Folk of the 1980s
Folk bands and artists who released albums in the 1980s: 255 artists with biographies and discographies
Folk of the 1980s: bands and artists
The most listened are shown: 60 of 255
Bob Dylan

Paul Simon
Tracy Chapman
John Denver
Leonard Cohen
Suzanne Vega
Carole King
Don McLean
Joni Mitchell
Al Stewart

John Farnham
Joan Baez
Tom Waits
Donovan
Sarah McLachlan
Gordon Lightfoot

Steeleye Span
Roger Whittaker
The Pogues
Michael Franks

Love

The Kelly Family
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Harry Belafonte

Emmylou Harris

David Crosby

Steve Earle

Loreena McKennitt
k.d. lang
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Joan Armatrading
Terry Jacks
John Hiatt

Mocedades
Harry Chapin
Nana Mouskouri
10,000 Maniacs
Agnetha Fältskog
Lucinda Williams

Rickie Lee Jones
Ry Cooder
The Grass Roots
León Gieco
Ricky Skaggs
Chet Atkins

Cowboy Junkies
John Prine

Shawn Colvin
Michael Martin Murphey
Bruce Cockburn

Rodney Crowell
Kris Kristofferson
Townes Van Zandt
Mercedes Sosa
Kathy Mattea
Jennifer Warnes
Richie Havens
Barry McGuire
Freddie Aguilar
George Winston
Folk by country and decade
Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade





















