The Groove

The greatest americana artists of all time

32 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Bruce Springsteen

United States of America · 1949– · rock

3.546

Why this number?

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25 The Band

Canada · 1967–1999 · rock 0.336

26 The Wallflowers

United States of America · 1989– · rock 0.332

27 Billy Bragg

United Kingdom · 1957– · folk 0.323

28 The Byrds

United States of America · 1964–1973 · rock 0.313

29 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss country 0.311

30 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

United States of America · 1976–2017 · rock 0.227

31 Bonnie Raitt

United States of America · 1949– · blues rock 0.214

Ween

United States of America · 1984–2024 · alternative rock 0.185