97
16
The Kentucky Mountain Boys
1 30 46 79 45 64 130 96
17
Boyd Asher
0 80 74 26 97 89 123 43
18
Clay Walters
0 0 63 6 99 60 114 40
19
Granville Bowlin
0 45 40 86 91 82 129 51
20
Fort Thomas Group
0 70 64 50 96 89 148 43
21
Marion Underwood
0 93 48 66 97 96 135 5
22
Rutherford & Foster
0 8 50 38 81 81 131 60
23
The Oaks Family
0 0 64 35 95 94 121 4
24
Kentucky Woodchoppers
0 93 46 40 99 89 164 44
25
Martin Young and Corbett Grigsby
0 15 51 46 90 73 137 54
26
Moore & Burnett Rutherford
0 42 60 53 97 93 120 2
27
Mr. and Mrs. John Sams
0 0 59 26 98 79 107 59
28
Reverand Sherwin Sizemore & Church Of The Ten Elders
0 0 63 29 90 60 172 0
29
Hatton Brothers
0 17 50 46 94 89 111 42
30
Bill Bundy
0 0 33 21 98 38 73 36
31
Kentucky String Ticklers
0 23 59 49 87 87 136 52
32
Henry Bandy
0 13 40 43 99 64 105 18
33
Clifford Gross
0 92 70 56 90 97 133 38
34
Green Maggard
0 0 48 52 99 54 101 43
35
Madisonville String Band
0 30 53 29 71 65 100 49
36
Kentucky Mountain Chorusters
0 0 49 41 96 56 107 47
37
Green's String Band
0 94 65 37 62 91 128 5
38
Green Bailey
0 0 51 35 96 69 135 76
39
Lonesome Luke & His Farm Boys
0 29 58 44 99 57 143 35
40
Martha Hall
0 0 69 13 99 49 83 40
41
Jimmy Johnson String Band
0 43 65 57 94 97 137 29
42
Howard & Peak
0 0 55 38 91 65 155 35
43
Shortbuckle Roark & Family
0 0 69 34 92 69 120 14
44
Old Regular Baptist Church (Ky.)
0 0 24 27 99 18 101 80
45
Mangrum & Shriver
0 76 69 68 98 98 138 36
46
McVay & Johnson
0 0 63 37 98 74 130 34
47
Daw Henson
0 11 46 37 86 66 153 32
48
Marvin Thornton
0 51 65 45 99 90 171 0
49
J.D. Cornett
0 0 71 14 97 54 81 58
50
Walter Family
0 86 56 54 93 93 171 41
51
J.W. Day
0 22 59 50 84 78 135 21
52
Alice Williams
0 0 45 17 99 57 70 7
53
Taylor, Moore & Burnett
0 78 63 60 96 96 131 43
54
Theophilus Hoskins
0 45 57 50 86 85 114 35
55
Ed Morrison
0 76 58 49 99 89 128 40
56
Martin & Roberts
0 0 58 35 97 72 156 45
57
James Crase
0 27 63 42 98 95 136 60
58
George “Shortbuckle” Roark
0 0 68 56 94 82 153 2
59
Blue Ridge Mountaineers
0 46 53 52 58 83 114 52
60
Bill Stepp
0 96 65 61 99 98 137 2
61
Ted Chesnut
0 0 57 30 93 82 101 43
62
Robert L. Day
0 0 67 9 97 43 132 38
63
Holiness Church
0 24 56 66 74 42 114 62
64
Hack's String Band
0 88 48 65 76 88 109 18
65
Justus Begley
0 84 45 36 100 66 132 20
66
Martin & Hobbs
0 44 50 52 96 70 166 41
67
Tod Gossett
0 89 53 46 97 84 144 15
68
Maynard Britton
0 0 43 11 99 70 139 0