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List of traditional folk artists

Here is a list of traditional folk artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the traditional folk genre. You can find out what traditional folk 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	Doc Watson	48	13	53	29	86	72	120	97173
2	Pete Seeger	43	1	54	30	90	62	115	157880
3	Elizabeth Cotten	40	53	46	23	96	70	116	60154
4	Woody Guthrie	40	5	61	18	94	65	117	174576
5	Harry McClintock	38	9	64	11	95	65	126	7668
6	The Carter Family	37	1	62	32	95	64	114	54181
7	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	35	14	53	29	65	44	122	30243
8	Doc & Merle Watson	34	35	64	32	79	81	105	22740
9	Dan Gellert	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	885
10	The Louvin Brothers	32	0	65	34	72	75	132	31650
11	Jean Ritchie	31	5	45	8	95	49	108	14548
12	Ola Belle Reed	29	0	45	26	87	45	101	10186
13	Barbara Dane	28	0	58	20	79	64	119	9902
14	Hazel Dickens	27	0	61	38	71	77	130	8364
15	The Doc Watson Family	26	24	50	35	90	68	121	2519
16	Alice Gerrard	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1430
17	The New Lost City Ramblers	26	6	60	26	90	77	113	8962
18	Alan Lomax	25	1	53	26	91	44	115	16994
19	Etta Baker	25	90	47	21	90	68	109	5878
20	Peggy Seeger	25	0	58	13	96	65	122	9076
21	The Delmore Brothers	24	21	62	39	88	64	126	8698
22	Dock Boggs	24	19	62	28	93	76	113	12705
23	Henry Thomas	24	6	60	27	98	68	124	6775
24	Paul Clayton	24	5	55	23	92	53	129	3201
25	Cisco Houston	23	0	60	20	95	64	119	7432
26	Clifton Hicks	23	30	60	25	98	70	119	5307
27	Frank Fairfield	22	36	51	41	95	62	122	4275
28	Adam Hurt	22	93	49	26	99	89	124	3226
29	Mary Z. Cox	21	88	55	41	93	90	118	1488
30	Roscoe Holcomb	21	30	49	39	86	58	125	12650
31	Frank Proffitt	21	29	53	26	97	73	124	2442
32	Washington Phillips	20	0	47	21	96	29	114	7634
33	Cousin Emmy	19	0	79	28	99	92	127	557
34	Wade Ward	19	91	59	46	98	92	132	1893
35	Chris Coole	19	88	56	37	95	73	100	1618
36	Mike Seeger	19	73	45	29	94	82	120	2836
37	Riley Baugus	18	43	61	27	98	78	141	888
38	Charlie Poole	18	2	59	46	97	92	133	7111
39	Old Reliable String Band	18	47	56	54	85	76	117	338
40	Uncle Dave Macon	18	21	56	35	99	71	113	5810
41	Vernon Dalhart	17	26	48	22	98	57	127	1170
42	Bob Carlin	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1550
43	Memphis Jug Band	17	0	60	26	85	73	124	8886
44	The Monroe Brothers	16	0	48	43	89	59	147	4594
45	Clarence Ashley	16	0	53	37	99	71	140	4498
46	Gaither Carlton	14	89	61	38	90	96	124	773
47	Cannon's Jug Stompers	13	5	55	23	98	66	125	5258
48	Eck Robertson	13	93	32	22	100	39	134	1788
49	Tommy Jarrell	13	0	61	32	96	69	121	2615
50	The Crooked Jades	13	54	58	58	73	88	113	2180
51	Iron Mountain String Band	13	0	53	46	75	81	142	1219
52	Fred Cockerham	12	77	56	27	99	59	133	1043
53	Cliff Carlisle	12	0	72	34	91	94	134	1375
54	John Jacob Niles	12	0	36	12	98	31	88	4461
55	Hobart Smith	11	56	47	51	82	84	128	3135
56	Jody Stecher	11	3	53	16	91	56	110	1191
57	Hedy West	11	0	52	21	81	66	112	2091
58	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	10	0	61	26	99	75	126	2759
59	Buell Kazee	10	0	57	36	99	88	138	3313
60	Dan Levenson	10	79	58	22	96	91	121	987
61	Fred Price	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	40
62	Oscar Jenkins	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	534
63	The Blue Sky Boys	9	0	55	18	84	41	126	3187
64	The Skillet-Lickers	9	17	65	63	90	97	128	2224
65	Blind Uncle Gaspard	8	0	46	20	95	58	144	874
66	Fiddlin John Carson	8	51	51	18	100	72	96	2609
67	Tom Sullivan	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	361
68	Doc Fiddle Mc Nair	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	44
69	Riley Puckett	8	12	58	22	98	66	110	2235
70	Coon Creek Girls	8	22	50	25	99	62	110	790
71	Jack Elliott	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1447
72	Molsky's Mountain Drifters	7	36	53	51	89	87	125	1786
73	Sidna Myers	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	427
74	Brad Leftwich and the Hogwire Stringband	7	0	65	37	89	69	132	1090
75	Dick Justice	7	0	53	21	99	71	120	1717
76	Clyde Davenport	7	89	58	42	97	89	131	372
77	Almeda Riddle	7	3	57	3	100	58	92	1301
78	Jim Jackson	6	0	47	10	93	28	85	2819
79	Dwight Diller	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	528
80	Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	790
81	Pete Steele	6	48	48	38	99	88	158	343
82	Bookmiller Shannon	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	37
83	Derroll Adams	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	850
84	Erik Darling	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	427
85	Walt Koken	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	877
86	Dink Roberts	5	0	57	24	97	69	125	243
87	Kilby Snow	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	440
88	Frank Hutchison	5	38	55	47	87	75	127	2028
89	Fannie Lou Hamer	5	0	61	43	93	44	96	920
90	Burnett & Rutherford	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1496
91	Mountain Ramblers	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	199
92	Benton Flippen	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1065
93	Clark Kessinger	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	864
94	Kelly Harrell	4	0	69	37	98	76	102	860
95	E.C. Ball	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	578
96	The Seeger Sisters	4	23	49	2	99	52	169	212
97	Clarence "Tom" Ashley	4	0	47	43	99	96	148	403
98	Camp Creek Boys	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	948
99	Tom, Brad & Alice	4	8	61	38	91	73	131	930
100	Lesley Riddle	4	0	35	24	88	55	102	471
101	The Dixie Fiddlers	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	37
102	This Big String Band	4	0	70	44	90	81	114	203
103	Uncle Bunt Stephens	3	83	47	43	97	76	125	197
104	Blind Alfred Reed	3	0	63	33	100	76	97	881
105	Grayson & Whitter	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	628
106	Neil Morris	3	2	53	59	92	61	123	332
107	Estil C. Ball	3	24	54	24	87	69	95	241
108	Lee Sexton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	349
109	Fiddle Mountain	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	49
110	Bill Cornett	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	184
111	George Pegram	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	332
112	Dillard Chandler	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	491
113	Berzilla Wallin	3	0	48	2	96	33	90	252
114	Carolina Tar Heels	2	0	56	25	87	58	95	352
115	The Dixon Brothers	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	659
116	Ernest Stoneman	2	0	53	57	97	83	117	599
117	Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	111
118	Lowe Stokes	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	360
119	Andrew & Jim Baxter	2	1	42	21	94	55	132	767
120	Fiddlin' Doc Roberts	2	85	77	46	99	96	135	516
121	B.F. Shelton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	179
122	East Texas Serenaders	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	781
123	Texas Gladden	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	537
124	Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	377
125	Bill & Belle Reed	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	193
126	Doug and Jack Wallin	1	0	56	5	92	44	75	73
127	Buster Carter & Preston Young	1	0	61	25	98	90	111	189
128	Emry Arthur	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	156
129	Lily May Ledford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	446
130	Norman Edmonds	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	53
131	Ernest V. Stoneman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	580
132	Estil C. Ball & Orna Ball	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	78
133	Narmour & Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	315
134	Horton Barker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	155
135	Leake County Revelers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	354
136	Willie Chapman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	113
137	Big Medicine	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	691
138	Shortbuckle Roark & Family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
139	Etta Baker and Cora Phillips	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43
140	Morgan Sexton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31
141	Uncle Eck Dunford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	189
142	Granville Bowlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	64

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