folk singer
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The Celtic folk singer, songwriter and harpist from the Irish-speaking Donegal Gaeltacht area of Gaoth Dobhair recorded about 25 albums and sold millions of records worldwide.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Sylvia Tyson, a folk singer, agreed: “He literally remembers everything he’s ever heard or seen.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Weir’s friendship with the itinerant folk singer Ramblin’ Jack Elliott began in the early 1960s, and in the new millennium, Elliott and Weir frequently performed low-key shows together in Marin County, where both resided.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026
Founded in 1992 to rival the Brit Awards, which take place in March, Thursday's Mercury contenders also featured the oldest ever artist to be nominated, 84-year-old folk singer and guitarist Martin Carthy.
From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025
Scruggs joined about 300 other guys to watch the folk singer Arlo Guthrie defy attempts by the government to draft him.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
