The Groove

The greatest folk rock artists of all time

139 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

115.508

Why this number?

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73 Damien Rice

Ireland · 1973– · folk 1.160

74 Кино 1981–1990 · new wave 1.150

75 Nick Drake

United Kingdom · 1948–1974 · folk 1.127

Wilco

United States of America · 1994– · rock 1.121

77 Mumford & Sons

United Kingdom · 2007– · folk rock 1.096

78 Train

United States of America · 1994– · rock 1.074

79 The E Street Band

United States of America · 1972– · rock 1.015

80 Jewel

United States of America · 1974– · rock 1.008

81 David Crosby

United States of America · 1941–2023 · folk rock 0.971

82 Comus

United Kingdom · 1968– · progressive folk 0.925

83 Charlotte Gainsbourg

France · 1971– · folk rock 0.914

84 5’nizza

Ukraine · 1998–2008 · hip hop 0.910

85 Violent Femmes

United States of America · 1980– · rock 0.903

Swans

United States of America · 1982– · experimental rock 0.889

The Alan Parsons Project

United Kingdom · 1975–1987 · progressive rock 0.882

Traveling Wilburys

United States of America · 1988–1990 · rock 0.866

89 Big Thief

United States of America · 2015– · indie rock 0.851

The Killers

United States of America · 2001– · alternative rock 0.850

91 The Mamas & the Papas

United States of America · 1965–1972 · folk rock 0.828

92 Syd Barrett

United Kingdom · 1946–2006 · psychedelic rock 0.815

93 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss country 0.778

94 Jack White

United States of America · 1975– · blues rock 0.770

95 Joanna Newsom

United States of America · 1982– · folk 0.751

96 Dexys Midnight Runners

United Kingdom · 1978– · new wave 0.730