Singer-Songwriters and Folk-Rock Artists.
see Irish & UK artists.
see Celtic music from outside Ireland & the UK.
see Irish & UK folk music - thematic.
see Bluegrass, Cajun, Old Time, Blues.
Early Music Ensembles and anthologies.
Singer-Songwriters
- Harvey Andrews
- Steve Ashley
- Joan Baez
- Roy Bailey
- Frances Black
- Mary Black
- The Black Family
- Luka Bloom
- Jon Boden
- Eric Bogle
- Bon Iver
- Duncan Browne
- Jeff Buckley
- Tim Buckley
- Eva Cassidy
- Michael Chapman
- Vicki Clayton
- Rod Clements
- Christine Collister
- Chris Darrow
- Sandy Denny
- Nick Drake
- Bob Dylan
- Jennifer Cutting
- Marc Ellington
- Ramblin' Jack Elliot
- Betse Ellis
- Richard + Mimi Farina
- Bill Fay
- Chris Foster
- Bob Fox
- Jackson C Frank
- Gregson and Collister
- Vin Garbutt
- Mary Gauthier
- Charlotte Greig
- Patty Griffin
- Nanci Griffith
- Tim Grimm
- Woody Guthrie
- Mike Harding
- Emmylou Harris
- Gemma Hayes
- Judy Henske
- Priscilla Hardman
- The Highwaymen
- Anne Hills
- Robyn Hitchcock
- Maggie Holland
- Houghton Weavers
- David Hughes
- Janis Ian
- Iron and Wine
- Bert Jansch
- Wizz Jones
- James Keelaghan
- Jo-Ann Kelly
- Brian Kennedy
- Steve Knightley
- Abbi Lathe
- Shelagh McDonald
- Kate and Anna McGarrigle
- Roger McGuinn
- Dougie McLean
- Rita MacNeil
- Ralph McTell
- Laura Marling
- Karen Matheson
- Melanie
- Natalie Merchant
- Chad Mitchell Trio
- Joanna Newsom
- Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow
- Ollabelle
- Bernie Parry
- Niamh Parsons
- Dolly Parton
- Tom Paxton
- Bob Pegg
- Madeleine Peyroux
- Karine Polwart
- Alan Price
- Kate Purcell
- The Queensberry Rules
- Eddi Reader
- Alasdair Roberts
- Leon Rosselson
- Janet Russell
- Bridget St John
- Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Michelle Shocked
- Simon and Garfunkel
- Peggy Seeger
- Pete Seeger
- Mick Softley
- Cat Stevens
- Andy M Stewart
- Jake Thackray
- Martha Tilston
- Steve Tilston
- Loudon Wainwright
- Rufus Wainwright
- Chris While
- Kathryn Williams
- Chris Wood
- Wurzels
- Gabriel Yacoub
- James Yorkston and the Athletes
Folk-Rock and guitarists
- Albion Band
- All About Eve
- Maartin Allcock
- Animal Collective
- Appendix Out
- Bag O'Cats
- Duck Baker
- The Band
- Devendra Banhart
- Syd Barrett
- Beirut
- Bevel Jenny
- Black 47
- Blackmore's Night
- Blue Blokes 3
- Blue Horses
- Blyth Power
- Bohinta
- Boiled In Lead
- Joe Boyd
- Buffalo Springfield
- Vashti Bunyan
- Bushplant
- Eliza Carthy
- Susan Christie
- Cauld Blast Orchestra
- Chumbawamba
- Circulus
- COB
- Shirley Collins and Albion Band
- Cordelia's Dad
- Croft No. Five
- Andrew Cronshaw
- Cruachan
- Nancy Elizabeth Cunliffe
- Dead Can Dance
- Dead Raven Choir
- Hughes de Courson
- Deep Elem
- Alela Diane
- Eoin Dillon
- Dropkick Murphys
- Drop the Box
- Dulcimer
- The Eighteenth Day of May
- Equation
- Espers
- Ex Reverie
- John Fahey
- Fairport Convention
- Fiddler's Green
- Flibbertigibbet
- Flogging Molly
- Folque
- Forest
- Fotheringay
- French Frith Kaiser Thompson
- Fuchsia
- Jerry Garcia
- Garmarna
- Lisa Gerrard
- Goldon Giltrap
- GiveWay
- Gjallarhorn
- Phamie Gow
- The GP's
- Grada
- Davy Graham
- Grand Union
- The Grateful Dead
- Great Big Sea
- Greenland Whalefishers (Norwegian)
- Stefan Grossman
- Gryphon
- Gwendal
- L'Ham de Foc (Spain)
- Hank Dogs
- John Wesley Harding
- Emmylou Harris
- A Hawk and a Hacksaw
- Hedgehog Pie
- Hekaty
- Dorris Henderson and John Renbourn
- Heron
- Hevia
- Horslips
- Hot Vultures
- Incredible String Band
- Iron and Wine
- Iron Horse
- Jade
- John James
- Bert Jansch
- Bob Johnson and Peter Knight
- Karnataka
- The Keltz
- Rick Kemp
- Korpiklaani
- Leo Kottke
- Lau
- Lenahan
- Little Johnny England
- Lou Dalfin
- Loudest Whisper
- Roger McGuinn
- Loreena McKennitt
- Mad Pudding
- Magna Carta
- Mago De Oz
- Malicorne
- Malinky
- Mauvais Sort
- Melanie
- Mellow Candle
- Men They Couldn't Hang
- Mercury Rev
- Metamora
- Miranda Sex Garden
- Moonkyte
- The Morrigan
- Mountain Ash Band
- Moving Hearts
- Mr Fox
- New St George
- Joanna Newsom
- Ken Nicol
- Mike Oldfield
- Orchestre Super Moth
- Page and Plant
- Parchment
- Bob Pegg
- Dave Pegg
- Peatbog Faeries
- Pentangle
- Pogues
- Pressgang
- Maddy Prior
- Real McKenzies
- Relativity
- Rhapsody
- Kim Robertson
- Rusalnaia
- Silkie
- Simon and Garfunkel
- Sine E
- Sixteen Horsepower
- Skyclad
- Splatt!!
- Steeleye Span
- Sufjan Stevens
- Alan Stivell
- Tempest (USA)
- 10,000 Maniacs
- Thistletown
- Linda Thompson
- Tiger Moth
- Tir Na Nog
- Toss The Feathers
- The Tossers
- Trader Horne
- Trees
- Tri Yann (France)
- Tuatha De Danann (Brazil)
- Two Gallants
- Uiscedwr
- Unto Ashes
- The Valerie Project
- Varttina
- Vetiver
- The Vipers
- The Waifs
- Wake the Dead
- Greg Weeks
- Whapweasel
- Jah Wobble
- Wolfstone
- Woods Band
- You Slosh
- Hector Zazou
Celtic Punk
- Amadan
- Black 47
- Blood or Whiskey
- Dropkick Murphys
- Flogging Molly
- Neck
- Pogues
- Real McKenzies
- The Tossers
Celtic New Age
- Anuna
- Mary Black
- Maire Breatnach
- Maire Brennan
- Capercaillie
- Karan Casey
- Clannad
- Deanta
- Troy Donockley
- Enya
- Aryeh Frankfurter
- Ronan Hardiman
- Iona
- William Jackson
- Caroline Lavelle
- Loreena McKennitt
- Talitha MacKenzie
- Aoife Ni Fhearraigh
- Alan Stivell
- Bill Whelan
Psych-folk
- Animal Collective
- Devendra Banhart
- Vashti Bunyan
- Caedmon
- Alela Diane
- Directing Hand
- Espers
- Fleet Foxes
- Josephine Foster
- Fresh Maggots
- Incredible String Band
- Juniper Leaf
- Sharron Krauss
- Ellen Mary McGee
- Mary Jane
- Moonkyte
- Joanna Newsom
- Shide and Acorn
- Songs of Green Pheasant
- Spriguns
- Sufjan Stevens
- Trembling Bells
- Vetiver
Guitar wizards
- Robbie Basho
- Sandy Bull
- Dave Evans (English folk)
- Dave Evans (American bluegrass)
- John Fahey
- Goldon Giltrap
- Davy Graham
- Stefan Grossman
- Stefan Grossman and John Renbourn
- Leo Kottke
- John Renbourn
Nu-folk/Alt-country/Folk-goth
- Mary Hampton
- Handsome Family
- Hank Dogs
- Hem
- Ethan James
- The Memory Band
- Sixteen Horsepower
- Unto Ashes
- Gillian Welch
Celtic fusion/ World-beat
- Afro Celt Sound System
- Martyn Bennett
- Croft No. Five
- Kila
- Mouth Music
- Old Blind Dogs
- Mike Oldfield
- Peatbog Faries
- Varttina
Progressive folk-rock
- Amazing Blondel
- Comus
- Jan Dukes De Gray
- Ghostland
- Gnidrolog
- Goblin Market
- Gryphon
- Magna Carta
- Midwinter
- Minimum Vital
- Iona
- The Morrigan
- The Serpent Power
- Tir Na nOg
- Trader Horne
Harpists
- Derek Bell
- Phamie Gow
- Alison Kinnaird
- Kathleen Loughnane
- Catriona McKay and Chris Stout
- William Jackson
- Mairi Ni Chathasaigh and Chris Newman
- Sileas
- Savourna Stevenson
see Irish & UK artists.
see Celtic music from outside Ireland & the UK.
see Irish & UK folk music - thematic.
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