Favorite Folk Singers
Favorite Folk Singers
#0Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/5/05 at 10:21pm
I love The Mamas and the Papas and Joni Mitchell.
The New Main Street Singers, The Folksmen and Mikey and Mitch go without saying.
Who are your favorite Folk Singers?
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#1re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/5/05 at 10:53pm
Judy Collins
Arlo Guthrie
Peter, Paul & Mary
Joan Baez
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#2re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/5/05 at 10:56pm
never a folk singer fan myself.
still, judy collins and joan baez i often enjoy.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/03
#4re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/5/05 at 11:03pm
Sandy Denny
Gordon Lightfoot
Anna and Kate McGarrigle
Tom Paxton
Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10
#5re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/5/05 at 11:10pmAnyone for Laura Nyro?
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#7re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/5/05 at 11:13pmNanci Griffith is my fave
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Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#8re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/5/05 at 11:14pm
Dar Williams
David LaMotte
Lucy Kaplansky
Phil Ochs
Joan Baez
Joni Mitchell
Do we still count Bob Dylan?
#9re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/5/05 at 11:21pmLaura Nyro---I seriously cannot listen to her without crying.
#10re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/5/05 at 11:25pm
I'm trying not to cry but if I do it's only cuz I'll miss you, one last time, let me kiss you..
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#11re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/5/05 at 11:29pmTom Waits' rendition of "Somewhere" gives me chills.
#12re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/5/05 at 11:34pmOh yes... love Dar Williams. Saw her a couple of years ago, wonderful.
Celebrate Life
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#13re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/5/05 at 11:57pmEva Cassidy
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#15re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/6/05 at 1:03am
Folk-rock...sure, why not:
Fairport Convention
And I forgot to mention Christine Lavin before.
Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10
#16re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/6/05 at 12:43pm
ODETTA! ODETTA! ODETTA!
"When I smoke reefer I AM Odetta." ~pia zadora in HAIRSPRAY
and the great Aussie Robin Archer--
some of the folks mentioned are not necessarily folkies...but i will mention janis ian...as she is a woman with a guitar.
Mind is Mantra.
Updated On: 8/6/05 at 12:43 PM
#17re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/6/05 at 12:50pm
Hmm, well considering it has long been my favorite music...
Dylan (Yoda and Undi of course he counts! Listen to Live at Halloween 1964!)
Phil Ochs (I have all his albums, he really was an artist)
Dar Williams (although lately way too much 'pop')
Joni Mitchell
Joan Baez (totally agree with the Diamonds and Rust love above, also Baez singing almost any Dylan song AHHH!)
Indigo Girls
Billy Bragg
Odetta
Pete Seeger
Lucinda Williams
Lucy Kaplansky
Tom Waits
so many more I can't think of off the top of my head.
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
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#18re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/6/05 at 4:36pm
Love Odetta! How about Nina Simone? I also saw a young woman on one of Judy Garland's TV show and she was terrific. Don't recall her name.
OMG , MJR I forgot about Eva! Yes yes yes.
Updated On: 8/6/05 at 04:36 PM
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#19re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/6/05 at 5:53pmPeter, Paul and Mary. I would love to see them live in a concert.
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#20re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/6/05 at 6:10pm
Ah, yes, the late, great Eva Cassidy. What a treasure! Her voice was so clear and beautiful.
#21re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/6/05 at 6:18pm
Peter, Paul & Mary
Woody and Arlo Guthrie
Joan Baez
Judy Collins
Bob Dylan
Gordon Lightfoot
Tom Paxton
I just know I am forgetting some.
But I also love very early Clannad When they were singing mostly in Gaelic.
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#22re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/7/05 at 12:36am
Got Joni Mitchell HITS this evening.
Will go on the iPod tomorrow.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#23re: Favorite Folk Singers
Posted: 8/7/05 at 4:28amI second alot of the ones who have been mentioned but I'd like to add Carole King. I cannot listen to Tapestry enough. Also, BJ Thomas, Cat Stevens and Jim Croce. (can we consider them to be folk singers?)
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