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Folk Singers, Musicians and Bands

Devendra Banhart

Devendra Banhart

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: Album "What Will We Be" (2009)
💿 Top Albums: Vast Ovoid, Ma, Ape in Pink Marble
📖 Bio: Devendra Banhart, born Devendra Obi Banhart on May 30, 1981, in Houston, Texas, is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist known for his eclec...
🎂 Born: May 30, 1981 in Houston, Texas, USA
💼 Occupation: Singer, songwriter
Emily Kinney

Emily Kinney

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: As Beth Greene in "The Walking Dead" (TV)
💿 Top Albums: The Supporting Character, Oh Jonathan, Back on Love
📖 Bio: Emily Rebecca Kinney, born on August 15, 1985, in Wayne, Nebraska, is a multifaceted American actress and singer-songwriter recognized for her compell...
🎂 Born: August 15, 1985 in Wayne, Nebraska, USA
💼 Occupation: Actress, singer-songwriter
Father John Misty

Father John Misty

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: Album "Fear Fun" (2012)
💿 Top Albums: Anthem +3, God's Favorite Customer, Pure Comedy
📖 Bio: Joshua Michael Tillman, known professionally as Father John Misty, is an acclaimed American musician, celebrated for his unique blend of folk and indi...
🎂 Born: May 3, 1981 in USA
💼 Occupation: Musician
Feist

Feist

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: Album "Let It Die" (2004)
💿 Top Albums: Pleasure, Metals, The Reminder (Deluxe Version)
📖 Bio: Sometimes simplicity and uniqueness are what music industry longing for. At the age where fresh acts are budding, %cFeist% maintain to hold her legacy...
🎂 Born: February 13, 1976 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
💼 Occupation: Pop/rock singer
Flight of the Conchords

Flight of the Conchords

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: Debut album "Flight of the Conchords" (2008)
💿 Top Albums: Live in London, I Told You I Was Freaky, Flight of the Conchords
📖 Bio: Flight of the Conchords emerged from Wellington, New Zealand, in 1998 as a folk parody duo, charming audiences worldwide with their uniquely deadpan m...
🎂 Born: June 9, 1998 in Wellington, New Zealand
💼 Occupation: Folk parody duo
Gabrielle Aplin

Gabrielle Aplin

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: Single "The Power of Love" (2012)
💿 Top Albums: Dear Happy, Avalon, Miss You
📖 Bio: Gabrielle Ann Aplin, born on October 10, 1992, in Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, England, is a celebrated English singer and songwriter known for her poign...
🎂 Born: October 10, 1992 in Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, England
💼 Occupation: Singer, songwriter
Indigo Girls

Indigo Girls

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: Album "Indigo Girls" (1989)
💿 Top Albums: Look Long, Indigo Girls Live with the University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra, One Lost Day
📖 Bio: Indigo Girls emerged from the Atlanta folk scene to become one of the most enduring and influential duos in American music, renowned for their intrica...
🎂 Born: June 9, 1985 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
💼 Occupation: Folk rock duo
Iron and Wine

Iron and Wine

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: Album "Our Endless Numbered Days " (2004)
💿 Top Albums: Archive Series Volume No. 5: Tallahassee Recordings, Years to Burn, Our Endless Numbered Days (Deluxe Edition)
📖 Bio: Iron and Wine is the stage name of American singer-songwriter Samuel Beam, an artist whose intimate, literary folk music became a defining sound of th...
🎂 Born: July 26, 1974 in Chapin, South Carolina, USA
💼 Occupation: Singer, songwriter
Iwan Rheon

Iwan Rheon

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: As Ramsay Bolton in "Game of Thrones" (2013 - 2016) (TV)
💿 Top Albums: Dinard, Bang! Bang!, Changing Times
📖 Bio: Iwan Rheon, born on May 13, 1985, in Carmarthen, Wales, is a Welsh actor and musician renowned for his compelling performances in both television and ...
🎂 Born: May 13, 1985 in Carmarthen, Wales, UK
💼 Occupation: Actor, singer
Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: Album "Brushfire Fairytales" (2001)
💿 Top Albums: This Warm December, A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 3, All the Light Above It Too, From Here to Now to You
📖 Bio: Born in Hawaii, notorious for its sandy beaches and surfing culture, Jack Hody Johnson could not hold back the his passion to take the surf board and ...
🎂 Born: May 18, 1975 in Oahu, Hawaii, USA
💼 Occupation: Musician, rock singer, songwriter, surfer
Joanna Newsom

Joanna Newsom

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: Album "The Milk-Eyed Mender" (2004)
💿 Top Albums: Divers, Have One on Me, Joanna Newsom & the Ys Street Band EP
📖 Bio: Joanna Newsom is an acclaimed American singer-songwriter, harpist, and actress, recognized for her distinct musical style that blends elements of folk...
🎂 Born: January 18, 1982 in Nevada City, California, USA
💼 Occupation: Musician
Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: Single "Big Yellow Taxi" from album "Ladies of the Canyon" (1970)
💿 Top Albums: The Reprise Albums (1968-1971), Joni Mitchell's the Fiddle and the Drum, Shine
📖 Bio: Roberta Joan Anderson, known professionally as Joni Mitchell, is a celebrated Canadian and American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and pain...
🎂 Born: November 7, 1943 in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
💼 Occupation: Songwriter, painter
Laura Marling

Laura Marling

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: Debut album "Alas, I Cannot Swim" (2008)
💿 Top Albums: Animal, Song for Our Daughter, Semper Femina
🎂 Born: February 1, 1990 in Eversley, Hampshire, England
💼 Occupation: Singer, songwriter
Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: Album "Songs of Leonard Cohen" (1967)
💿 Top Albums: Thanks for the Dance, You Want It Darker, Can't Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour
📖 Bio: Leonard Norman Cohen was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist, renowned for his profound lyrics and distinctive voice. Born on September ...
🎂 Born: September 21, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
💼 Occupation: Singer, songwriter
Lewis Capaldi

Lewis Capaldi

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: His single "Someone You Loved" (2018) reached number one on the UK Singles Chart
💿 Top Albums: Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (Extended Edition), Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent, Breach (EP)
📖 Bio: Born on October 7, 1996, %cLewis Capaldi% has been familiar with music since childhood. He learned how to play drums and guitar when he was merely two...
🎂 Born: October 7, 1996 in Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
💼 Occupation: Singer, songwriter
Lisa Loeb

Lisa Loeb

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: Album "Tails" (1995)
💿 Top Albums: A Simple Trick to Happiness, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie: Season 1 (An Amazon Original Soundtrack), Lullaby Girl
📖 Bio: Lisa Anne Loeb, born on March 11, 1968, in Bethesda, Maryland, is an acclaimed American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and actress. She gained w...
🎂 Born: March 11, 1968 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA
💼 Occupation: Singer, songwriter
Loreena McKennitt

Loreena McKennitt

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: Single "The Mummers' Dance" (1998)
💿 Top Albums: Live at The Royal Albert Hall, Lost Souls, The Journey So Far the Best of Loreena McKennitt (Deluxe Edition)
📖 Bio: Loreena McKennitt emerged as a distinctive and influential voice in world music, renowned for weaving Celtic traditions with a tapestry of global infl...
🎂 Born: February 17, 1957 in Morden, Manitoba, Canada
💼 Occupation: World/new age/celtic singer
Lucinda Williams

Lucinda Williams

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: Album "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road" (1998)
💿 Top Albums: Good Souls Better Angels, Runnin' Down a Dream: A Tribute to Tom Petty, This Sweet Old World
📖 Bio: Lucinda Williams is an acclaimed American singer-songwriter known for her unique blend of folk, rock, and country music. Born on January 26, 1953, in ...
🎂 Born: January 26, 1953 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
💼 Occupation: Folk, rock, country music singer, songwriter
Mumford & Sons

Mumford & Sons

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: Debut album "Sigh No More" (2009)
💿 Top Albums: Sigh No More Sessions, Delta, Johannesburg
📖 Bio: %cMarcus Mumford% single-handedly organized a band and arranged performances to get their music out there. Mumford formed %cMumford & Sons% in Decembe...
🎂 Born: December 1, 2007 in London, United Kingdom
💼 Occupation: Folk band
Nathaniel Rateliff

Nathaniel Rateliff

🎵 Genre: Folk
⭐ Known For: Album "Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats" (2015)
💿 Top Albums: The Future, Red Rocks 2020, And It's Still Alright
📖 Bio: Nathaniel David Rateliff, born on October 7, 1978, in Bay, Missouri, is an American singer and songwriter renowned for his soulful blend of folk, Amer...
🎂 Born: October 7, 1978 in Bay, Missouri, United States
💼 Occupation: Singer, songwriter