I dont know about best but i grew up in a house where all those listed played plus; paxton, chapins (harry and tom), kingston trio (not really my bag), collins (not sure she was folk either more cross over), Guthrie, baez, PPM, ewan mccall and S&G

I like lightfoot, chapin, dylann nancii grifiths and others

More contemporary mumford and sons and some others

I've recently really been rocking him. Good tunes!!

Yoko Ono

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

Not sure if these would all fall under the category but:

simon and garfunkle
neil young
jackson browne (saw him last year and have tixx again for this year)

Also Jackson C Frank:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0va3F2PWBJc


https://www.theguardian.com/...forgotten-60s-legend

That jerk is dead to me.

Agree. Greg Brown -- catchy, humorous, story-telling songs. Same with John Prine.

Pete Seeger is all I got, sorry

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Old and (likely) dead? Or current?

One of the current guys I like is Willie Watson, who used to be in Old Crow Medicine Show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N49k4KkshAs

My initial thought...

'Cause what the world needs now / Is another folk singer / Like I need a hole in my head
-Cracker

In reality I listen to a fair amount of 70's Rock that is probably considered folk...
Oh well...
-Ron

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I have deceptive speed...I'm slower than I look.

You're the only one who understands the genre, so far.

How many folk singers does it take to change a light bulb?

Five - one to actually change it, and the other four to sing about how good the old one was.

Joni Mitchell

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"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."

You can thank my Dad for that

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Not a closet folkie, but can remember my parents spinning a lot of folk vinyl when I was a kid.

Peter, Paul and Mary
Dan Folgelberg
Bob Dylan
Joan Baez
Arlo Guthrie

just a few that come immediately to mind.

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You guys are technically correct. I listen to many artists listed above but I don't listen to folk music so I don't really have a favorite I guess.

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It doesn't really matter what Phil is saying, the music of his voice is the appropriate soundtrack for a bicycle race. HTupolev

Denis Leary: Explain it to me. Heavy metal bands on trial because kids commit suicide, what is that about? Judas Priest on trial because my kid bought the records, and he listened to the lyrics, and he go into Satan... ALLALALALALALLALA! Well that's great. That sets a legal precedent. Does that mean I can sue Dan Fogelberg for making me into a pussy in the mid '70s, is that possible, HUH?

I think the criteria should be limited to anyone who appeared in the documentary Festival

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Joni Mitchell

+1

And Neil Young and Dylan if you all consider them in the category.

For the old, dead ones, I'll go with Pete Seeger and John Hartford. Forget about Seeger's politics if you disagree. He and Hartford loved the music more than anything. And it showed in their performances and recordings.

Don't know if I would consider him folk. He'd certainly draw a crowd at a folk revival concert, were he still alive, but I don't seem him as a fold singer.

But if he is, that means we also have to include Guy Clark in the mix.

Ever see the movie "Heartworn Highways?"

Not true. But if so, it'd mean Springsteen is a folk singer.

And HERE is where we tie it together

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M9b8zZtoPQ

ELAINE: Andrea Doria? Isn't that the one they did the song about?

JERRY: (Correcting her) Edmund Fitzgerald.

ELIANE: I love Edmund Fitzgerald's voice.

JERRY: (Gives Elaine a look) No, Gordon Lightfoot was the singer. Edmund Fitzgerald was the ship.

ELAINE: I think Gordon Lightfoot was the boat.

JERRY: (Sarcastic) Yeah, and it was rammed by the Cat Stevens.

Wasn't that the name of the boat?

Yeah

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

I loved that song as a kid. Never really understood or took time to understand the lyrics until recently, but its such a great tune. I love Gordon Lightfoot. I grew up listening to folk as my dad was a huge fan. Leonard Cohen, Tracy Chapman, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon (and Art), Neil Young so many others.