folk singer

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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

“A Complete Unknown” shrank the frame, capturing Dylan’s emergence as a folk singer and subsequent rupture with the scene that made him a star.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

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

Born in Glasgow in 1942, Connolly began his working life as a welder in the Clyde shipyards before embarking on a career as a folk singer and musician alongside Gerry Rafferty in The Humblebums.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

The French folk singer of i860, miraculously, sang again.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall