Folk????????????????

i take it from your examples you're looking for some old originals?

some great names mentioned already, here's a few more:

shirley collins

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx-p1wc0fCM&feature=...

martin carthy

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=u2K7HcYld5s

judy collins

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DejUPN4SksU&feature=...

sandy denny

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rd_gMrmf6g&feature=...

and finally, a bit of self-indulgence, one of my earliest favourites

the spinners

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=c6v2jRqjHzg&feature=...

Hi Fonzie, My YouTube Flash Player is toast - have no idea why - so I can't send you any good links. : ( While I haven't been listening to much Folk or Folk-Rock recently, I have a long history of digging that genre. My collection includes CDs by: Patty Larkin Susan Werner Bob Dylan ('61 to '66, mainly) John Gorka Bill Morrissey Ani DiFranco et al From across the pond: Steeleye Span Fairport Convention Pentangle Christine Collister Lindisfarne Albion Band

Tom Paxton

Gordon Lightfoot, you've probably heard of him.

Ian Tyson

Harry Chapin

Phil Ochs

Jack Elliott

Tracy Chapman

Blues Traveler

The Corrs

Barry Louis Polisar

Donovan?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8hjEYTpwE8&feature...

The Kingston Trio?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf9Lsd6uh-o

Everyone above already mentioned the main ones, here are a few more that I really enjoy. They are mostly modern more indie type artists.

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

Devendra Banhart - freak folk

Bon Iver

M. Ward

The Tallest Man On Earth

CocoRosie - new/freak folk

John Prine

Kimya Dawson/Moldy Peaches - anti-folk

Judee Sill

Tom Waits - experimental folk?

shake appeal - Thanks, same to you.

60's/70's acts

Donovan

Nick Drake

Phil Ochs

Cat Stevens

Leonard Cohen

Joni Mitchell

Richard Thompson

Loudon Wainwright III

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

"modern" acts:

Sufjan Stevens indie-folk)

Hayden (indie)

Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst)

Steve Earle (country-folk)

Ani Difranco (anti-folk)

Elliott Smith (indie)

Vic Chesnutt (alt country/folk)

Jose Gonzalez (trad. - think Drake and Stevens)

Tim Easton (Dylanesque)

Good ones, Terrible Lie.

Little Joy

Fleet Foxes

Bon Iver

Nick Drake

or for like folk/indie

Fleet Foxes

Elliott Smith (first 2 albums)

Sufjan Stevens (kind of like...really wierd, he makes cds about states)

Phil Ochs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5pgrKSwFJE

Donovan (but I'm sure you've heard of him)

Arlo Guthrie (I'm sure you've heard of him, too)

Pete Seeger

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu0OMI6mTgg

Leadbelly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5tOpyipNJs

John Lee Hooker played some folkish tunes back in the day...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYrVwGxlcFA

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXWLceA5TSA

Peter, Paul and Mary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItIaA5hhht8

Josh White

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RclyijxoTsk

Pink Anderson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zum8hPXz52A

The Chad Mitchell Trio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvrt0gXucRc

That's all I can think of right now. I'll edit if I think of more. Peace!

Blackmore's night

Jethro Tull