I choose to stay far away from the one
to think money is money to they’re
the musical profits of their times don’t
lend Ark your door welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
folk musicians hey mr. Tambourine Man
play a song for me for this list we’re
focusing on singers based primarily in
the genre of folk music this means that
someone like John Denver did not make
the cut as he was more of a country
singer than a traditional folk artist
number 10 Joan Baez some say love
it is a real
she was already an established star when
Bob Dylan arrived on the Greenwich
Village scene of the early 60s and
together they raised awareness for human
rights and societal issues
Oh
with her penetrating vocals and ability
to insightfully interpret the work of
fellow musicians Joan changed with the
times and stayed relevant by singing
about what she saw happening in the
world
and while she claims she inspired some
of Bob Dylan’s most famous recordings
the queen of folk also inspired a man by
the name of Steve Jobs who she dated in
the early 80s she’s standing right in
front of me speaking words of wisdom
with a beautiful mind and soul by has
made the world a better place through a
true romance with folk music
number nine Nick Drake
zài written as I say
honestly today musicians embrace the
power of social media and YouTube to
promotes their work but it’s unlikely
that you’ll ever find a clip of this
English singer performing live and
that’s because such video doesn’t exist
Crunchy’s
I’ll inform
from 1969 to 1972 Nick Drake released
three brilliant albums yet a reclusive
personality sheltered his music from the
general public due to a lack of touring
and interviews he once studied
English Literature at the University of
Cambridge and with his cluster cords
seasonal lyrics and a haunting voice
Drake produced a melancholic sound that
has long touched a nerve with listeners
many seas must go right
Oh
number eight Peter Paul and Mary how
many times must the cannonballs buy
formed by Albert Grossman the man who
later became the infamous manager of Bob
Dylan this New York City trio became
famous by covering blowin in the wind
which they performed live at the 1963
march on Washington
even though Peter Paul and Mary produced
only a single number-one hits before
their 1970 breakup they define the era
of 60s folk and their music played a
crucial role in the early commercial
success of Bob Dylan’s career along with
the counterculture movement that would
arrive by the end of the decade
number seven Leonard Cohen it’s for
the end of December
I read you now just to see if you’re any
better once a novelist and always a poet
this Canadian has a knack for composing
transcendental lyrics about life love
sex and the true nature of the world
around us
yeah
songs like bird on the wire and famous
blue raincoat have become ideal Rob
tracks for moody listeners and even Kurt
Cobain paid homage to Leonard Cohen in
the 1994 song pennyroyal tea
even if his music often takes on a dark
and mystical tone it’s the intellectual
lyrics that have long allowed listeners
to reflect and appreciate the wisdom of
Leonard Cohen
why not
and by the way he’s the original writer
and singer of Hallelujah which gained
more fame when it was covered by the
likes of John Cale and Jeff Buckley
number six Neil Young Hey
inspired by the music of Bob Dylan a
young Canadian kid toward his country
during the mid-60s and hooked up with a
draft-dodging musician named Rick James
only one of them would become a super
freak while the other became the
Godfather of grunge who got stopped
children nuts that sound everybody puts
born dad aside from being one of the
co-founding members of Buffalo
Springfield and Farm Aid Neil Young has
earned acclaim for his prolific
recording career with lyrics steeped in
common man ideology
if some folk artists are an acquired
taste this man creates road music with a
message behind it hiim is searching for
a heart of gold
you keep me searching
Oh
number five Joni Mitchell yet another
Canadian on our list and with good
reason
Joni Mitchell taught herself to play
guitar with a Pete Seeger songbook
taking her alternative guitar tunings
with her she arrived in the United
States at a unique time in music history
as the hippies of California took a
liking to the singer’s quirky voice and
fusion of various musical styles live
nights window delight her lyrics were
undoubtedly of the time and by taking
personal control over production the
final product was all her own kathira
goo and i had to let him go after a
number of iconic albums associated with
the counterculture movement Joni
Mitchell continued to innovate her sound
throughout her career
even if popular tastes had changed still
I’d be on my feet gonna lay down my
sword and team
number four Pete Seeger done by the
Riverside born to a harvard-educated
father and mother who taught at
Juilliard the late Pete Seeger found an
early friend in music I went to your
family and I asked him for you Bell said
take her out tinker please do upon
forming the weavers in late 40s New York
City Pete Seeger inadvertently sparked a
folk revival as musicians eventually
came from all parts of the country to
play with the musician including a young
Bob Dylan hey by the early 60s Seger was
already 40 years of age and before the
end of that decade he led a group of
protestors to the Capitol during the
moratorium to end the war in Vietnam
over 40 years later he was occupying
Wall Street and performing live at Farm
Aid before his death at the age of 94
that was planted in my brain number
three
simon and garfunkel will sound
silence
okay so maybe folk music wasn’t
necessarily all the rage in the 1960s
however by the end of the decade it most
certainly was and that was in large part
to the music of Paul Simon and Art
Garfunkel when we were 15 years old we
uh what we did is show up in the and the
Hartford Stage Theatre we were 15 no
what happens as no we know that was in
common
oh that’s right under Tom and Jerry
originally formed as Tom and Jerry in
Queens New York during the 50s
Simon and Garfunkel soon found a place
in the mainstream with their deeply
insightful lyrics and pop sensibilities
like many artists they would break up
and join forces time and time again but
the 60s charts were filled with Simon
and Garfunkel evergreen hits they didn’t
only capture the sentiment of the time
also were simultaneously timeless in
nature and the words of the prophets are
written on subway walls and tenement Oh
number two Bob Dylan anyone known in the
Sun was Shannon she was lying in bed
wondering if she changed it all of her
hair was still live born and raised in
Minnesota Bob Dylan grew up listening to
the likes of Woody Guthrie and Robert
Johnson and he would name his iconic
1965 album after the road that
symbolically connected him to the Delta
blues landscape of the deep south
but through his own willpower and a
little bit of luck
he first shocked the folk scene of New
York City with his surrealistic lyrics
tinged with Americana before reaching a
larger stage and though he’s never
claimed to be anything more than a
singer Bob Dylan came to represent the
essence of artistic freedom and music
evolution Hey
please I’m going to before we unveil our
topic here are a few honorable mentions
peace train sound business chain
my
so much depth in
a caution reminder where I can find her
reports tell her punch your fill lefties
living in a cheap hotel metal spoon holy
ghost evil number one Woody Guthrie this
land is your land and this land is my
land and the California in the New York
island take a look at this man’s guitar
and you’ll understand his musical
ideology born and raised in the American
Dust Bowl Woody Guthrie was inspired by
the working-class and wrote songs about
his emigration from Oklahoma to
California from California to the New
York island unimpressed with beloved
songs that didn’t reflect the present
woody wrote this land is your land and
continue to write at a rapid pace in
order to represent the realities of
those lost in the shuffle of big
business and politics in the dead hours
of night he rose from
her flag here near the end of his life a
teenage bag named Bob Dylan paid him a
visit and the music of Guthrie would
soon be reintroduced to the world
through a new generation of folk music
artists land is mine you know what gives
me courage is to think that this song
was never on the top 40 it was never on
the top of the hit parade but hundreds
of millions of people know the song yeah
so do you agree with our selections who
is your favorite folk musician oh my
life on the line thank you for more
mind-blowing top 10s published daily be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
are you moody at the very best time in
his life when he was a young man lots of
ideals and I thought loft tower and
that’s the woody I Center on that’s what
I come in off and I’m not gonna remember
any other wood
to think money is money to they’re
the musical profits of their times don’t
lend Ark your door welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
folk musicians hey mr. Tambourine Man
play a song for me for this list we’re
focusing on singers based primarily in
the genre of folk music this means that
someone like John Denver did not make
the cut as he was more of a country
singer than a traditional folk artist
number 10 Joan Baez some say love
it is a real
she was already an established star when
Bob Dylan arrived on the Greenwich
Village scene of the early 60s and
together they raised awareness for human
rights and societal issues
Oh
with her penetrating vocals and ability
to insightfully interpret the work of
fellow musicians Joan changed with the
times and stayed relevant by singing
about what she saw happening in the
world
and while she claims she inspired some
of Bob Dylan’s most famous recordings
the queen of folk also inspired a man by
the name of Steve Jobs who she dated in
the early 80s she’s standing right in
front of me speaking words of wisdom
with a beautiful mind and soul by has
made the world a better place through a
true romance with folk music
number nine Nick Drake
zài written as I say
honestly today musicians embrace the
power of social media and YouTube to
promotes their work but it’s unlikely
that you’ll ever find a clip of this
English singer performing live and
that’s because such video doesn’t exist
Crunchy’s
I’ll inform
from 1969 to 1972 Nick Drake released
three brilliant albums yet a reclusive
personality sheltered his music from the
general public due to a lack of touring
and interviews he once studied
English Literature at the University of
Cambridge and with his cluster cords
seasonal lyrics and a haunting voice
Drake produced a melancholic sound that
has long touched a nerve with listeners
many seas must go right
Oh
number eight Peter Paul and Mary how
many times must the cannonballs buy
formed by Albert Grossman the man who
later became the infamous manager of Bob
Dylan this New York City trio became
famous by covering blowin in the wind
which they performed live at the 1963
march on Washington
even though Peter Paul and Mary produced
only a single number-one hits before
their 1970 breakup they define the era
of 60s folk and their music played a
crucial role in the early commercial
success of Bob Dylan’s career along with
the counterculture movement that would
arrive by the end of the decade
number seven Leonard Cohen it’s for
the end of December
I read you now just to see if you’re any
better once a novelist and always a poet
this Canadian has a knack for composing
transcendental lyrics about life love
sex and the true nature of the world
around us
yeah
songs like bird on the wire and famous
blue raincoat have become ideal Rob
tracks for moody listeners and even Kurt
Cobain paid homage to Leonard Cohen in
the 1994 song pennyroyal tea
even if his music often takes on a dark
and mystical tone it’s the intellectual
lyrics that have long allowed listeners
to reflect and appreciate the wisdom of
Leonard Cohen
why not
and by the way he’s the original writer
and singer of Hallelujah which gained
more fame when it was covered by the
likes of John Cale and Jeff Buckley
number six Neil Young Hey
inspired by the music of Bob Dylan a
young Canadian kid toward his country
during the mid-60s and hooked up with a
draft-dodging musician named Rick James
only one of them would become a super
freak while the other became the
Godfather of grunge who got stopped
children nuts that sound everybody puts
born dad aside from being one of the
co-founding members of Buffalo
Springfield and Farm Aid Neil Young has
earned acclaim for his prolific
recording career with lyrics steeped in
common man ideology
if some folk artists are an acquired
taste this man creates road music with a
message behind it hiim is searching for
a heart of gold
you keep me searching
Oh
number five Joni Mitchell yet another
Canadian on our list and with good
reason
Joni Mitchell taught herself to play
guitar with a Pete Seeger songbook
taking her alternative guitar tunings
with her she arrived in the United
States at a unique time in music history
as the hippies of California took a
liking to the singer’s quirky voice and
fusion of various musical styles live
nights window delight her lyrics were
undoubtedly of the time and by taking
personal control over production the
final product was all her own kathira
goo and i had to let him go after a
number of iconic albums associated with
the counterculture movement Joni
Mitchell continued to innovate her sound
throughout her career
even if popular tastes had changed still
I’d be on my feet gonna lay down my
sword and team
number four Pete Seeger done by the
Riverside born to a harvard-educated
father and mother who taught at
Juilliard the late Pete Seeger found an
early friend in music I went to your
family and I asked him for you Bell said
take her out tinker please do upon
forming the weavers in late 40s New York
City Pete Seeger inadvertently sparked a
folk revival as musicians eventually
came from all parts of the country to
play with the musician including a young
Bob Dylan hey by the early 60s Seger was
already 40 years of age and before the
end of that decade he led a group of
protestors to the Capitol during the
moratorium to end the war in Vietnam
over 40 years later he was occupying
Wall Street and performing live at Farm
Aid before his death at the age of 94
that was planted in my brain number
three
simon and garfunkel will sound
silence
okay so maybe folk music wasn’t
necessarily all the rage in the 1960s
however by the end of the decade it most
certainly was and that was in large part
to the music of Paul Simon and Art
Garfunkel when we were 15 years old we
uh what we did is show up in the and the
Hartford Stage Theatre we were 15 no
what happens as no we know that was in
common
oh that’s right under Tom and Jerry
originally formed as Tom and Jerry in
Queens New York during the 50s
Simon and Garfunkel soon found a place
in the mainstream with their deeply
insightful lyrics and pop sensibilities
like many artists they would break up
and join forces time and time again but
the 60s charts were filled with Simon
and Garfunkel evergreen hits they didn’t
only capture the sentiment of the time
also were simultaneously timeless in
nature and the words of the prophets are
written on subway walls and tenement Oh
number two Bob Dylan anyone known in the
Sun was Shannon she was lying in bed
wondering if she changed it all of her
hair was still live born and raised in
Minnesota Bob Dylan grew up listening to
the likes of Woody Guthrie and Robert
Johnson and he would name his iconic
1965 album after the road that
symbolically connected him to the Delta
blues landscape of the deep south
but through his own willpower and a
little bit of luck
he first shocked the folk scene of New
York City with his surrealistic lyrics
tinged with Americana before reaching a
larger stage and though he’s never
claimed to be anything more than a
singer Bob Dylan came to represent the
essence of artistic freedom and music
evolution Hey
please I’m going to before we unveil our
topic here are a few honorable mentions
peace train sound business chain
my
so much depth in
a caution reminder where I can find her
reports tell her punch your fill lefties
living in a cheap hotel metal spoon holy
ghost evil number one Woody Guthrie this
land is your land and this land is my
land and the California in the New York
island take a look at this man’s guitar
and you’ll understand his musical
ideology born and raised in the American
Dust Bowl Woody Guthrie was inspired by
the working-class and wrote songs about
his emigration from Oklahoma to
California from California to the New
York island unimpressed with beloved
songs that didn’t reflect the present
woody wrote this land is your land and
continue to write at a rapid pace in
order to represent the realities of
those lost in the shuffle of big
business and politics in the dead hours
of night he rose from
her flag here near the end of his life a
teenage bag named Bob Dylan paid him a
visit and the music of Guthrie would
soon be reintroduced to the world
through a new generation of folk music
artists land is mine you know what gives
me courage is to think that this song
was never on the top 40 it was never on
the top of the hit parade but hundreds
of millions of people know the song yeah
so do you agree with our selections who
is your favorite folk musician oh my
life on the line thank you for more
mind-blowing top 10s published daily be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
are you moody at the very best time in
his life when he was a young man lots of
ideals and I thought loft tower and
that’s the woody I Center on that’s what
I come in off and I’m not gonna remember
any other wood
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