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Folk
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Contemporary Folk
Progressive Folk
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Progressive Folk uses the introspective, intricate music of post-Dylan folk as a starting point, and adds new layers of musical and lyrical complexity, often incorporating various ethnic influences.
Progressive Folk Artist Highlights
More Progressive Folk Artists
Fairport Convention
John Fahey
John Stewart
Bill Morrissey
Shirley Collins
Bruce Cockburn
John Prine
Leo Kottke
Eliza Carthy
Mary Gauthier
Carrie Newcomer
Enya
La Bottine Souriante
Bill Frisell
More Progressive Folk Artists
Progressive Folk Album Highlights
More Progressive Folk Albums
Fairport Convention
Unhalfbricking
John Fahey
Return of the Repressed: The John Fahey Anthology
John Prine
Great Days: The John Prine Anthology
John Fahey
The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
Davy Graham
The Guitar Player
Leo Kottke
Leo Kottke Anthology
Shirley Collins
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Davy Graham
Folk Roots, New Routes
John Martyn
Ain't No Saint
More Progressive Folk Albums
Progressive Folk Recent Releases
More Recent Releases
Hayden Pedigo
I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away
Matthew Young
Undercurrents
Robbie Basho
Snow Beneath the Belly of a White Swan: The Lost Live Recordings
Davy Graham
He Moved Through the Fair: The Complete 1960s Recordings
More Recent Releases
Progressive Folk Song Highlights
More Progressive Folk Songs
A Sailor's Life
Traditional
Fairport Convention
Sunflower River Blues
John Fahey
John Fahey
Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)
John Prine
John Prine
The Death of the Clayton Peacock
John Fahey
John Fahey
Pamela Brown
Tom T. Hall
Leo Kottke
Reynardine
Traditional
Shirley Collins
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Davy Graham
Big Muff
John Martyn
John Martyn
Tam Lin
Traditional
Fairport Convention
Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
Sandy Denny
Fairport Convention
Angel from Montgomery
John Prine
John Prine
More Progressive Folk Songs
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Alternative Folk
Anti-Folk
Contemporary Folk
Folk Jazz
Folk-Pop
Neo-Traditional Folk
New Acoustic
Political Folk
Progressive Folk
Urban Folk
Alternative Folk
Anti-Folk
Contemporary Folk
Folk Jazz
Folk-Pop
Neo-Traditional Folk
New Acoustic
Political Folk
Progressive Folk
Urban Folk