The Groove

The greatest folk artists of all time

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

No. 1

Bob Dylan

United States of America · 1941– · folk rock

33.004

Why this number?

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73 The Mamas & the Papas

United States of America · 1965–1972 · folk rock 0.276

74 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

United States of America · 1969–2015 · folk rock 0.270

Grateful Dead

United States of America · 1965–1995 · rock 0.237

Mark Knopfler

United Kingdom · 1949– · rock 0.225

77 Emmylou Harris

United States of America · 1947– · country rock 0.225

78 Mitski

United States of America · 1990– · indie rock 0.200

79 Cowboy Junkies

Canada · 1985– · blues rock 0.190

80 Bonobo

United Kingdom · 1976– · electronic 0.175

81 Goldfrapp

United Kingdom · 1999– · electronic 0.133

82 George Ezra

United Kingdom · 1993– · pop 0.126

83 Ellie Goulding

United Kingdom · 1986– · electropop 0.121