Julian Saporiti

Multifaceted Asian-American Musician and Storyt...

The Po' Ramblin' Boys

Award-Winning Bluegrass Band

Pete Seeger

Iconic American Folk Music Singer-Songwriter an...

Kronos Quartet

Innovative String Ensemble

Leadbelly

Influential American Folk and Blues Musician

Lucinda Williams

Grammy-Winning Americana Singer-Songwriter

Doc Watson

Legendary American Folk and Bluegrass Guitarist

Peggy Seeger

Folk Music Icon and Activist

Ewan MacColl

British Folk Music Pioneer

Laurie Anderson

Innovative American Performance Artist and Musi...

Dom Flemons

Grammy-Winning American Songster and Folk Musician

Barbara Dane

American folk and blues singer

Leyla McCalla

Haitian-American Folk and Blues Musician

Lula Wiles

Folk Trio

Pharis & Jason Romero

Canadian Folk Duo

Tenzin Choegyal

Tibetan Folk Musician and Instrumentalist

Abigail Washburn

American Clawhammer Banjo Player and Singer

Jesse Paris Smith

Multi-instrumentalist and Composer

Gaither Carlton

Appalachian Old-Time Fiddler and Banjo Player

Sam Bush

Bluegrass Mandolin Virtuoso

Wu Fei

Chinese Guzheng Virtuoso and Composer

Unknown Artist

Emerging Experimental Music Collective

Phil Ochs

American Folk Singer-Songwriter and Activist

Flaco Jimenez

Legendary Tex-Mex Accordionist

Hazel Dickens And Alice Gerrard

Pioneering Women of Folk and Bluegrass Music

Blind Willie Johnson

Influential American Gospel Blues Singer and Gu...

Carlos Montoya

Spanish Flamenco Guitar Virtuoso

Damir Imamović

Bosnian Sevdah Music Revitalizer

Frantz Casseus

Haitian Classical Guitarist and Composer

Joseph Spence

Bahamian Folk Guitar Legend

Mariachi Los Camperos De Nati Cano

Renowned Mexican Mariachi Ensemble

Kaia Kater

Canadian Roots Music Singer-Songwriter

Jean Ritchie

Vaclav Nelhybel

Czech-American Composer and Musician

Jeanne Humphries

Quetzal

Dan & Claudia Zanes

Olga Pavlova

The McIntosh County Shouters

Lolita Cuevas

Earl Robinson

American Folk Music Composer and Singer

The John Santos Sextet

Rev. Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick

Golden Gate Gypsy Orchestra

Dominic Behan

Fuzan Sato

Isshi Yamada

Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton

Tuareg

Sunny Jain

Lord Invader And His Calypso Orchestra

Ann Savoy

Jesus Guzman

Sonya Cohen Cramer

Max Baca

Tejano Conjunto Musician