Indie folk
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| Cultural origins | Late 1990s United States and early 2000s United Kingdom |
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Indie folk is a music genre that arose in the 1990s among musicians from indie rock scenes influenced by folk music. Indie folk hybridizes the acoustic guitar melodies of traditional folk music with contemporary instrumentation. Early artists included Ani DiFranco and Dan Bern.[1] Later artists of note included Father John Misty, The Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, The Cave Singers, Loch Lomond, Bon Iver, Or, The Whale, Great Lake Swimmers, and Blind Pilot.[1]
Notable artists
List of notable artists of indie folk in alphabetical order.
- 9 Bach
- The Acorn
- Priscilla Ahn
- Tori Amos
- AJJ
- Gabrielle Aplin
- Fiona Apple
- Lauren Aquilina
- Arborea
- Arthur & Yu
- Ascend the Hill
- Avalanche City
- The Avett Brothers
- Band of Horses
- Chris Bathgate
- Beach House
- Beck
- Beirut
- Beta Radio
- Big John Bates
- Andrew Bird
- Birdy
- Bishop Allen
- Blind Pilot[1]
- Blitzen Trapper
- Bombay Bicycle Club
- Bon Iver[1]
- Bowerbirds
- Boy & Bear
- Bright Eyes
- Broken Records
- Jake Bugg
- Basia Bulat
- Nick Cave
- The Cave Singers[1]
- Vic Chesnutt
- The Civil Wars
- Cloud Control
- Graham Coxon
- Daughter
- David Knowles[2]
- David Karsten Daniels
- Dawes
- The Decemberists
- The Deep Dark Woods
- Deer Tick
- Delta Spirit
- The Dodos
- Dog Is Dead
- Maria Doyle Kennedy
- Dr. Dog
- Dry The River
- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
- Emmy the Great
- Ewert and The Two Dragons
- Family of the Year
- Fanfarlo
- Father John Misty
- Feist
- Fink
- First Aid Kit
- William Fitzsimmons
- Fleet Foxes[1]
- Johnny Flynn
- Freelance Whales
- Fruit Bats
- Orla Gartland
- Laura Gibson
- The Giving Tree Band
- Mindy Gledhill
- José González
- Good Old War
- The Gray Havens
- Great Lake Swimmers[1]
- Adam Green
- Gregory and the Hawk
- Grizzly Bear
- Half Moon Run
- Lisa Hannigan
- Nick Harper
- Les Hay Babies
- Hayden
- The Head and the Heart
- Keaton Henson
- Horse Feathers
- Ben Howard
- Joe Innes
- Iron & Wine
- Gregory Alan Isakov
- Mason Jennings
- Jinja Safari
- Vance Joy
- Gary Jules
- Damien Jurado
- Katie Kim
- Kings of Convenience
- Kramies
- The Last Bison
- Sean Lennon
- Lewis & Clarke
- Little Green Cars
- Local Natives
- Loch Lomond[1]
- Lord Huron
- Lost in the Trees
- The Low Anthem
- The Lumineers
- Amy Macdonald
- Manel
- Dan Mangan
- Laura Marling
- The Marshall Pass
- James Vincent McMorrow
- Megafaun
- Mega Gem
- Ingrid Michaelson
- The Microphones
- Middle Brother
- The Middle East
- Midlake
- Mighty Oaks
- The Milk Carton Kids
- Modest Mouse
- Mount Eerie
- The Mountain Goats
- Mree
- Mumford & Sons
- Murder by Death
- Alexi Murdoch
- Yael Naïm
- Kate Nash
- Neutral Milk Hotel
- Joanna Newsom
- Noah and the Whale
- Noah Gundersen
- Conor Oberst
- Of Monsters and Men
- Okkervil River
- Or, The Whale[1]
- Alina Orlova
- Other Lives
- Paleface
- The Paper Kites
- Parlor Hawk
- Passenger
- Peter and the Wolf
- Radical Face
- Luke Redfield
- Damien Rice
- The Ridges
- Rue Royale
- The Rumour Said Fire
- Danny Schmidt
- Sea Wolf
- Seabear
- She & Him
- The Shins
- The Oh Hellos
- Silent Old Mtns
- Sleeping at Last
- Elliott Smith
- Smog
- Regina Spektor
- The Staves
- Sufjan Stevens
- Stornoway
- Sun Kil Moon
- The Swell Season
- Aly Tadros
- The Tallest Man on Earth
- Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
- Rosie Thomas
- The Thrills
- Benny Tipene
- Tired Pony
- Trampled by Turtles
- Truth & Salvage Co.
- Frank Turner
- Twin Forks
- Two Gallants
- Vandaveer
- Villagers
- M. Ward
- Waxahatchee
- Woods
- Wye Oak
References
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