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
Joni Mitchell
Don McLean
Al Stewart

John Farnham
Joan Baez
Tom Waits
Donovan

Steeleye Span
Sarah McLachlan
Gordon Lightfoot
Roger Whittaker
Michael Franks
The Pogues

Love
Crosby, Stills & Nash

The Kelly Family
Harry Belafonte

Emmylou Harris

David Crosby

Steve Earle

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

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

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

Cowboy Junkies
Chet Atkins
John Prine
Michael Martin Murphey

Shawn Colvin

Rodney Crowell
Bruce Cockburn
Kris Kristofferson
Townes Van Zandt
Mercedes Sosa
Kathy Mattea
Richie Havens

Leo Kottke
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





















