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Best contemporary folk artists of the 1970s

Prog and hard rock spent the middle of the decade getting longer while dub and krautrock quietly assembled the rhythmic machinery that pop is still borrowing. Then punk turned up and told all of them to get to the point.

Everyone who released a contemporary folk album in the 1970s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

  1. 2Terry CallierTerry Callier1 album here4.04.2 avg · 3 ratings
  2. 3Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen1 album here4.04.0 avg · 4 ratings
  3. 4John LennonJohn Lennon1 album here3.93.9 avg · 17 ratings
  4. 5Joni MitchellJoni Mitchell2 albums here3.73.5 avg · 6 ratings
  5. 6Nick DrakeNick Drake1 album here3.63.4 avg · 10 ratings
  6. 7Crosby, Stills, Nash & YoungCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young1 album here2 ratings
  7. 8Don McLeanDon McLean1 album here1 rating
  8. 9John PrineJohn Prine2 albums here1 rating
  9. 10Iwan FalsIwan Fals1 album here
  10. 11Víctor ManuelVíctor Manuel11 albums here
  11. 12Chris SmitherChris Smither1 album here

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