• Top 10 Indie/Folk Songs

  1. Boys With Girlfriends - Meiko

  Boys With Girlfriends by Meiko from the album Meiko

  2. Fast Car - Tracy Chapman

  Fast Car by Tracy Chapman from the album Tracy Chapman

  3. Sing for You - Tracy Chapman

  Sing for You by Tracy Chapman from the album Our Bright Future

  4. Hazy (feat. William Fitzsimmons) - Rosi Golan

  Hazy (feat. William Fitzsimmons) by Rosi Golan from the album The Drifter and the Gypsy

  5. Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show

  Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show from the album O.C.M.S.

  6. Reasons to Love You - Meiko

  Reasons to Love You by Meiko from the album Meiko

  7. Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman

  Give Me One Reason by Tracy Chapman from the album New Beginning

  8. Ain’t No Reason - Brett Dennen

  Ain’t No Reason by Brett Dennen from the album So Much More (Special Edition)

  9. Karen’s Cafe (From One Tree Hill) - Bethany Joy Galeotti

  Karen’s Cafe (From One Tree Hill) by Bethany Joy Galeotti from the album Mission Bell

  10. Cat’s In the Cradle - Harry Chapin

  Cat’s In the Cradle by Harry Chapin from the album Verities & Balderdash

• Top 10 Indie/Folk Albums

  1. Meiko - Meiko

  Meiko by Meiko

  2. Our Bright Future - Tracy Chapman

  Our Bright Future by Tracy Chapman

  3. Miracle Kicker - Dark Captain Light Captain

  Miracle Kicker by Dark Captain Light Captain

  4. Last Days At the Lodge - Amos Lee

  Last Days At the Lodge by Amos Lee

  5. Little Joy - Little Joy

  Little Joy by Little Joy

  6. Mission Bell - Everly

  Mission Bell by Everly

  7. Red Letter Year - Ani DiFranco

  Red Letter Year by Ani DiFranco

  8. The Drifter and the Gypsy - Rosi Golan

  The Drifter and the Gypsy by Rosi Golan

  9. Hope for the Hopeless - Brett Dennen

  Hope for the Hopeless by Brett Dennen

  10. Cow Island Hop - Feufollet

  Cow Island Hop by Feufollet

• Top 10 Indie/Folk Artists

  Jack Johnson

  Like G. Love, Jack Johnson plays groovy acoustic funk. The difference is that where G. Love relies on hip-hop, Johnson’s points of reference are a bit more eclectic, incorporating lite jazz and classic singer-songwriter motifs (including interesting

  Sarah McLachlan

  Perhaps best known as the Lilith Fair’s founder, Sarah McLachlan is alternately a singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, tour impresario and chanteuse who’s been recording since 1988. Her work includes daring dance remixes of soulful ballads as well

  Bob Dylan

  Bob Dylan is on the short list of the most influential artists of the 20th century. He coupled a love for all forms of American popular and folk music with a personal and poetic songwriting style instead of relying on professional craftsmen or standa

  Neil Young

  Throughout his extraordinary career, Neil Young’s Americana-rooted songwriting has dipped into a staggering variety of styles and tones. With the live Time Fades Away, the spatial On The Beach and the liquid Tonight’s The Night, Neil inadvertently pr

  Counting Crows

  Along with Kurt Cobain, Adam Duritz of Counting Crows will go down as one of rock’s most recognizable voices of the ’90s. Breathtaking in its range, his voice is more notable for its ability to convey nearly the entire spectrum of human emotion — fr

  James Taylor

  A folkie with a dark past, upbeat sound and clear pop inclinations, James Taylor was the poster boy for the ’70s singer-songwriter movement. He had personal or professional ties to almost all of the era’s stars, including Carole King, Joni Mitchell a

  Dixie Chicks

  Few of the millions and millions of people who bought the Dixie Chicks’ major label debut, Wide Open Spaces, knew that the band had already been together for almost a decade, playing the folk and bluegrass circuit. The group was started by champion f

  Alison Krauss

  Alison Krauss is largely responsible for bringing Bluegrass music to wider audiences. Blending Bluegrass’ rustic instrumentation with Folk-Pop songwriting sensibilities, Krauss succeeds in fusing tradition with innovation to create lush, textured son

  Simon & Garfunkel

  With a bubbly guitar sound and hesitant, hushed vocals, Simon & Garfunkel became a defining folk duo of the ’60s and ’70s. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel began collaborating in the mid-1950s. By 1965 they had their first hit with “Sounds of Silence.”

  Paul Simon

  Throughout his solo career, Paul Simon has loaned his unique songwriting voice to a host of different global and ethnic musical styles. Simon’s cross-cultural pollinations work so well because he makes sure that his musical interests match his person

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