http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=409&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rssTop Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody OnlineFolk-Rocken720Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:03:41 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=409&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.831&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Singer-Songwriter Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:12:32 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.831 art.831 Bob Dylan art.831 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.831&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.831&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan catapulted the artist to stardom but he was already burning to get away from acoustic backing and match his unique vision to rock, country and blues. Dylan's music influenced a whole new generation of musicians -- such as the Beatles and Stevie Wonder -- to start crafting songs about what was important to them. While Dylan kick-started folk and country rock in his '60s studio work, the ragged home recordings he made with the Band showed that not even poorly placed microphones could stifle brilliance. Dylan still tours these days and records less often then he used to, but as albums such as 1997's Time Out of Mind and 2006's Modern Times prove, the man still has a lot to say and continues to do it in a way that no one else can. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44068&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Classic Rock Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:12:34 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.44068 art.44068 Neil Young art.44068 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44068&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44068&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Time Fades Away, the spatial On The Beach and the liquid Tonight's The Night, Neil inadvertently presented his so-called doom trilogy -- three records that beautifully capture throwing in the towel. 1975's Zuma signaled a return from the darkness to the sunny, rural rock he first explored on Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. Comes A Time found him hip deep in a fermentation of 1970s canyon and country rock, while Rust Never Sleeps unfolded his career multi-dimensionally as he unleashed his acoustic/electric duality to a receptive commercial and critical audience. With Freedom and Ragged Glory, Young made a valiant return to form in the late '80s and early '90s before recapturing acoustic peace with Harvest Moon, his 1992 release that many view as the sequel to his heroically pastoral 1972 album Harvest. The Canadian transplant's high, watery tenor emotes with an elasticity that can effortlessly traverse into falsetto with natural warmth and heavenly tremolo. You'll find the real Young singing the hazy guitar epics "Like A Hurricane" and "Cortez the Killer," or when songs such as the gentle "Birds" and "Motion Pictures" seem to weep from your speakers. True to form, Neil Young is one of the only songwriters in the world who can approximate the sound of a heart breaking with his voice. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1783&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Folk Pop Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:51 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1783 art.1783 Simon & Garfunkel art.1783 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1783&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1783&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss
The first songs Simon and Garfunkel sang together were doo-wop hits, but soon they were singing their own songs. One of those was "Hey, Schoolgirl," which the duo recorded in 1957. An agent of Big Records present at the session signed them on the spot. Calling themselves Tom and Jerry ("Tom Graph" and "Jerry Landis"), they had a Top 50 hit with "Hey, Schoolgirl" and appeared on American Bandstand. (In a 1984 Playboy interview Simon asserted that the record company agent used payola to get the record played.) Garfunkel estimates the record sold 150,000 copies. When a few follow-ups flopped, Tom and Jerry split up. When they met again in 1962, Garfunkel was studying architecture after trying to record as Arty Garr, and Simon was studying English literature but devoting most of his time to writing and selling his songs. In 1964 Simon, who had just dropped out of law school and quit his job as a song peddler for a music publishing company, took one of his originals to Columbia Records producer Tom Wilson. Wilson bought the song and signed the Everly Brothers–influenced duo.

Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. — a set that combined traditional folk songs with Simon's originals and Dylan anthems like "The Times They Are A-Changin'," performed solely by the two singers accompanied by Simon's acoustic guitar — was lost in the glut of early Dylan imitators. Simon went to work the folk circuit in London, where in May 1965 he recorded a solo album. Several months later, he was performing around England and the Continent when he received the news that Wednesday's "The Sounds of Silence" was the Number One single in the United States. It was not quite the song Simon and Garfunkel had recorded. Wilson (who had played a part in electrifying Dylan's music) had added electric guitars, bass, and drums to the original track. The remixed single was at the vanguard of "folk rock." Simon returned to hit the college circuit with Garfunkel and to record a second duo album. Along with the redubbed "Sounds of Silence," the album of that name comprised folk-rock remakes of many of the songs from Simon's U.K. solo album. The production was elaborate, an appropriate setting for Simon's self-consciously poetic songs and Garfunkel's angelic voice, and Simon and Garfunkel turned out to be acceptable to both teenagers (who found them relevant) and adults (who found them intelligent).

In 1966 they placed four singles and three albums in the Top 30 (the revived Wednesday Morning, Sounds of Silence, and Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme). "Homeward Bound" (Number Five), "I Am a Rock" (Number Three), and "Sounds of Silence" (Number One) reached the Top Five. Simon was not a prolific writer — most of the material on the first three Simon and Garfunkel albums had been composed between 1962 and 1965 — and once Parsley, Sage was completed, the duo's output slowed considerably. They released only two singles in 1967: "At the Zoo" (Number 16) and "Fakin' It" (Number 23). Simon was developing the more colloquial, less literary style he would bring to his later solo work; the first sign of it was the elliptical "Mrs. Robinson," composed for the soundtrack of The Graduate. The film and the soundtrack album were followed within two months by Bookends; "Mrs. Robinson" hit Number One in June 1968, Bookends soon afterward.

Simon and Garfunkel produced Bookends with engineer Roy Halee, who had worked on every Simon and Garfunkel session. (With Parsley, Sage, Halee had taken a major role in the arranging; it was Columbia's first album recorded on eight tracks.) "The Boxer" (Number Seven), Simon and Garfunkel's only release in 1969, was Columbia's first song recorded on 16 tracks.

Bridge Over Troubled Water took almost two years to make as the duo began pursuing individual projects. They often worked separately in the studio, and as their music became more complex they performed less often on stage. Their only appearance together in 1969 was on their own network television special. Around this period, Garfunkel's acting career began with a role in Catch-22. Soon after the record's release, Simon and Garfunkel staged a brief but very successful tour, which quieted rumors about a breakup, but by the time Garfunkel's second movie, Carnal Knowledge, and Simon's 1972 solo album came out, it was clear that their individual solo careers [see entries] were taking precedence.

The two left their joint career at its peak, though both have said that their initial intention was not to break up permanently but just take a break from each other. After reaching Number One in spring 1970, Bridge Over Troubled Water rode the charts for over a year and a half (spending ten weeks at the top), eventually selling over 13 million copies worldwide. The LP yielded three hit singles - the title song (a Number one hit, the biggest seller of their career), "Cecilia" (Number Four), and "El Condor Pasa" (Number 18) — and won six Grammys. In 1977 it was given the British Britannia Award as Best International Pop Album of the past 25 years, and the title song received the equivalent award as a single. To date the duo has sold more than 20 million albums in the U.S. alone.

Since 1970 the Forest Hills classmates have gotten together on a few notable occasions. The first was a benefit concert for presidential candidate George McGovern at Madison Square Garden, New York, in June 1972. (That occasion also saw the reunions of Peter, Paul and Mary and the comedy team of Mike Nichols and Elaine May.) In 1975 Simon and Garfunkel had a Top Ten hit single with "My Little Town," a song Simon wrote for Garfunkel and sang with him, which appeared on solo LPs by both. Garfunkel joined Simon to perform a selection of their old hits on Simon's 1977 television special, and the two got together again the next year in a studio with James Taylor to record a trio rendition of Sam Cooke's "(What a) Wonderful World." On September 19, 1981, Simon and Garfunkel gave a free concert for an estimated 500,000 fans in New York's Central Park, and in 1982, a double album, The Concert in Central Park, went platinum, peaking at Number Six. They embarked on an extended tour and began recording what was to have been a new Simon and Garfunkel album. Unable to resolve their creative differences, the two abandoned the project, and the material was released on the Paul Simon solo LP Hearts and Bones.

The pair performed several shows for charitable causes in the early Nineties, and in 1993 a smash 21-date sold-out run at the Paramount Theater in New York City, followed by a tour of the Far East. Though, technically speaking, these shows were not Simon and Garfunkel concerts (they performed together only in the first and last of the show's four segments; the balance was dedicated to Simon's solo work), fans seemed to feel otherwise. The two were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.

In February 2003, a decade after the duo's previous reunion, Simon and Garfunkel appeared together at the Grammy Awards show, where they performed "The Sounds of Silence" together and were presented a Lifetime Achievement award. That fall, they hit the road again for a two-month "Old Friends" tour that took them to 28 cities and resulted in the 2004 live album of the same name. Simon and Garfunkel reprised the tour that summer, ending with a performance at the Colosseum in Rome to a reported 600,000 fans, even larger than the audience at the 1981 Central Park show. Three years later, Simon won an award at the first PBS Gershwin Awards show, where he and Garfunkel performed "Bridge over Troubled Water." Whether for its exquisite craftsmanship or place as a musical-cultural touchstone, or both, the music Simon and Garfunkel created and recorded seems destined to endure. ]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3496&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Singer-Songwriter Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:56 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3496 art.3496 Cat Stevens art.3496 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3496&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3496&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss
The son of a Greek father and Swedish mother, Stevens (b. Steven Demetri Georgiou, Jul 21, 1947, London, Eng.) spent his early youth developing a love of Greek folk songs and dances. By the time he entered secondary school, he had also taken an interest in rock and roll and English and American folk music. While attending Hammersmith College in the mid-1960s, he began writing his own songs and performing solo.

In 1966 independent producer Mike Hurst (formerly with the Springfields) produced Stevens' first U.K. hit single, "I Love My Dog." In 1967 "Matthew and Son" went to Number Two on the British chart. Meanwhile, Stevens' tunes were British hits for other performers as well. P.P. Arnold hit with "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (later covered by Rod Stewart and Sheryl Crow), the Tremeloes with "Here Comes My Baby." Stevens toured England and Europe, becoming something of a teen idol, and shared bills with Jimi Hendrix and Engelbert Humperdinck, among others.

But Stevens became disenchanted with what he considered the shallowness of his ventures. After his 1968 hit "I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun" (Number Six U.K.), he tried to work ambitious classical arrangements into his tunes, to his producers' chagrin. Stevens' career then came to a standstill when he contracted a near-fatal case of tuberculosis in late 1968 and was confined to a hospital for a year. He took that time to work on his new material, which was unveiled in Mona Bone Jakon, a critical success that yielded a British hit single in "Lady D'Arbanville" (Number Eight U.K., 1970) (purportedly about the actress Patti D'Arbanville). The muted accompaniment was by flutist Peter Gabriel (who would soon find his own fame in Genesis), percussionist Harvey Burns, and perennial Stevens collaborator guitarist Alun Davies.

Stevens' next album, Tea for the Tillerman, hit the U.S. Top Ten and stayed on the charts for well over a year, yielding the hit "Wild World." Stevens was now a highly successful concert performer as well. The next album was another hit; Teaser and the Firecat went to Number Three, then gold, and contained the hits "Morning Has Broken" (Number Six), "Peace Train" (Number Seven), and "Moon Shadow" (Number 30). Though Catch Bull at Four and Foreigner were also certified gold, they yielded no big hits. At that time, unbeknownst to many of his fans, Stevens was living in Brazil, donating much of his earnings to charities such as UNESCO. With Buddah and the Chocolate Box, featuring "Oh Very Young" (Number 10), and Numbers, Stevens' sales dropped off.

In 1975 Stevens began studying the Koran and later converted to the Muslim religion. In late 1981 the rechristened Stevens announced, "I'm no longer seeking applause and fame," and auctioned off all his material possessions, including his gold records. By then he had married Fouzia Ali; as of the late 1980s, they had five children, and he was running a Muslim school outside London. In 1987 10,000 Maniacs covered "Peace Train," and the following year Maxi Priest hit the U.K. Top Ten with a version of "Wild World." What might have grown into a Stevens revival, however, was nipped in 1989, when the media reported that the singer allegedly supported Iran's death-sentence condemnation of Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie, whose book had supposedly blasphemed the Muslim faith (Stevens claims he was misinterpreted). American radio stations observed an airplay boycott of Stevens' material; 10,000 Maniacs removed "Peace Train" from later pressings of the album on which it appeared.

In the mid-'90s Yusef Islam founded his own label, Mountain of Light, on which he released spoken-word albums. The albums A Is for Allah (2000) and I Look, I See (2003) contain songs for children in addition to spoken pieces. He followed those with the concert disc A Night of Remembrance: Live at the Royal Albert Hall. In 2000 Islam, who has supported humanitarian efforts in Bosnia, oversaw the release of a Stevens retrospective and began to resurface in the music press, claiming to have been unfairly vilified and misquoted about the Rushdie incident. Twenty-eight years after he left the major-label pop world as Cat Stevens, he returned on Atlantic Records as Yusef Islam with An Other Cup (Number 52, 2006), a set of folk-pop songs that hearkened back to his pop-star days but with clear religious messages. He continues to release religious albums and music for children independently. ]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5873&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Americana Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:42:52 -0700 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5873 art.5873 The Band art.5873 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5873&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5873&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2899&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Singer-Songwriter Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:56 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2899 art.2899 Leonard Cohen art.2899 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2899&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2899&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Songs of Leonard Cohen showcased "Suzanne" and nine other of his world-weary and bleak, yet highly romantic songs. The album wasn't a huge success but -- as with the Velvet Underground's debut record or Van Morrison's Astral Weeks -- a new cadre of rain-coated skeptics kept purchasing the album every year until it finally reached gold sales status. Each of the excellent collections leading up to 1975's Best of Leonard Cohen are filled with the tunesmith's circular guitar patterns and nicotine-stained tales of small hopes and shell-shocked heartbreaks. Songs such as "Bird On A Wire," "Famous Blue Raincoat" and "Chelsea Hotel" would've made his reputation for the rest of his life but Cohen was slowly moving away from his stark, "just the facts, Ma'am" studio sound. In 1977, he teamed up with the wild-eyed production guru Phil Spector for Death of a Ladies Man, an uneasy listening concept album about the sexual revolution turning into a war of the sexes. It bombed yet somehow only gets more disturbing and more realized as the years pass. Cohen slowed down after this, taking big breaks between projects, then oddly began embracing synthesizers and Greek chorus-style backing vocalists on 1985's lovely Various Positions. As fresh and different as this album was, 1988's more outré I'm Your Man turned out to be a career rebirth and reintroduced the artist to the public. From here on out, Cohen no longer lived in the trenches, choosing to alternate his song guises between being an older, but wiser fool for love and an Old Testament God who forgoes fury and punishment for dispensations of charity and understanding. Cohen greeted the 1990s with a new fan base, the stunning actress Rebecca De Mornay on his arm, and a lingering bout of depression. In a plot twist that sounds like something out of a Leonard Cohen tune, the songwriter left the good life, spent most of the decade in hard labor at a Buddhist monastery and then came down from the mountain because he still craved female companionship. Cohen's Ten New Songs (2001) greeted the new millennium with typical understatement. The album lets anyone who cares to listen know that all the epic follies and romantic glories of the past century would be repeated in the new one. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61520&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Classic Rock Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:51 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.61520 art.61520 Heart art.61520 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61520&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61520&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Dreamboat Annie, Ann and Nancy Wilson rocked as no other female act had since Janis Joplin. The record is all the more amazing for its diversity, demonstrating that the sisters were equally at home in the folky confines of Carly Simon and Joni Mitchell as they were in the heavy blues environs of Led Zeppelin. Nowhere is the influence of the latter more prevalent than on the Little Queen single "Barracuda," with its instantly recognizable "Achilles' Last Stand" riff and bated-beat dynamic. In the '80s, the Wilsons re-styled themselves as power balladeers, and 1985's Heart was wildly successful, restoring credibility to the band just when it seemed to be on it way out. Songs like "What About Love?" and "These Dreams" introduced Heart to a new generation. The sisters returned to touring in the early 2000s and released Alive In Seattle, focusing on their classic '70s material, in 2003. Jupiter's Darling appeared in 2004 and found the band revisiting the hard rock/folk-rock hybrid that made them famous in the '70s. - Chad Driscoll]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2718&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Classic Rock Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:56:12 -0700 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2718 art.2718 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young art.2718 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2718&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2718&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Deja Vu, but they still manage to stamp their signature vocal style on the sound, traversing from melodic pop to acoustic folk to Hard Rock. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4323&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Folk-Rock Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:55 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4323 art.4323 Crosby, Stills and Nash art.4323 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4323&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4323&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68654&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Classic Rock Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:55 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.68654 art.68654 America art.68654 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68654&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68654&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Here & Now, a double album produced by Smashing Pumpkins' James Iha and Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger, featuring appearances by Bryan Adams and Ben Kweller, along with covers of songs by Nada Surf and My Morning Jacket. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6617&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Singer-Songwriter Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:06:00 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6617 art.6617 Joni Mitchell art.6617 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6617&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6617&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Clouds, followed in 1970 by the successful Ladies of the Canyon, which featured the chart-topping "Big Yellow Taxi." But it was the moody and cathartic Blue (1971) that put her on the map of musical genius: the album even inspired Bob Dylan to write "Tangled Up In Blue." Mitchell dialed up the jazz on Court and Spark (1974), which spawned three major hit singles -- "Free Man in Paris," "Raised on Robbery" and "Help Me." Throughout her career, Joni Mitchell has experimented and taken risks with her music. To this day, she continues to explore new ground and hark back to the old folkie ways that gave her snowball its first push. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37952&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Political Rock Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:04:44 -0700 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.37952 art.37952 Michael Franti art.37952 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37952&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37952&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2668&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Singer-Songwriter Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:43:12 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2668 art.2668 Dan Fogelberg art.2668 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2668&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2668&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Full Circle. He quit performing after being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in 2004 and he passed away in December of 2007 at the age of 56. - Mike McGuirk]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1172&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Folk-Rock Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:12:32 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1172 art.1172 The Byrds art.1172 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1172&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1172&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.41141&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Psychedelic Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:52 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.41141 art.41141 Jefferson Airplane art.41141 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.41141&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.41141&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Surrealistic Pillow (the same lp that hit with the alleged druggie anthem "White Rabbit"). Loaded with swirling guitars and lysergic solos, this album provided part of the soundtrack to San Francisco's Summer of Love. The Jefferson Airplane was founded by Marty Balin, who left the band in 1971. Besides Anderson and Balin, many other notable musicians traveled on the Jefferson Airplane through a revolving door that once welcomed Alexander "Skip" Spence of Moby Grape as well as David Freiberg of the Quicksilver Messenger Service. Following a myriad of lineup changes, the band went through some name changes as well. Jefferson Airplane became Jefferson Starship and then Starship. Jefferson Starship's most celebrated appearance came in the form of a Star Wars made-for-television musical special that was aired shortly after the film's box office success. Hosted by Bea Arthur, the one-hour show featured much of the Star Wars cast as well as a now-endearing musical performance by Jefferson Starship. The band later had a hit in the '80s as Starship with "We Built This City," a MOR/AOR pop hit built with synthesizers, sound bites and the shelf-life of a soft-banana.]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.49644&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss '60s Oldies Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:54 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.49644 art.49644 The Mamas & The Papas art.49644 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.49644&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.49644&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.452&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss British Folk Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:54 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.452 art.452 Nick Drake art.452 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.452&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.452&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Fruit Tree straightaway is the least you can do to make amends. The collection gathers Drake's three studio albums and the posthumous disc Time Has Told Me. Though it's impossible to pick favorites with Drake, his debut Five Leaves Left may turn out to be the album you play most. It takes listeners on a gorgeous sojourn through rustic themes, wafting strings and Drake's lapidary acoustic guitar playing. The follow-up, Bryter Later, is a more urbane record; a purple-prose serenade from a dream corner of London. The partly cloudy skies of Bryter Later suddenly turned gray and glowering on the last album Drake recorded. The stark, eerie Pink Moon contains what is arguably some of the saddest music ever recorded, which is precisely what makes it so ineffably beautiful. - Chad Driscoll]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7175&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Celtic Rock Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:42:51 -0700 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.7175 art.7175 Flogging Molly art.7175 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7175&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7175&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Way harder than Michael Flatley. - Michael Ansaldo]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3835&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Folk-Rock Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:54 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3835 art.3835 Donovan art.3835 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3835&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3835&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Details readers are into his son's band Nancy Boy, but aging Aquarians know that Donovan was one of the key artists of the revolutionary 1960s. He started his career as Britain's answer to Bob Dylan, and his first two acoustic folk albums are charming, low-key winners; but he turned into a "Sunshine Superman" just in time for the Psychedelic revolution. If all you've heard from Donovan is "Mellow Yellow," do yourself a favor and check out his late '60s material. He remained a folk-popper at heart and the ultra-groovy production touches are completely in key with the current Indie scenes in America and Europe. Donovan's career didn't survive the post-Altamont age of '70s cynicism, but in 1996 he cut his album Sutras with Rick Rubin, showing that his flowery style is as groovadelic as ever. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2745&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Lite Rock Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:42:41 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2745 art.2745 Loggins & Messina art.2745 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2745&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2745&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.35982&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Jam Rock Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:20 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.35982 art.35982 Dispatch art.35982 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.35982&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.35982&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.38184&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Folk-Rock Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:56:11 -0700 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.38184 art.38184 Buffalo Springfield art.38184 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.38184&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.38184&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3797&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Folk-Rock Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:06:28 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3797 art.3797 Don McLean art.3797 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3797&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3797&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss The Brady Bunch, Don McLean will forever be the guy who wrote the classic hit song "American Pie." When you write a song as epic as that one, how can anything else match up? Like many other singer-songwriters of his era, McLean was a New York City village folknik who got his start in the same coffee houses as Fred Neil and Pete Seeger. By 1970, he had already penned "Vincent," his soft rock ode to Van Gogh, but it didn't hit until after he scored with the career defining "American Pie," an eight-minute long epic tribute to the life and music of Buddy Holly. The timely song struck a chord with a nation still bruised by Vietnam and the Nixon administration. Young America's reaction to this song was to adopt it as a pacifist's anthem. Roberta Flack's hit "Killing Me Softly With His Song" was in fact about her reaction to first hearing "American Pie." McLean never had anything close to the success of that hit, but the man stuck to his guns and refused his record label's request to try and recreate another "American Pie." As a result his career spiraled downward ever since, although it's probably safe to assume that the royalties for his monumental contribution to popular culture keep him afloat. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4731&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss '60s Oldies Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:55 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4731 art.4731 The Association art.4731 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4731&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4731&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Jane). In an attempt to cement their rep in the burgeoning underground, the Association played the Monterey International Pop Music Festival in the summer of 1967. At the same time, the group shared little in common with Janis and Jimi. Scoring one Billboard smash after another, including the radio staples "Cherish" and "Windy," the Association favored a mix of smooth harmonies, lush strings and punchy brass, a sound that would prove influential on soft-rock acts like Bread and Air Supply. By the early '70s the band's glory days were behind it, yet it continues to record and tour to this day. - Justin Farrar]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63385&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Folk-Rock Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:53 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.63385 art.63385 The Lovin' Spoonful art.63385 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63385&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63385&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Welcome Back Kotter. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1061&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Celtic Rock Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:41:55 -0700 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1061 art.1061 The Pogues art.1061 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1061&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1061&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Red Roses for Me heralded the arrival of a band brashly defying convention simply by adhering to tradition. As a permeable ensemble of a half-dozen or more players, they were able to incorporate traditional instruments hitherto unheard of in rock 'n' roll. Mandolins, concertina, tin whistle, the dulcimer and the bodhran gave the Pogues their distinctly Irish sound, and in Shane MacGowan the band possessed an ace writer fitting squarely into the Irish literary heritage. Songs like "The Old Main Drag," "A Pair of Brown Eyes" and "Hell's Ditch" indicate that, had he been so inclined, MacGowan might have written books to put on the shelf with Flann O'Brien, Brendan Behan and the Joyce of Finnegan's Wake. Not many bands could wear the hoary epaulets of the label "National Treasure" and pull it off, but the Pogues were such a band. - Chad Driscoll]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5008&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Classic Rock Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:47:20 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5008 art.5008 Stephen Stills art.5008 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5008&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5008&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.62089&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss '60s Oldies Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:54 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.62089 art.62089 The Turtles art.62089 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.62089&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.62089&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss instrumental surf group dubbed the Nightriders. The Nightriders morphed into the Crossfires, then the Tyrtles, in homage to the Byrds, to whom they are often compared. "Happy Together," a song they found in a batch of demos, put them in the No. 1 spot. It was written by Gary Boner and Alan Gordon, and the Turtles (they dropped the "y") had the duo pen more songs for them. "She'd Rather Be with Me," "You Know What I Mean" and "She's My Girl" all landed them in the Top 20. A flirtation with psychedelic music yielded "Sound Asleep," the band's first song not to ease into the Top 40, which caused their record company to demand that they hire a producer that would report to the label. The result was "The Story of Rock and Roll," which flopped, but the follow-up "Elenore," written by the band, redeemed them -- briefly. After their label attempted to add Kaylan's and Volman's vocals to backing tracks, they rebelled and left the label in a huff, recording as Phlorescent Leech & Eddie, later shortened to Flo & Eddie. - Jaan Uhelszki]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5745&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Contemporary Hard Rock Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:40:18 -0700 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5745 art.5745 Fastball art.5745 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5745&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5745&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3866&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Lite Rock Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:06:15 -0700 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3866 art.3866 Al Stewart art.3866 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3866&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3866&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12859&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Celtic Rock Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:42:37 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.12859 art.12859 Carbon Leaf art.12859 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12859&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12859&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4030&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss New Wave Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:02:56 -0700 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4030 art.4030 Dexys Midnight Runners art.4030 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4030&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4030&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.525&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Americana Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:09:59 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.525 art.525 Todd Snider art.525 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.525&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.525&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6502&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Folk Pop Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:54 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6502 art.6502 Joan Armatrading art.6502 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6502&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6502&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4160&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Folk Pop Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:56 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4160 art.4160 Tracy Chapman art.4160 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4160&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4160&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.35444&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Adult Alternative Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:49:18 -0700 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.35444 art.35444 Mason Jennings art.35444 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.35444&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.35444&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6309&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss British Folk Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:53 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6309 art.6309 Richard Thompson art.6309 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6309&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6309&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Shoot Out the Lights LP, recorded with then-wife Linda Thompson -- plays Folk-Rock with a heavy dose of British flavor. His scornful songs have gained high praise from critics everywhere, and his fan base is serious and dedicated. His music is complex and exploits almost every avenue of guitar playing -- Thompson's up-tempo songs seem schizophrenic and disturbingly catchy, while his slower songs are perfect for staring out of your bedroom window on a rainy day. He is clearly one of the most underrated songwriters of our time, creating cerebral musings for cerebral listeners.]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7833&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Celtic Rock Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:52:18 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.7833 art.7833 Gaelic Storm art.7833 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7833&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7833&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Titanic. The scene was symbolic in some ways: the group has always spanned two continents, founded by native Cork man Patrick Murphy and New York's Steve Wehmeyer -- both of whom play an astounding array of instruments that includes bodhran, piano, accordion, digeridoo, spoons and harmonica. With the addition of Englishman Steve Twigger, the band first hit its stride in live performances in Southern California, where they discovered that audiences responded instinctively to their rollicking mix of Celtic folk and rock 'n' roll. (It can't hurt that Murphy's singing voice bears more than a passing resemblance to that of the famous, groundbreaking Irish singer Christy Moore.) Picking up an assortment of members over the years, the group has now swollen to six members and has seen several albums soar to the Top-5 of the Billboard World charts. - Sarah Bardeen]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4088&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Political Rock Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:44:51 -0700 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4088 art.4088 Midnight Oil art.4088 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4088&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4088&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3552&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Adult Alternative Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:06:00 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3552 art.3552 Edie Brickell art.3552 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3552&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3552&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Ghost of a Dog (1990), Brickell's solid follow-up to the ka-billion selling debut Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars proved a commercial disappointment. Brickell married Paul Simon and settled into a happy motherhood, recording only when she had something special to say. While this has probably confused record company honchos, it also means that Brickell gets to control her music and career. In 2002 Brickell released Volcano, her first album in almost a decade. The album found Brickell sounding much more relaxed and natural than most of the Adult Alternative stars that appeared in her wake. Volcano barely charted, but it was her best album to date. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.31566&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Americana Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:28:50 -0700 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.31566 art.31566 The Subdudes art.31566 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.31566&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.31566&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5264222&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Singer-Songwriter Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:25:02 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5264222 art.5264222 Yusuf Islam art.5264222 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5264222&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5264222&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Harold And Maude are all great songs, and just a few of the many Stevens crafted before deepening religious convictions led him to quit pop music for good. In 1977, Stevens changed his name to Yusef Islam, renounced his career and adopted a strict Muslim lifestyle. In the '80s he lost a lot of fans when he was quoted as calling for the death of writer Salman Rushdie after Rushdie's Satanic Verses became a hugely popular and controversial novel about the Islamic religion. The quotation was exaggerated, however, and Stevens was unfairly branded as a fanatic. Today he records and tours as Yusuf Islam, performing new material and even some of his old Cat Stevens songs on occasion. - Mike McGuirk]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13064223&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Americana Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:56:03 -0700 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.13064223 art.13064223 The Felice Brothers art.13064223 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13064223&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13064223&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5195118&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie Pop Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:24:33 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5195118 art.5195118 Vetiver art.5195118 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5195118&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5195118&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss To Find Me Gone, the group expanded and polished their sound with bigger beats and electric guitars. A follow-up came in 2008 with Thing of the Past, a collection of covers by singer-songwriters including Townes Van Zandt, Michael Hurley and Dave Brock, that revealed some of Cabic's favorite forgotten tracks from 1967-1973. - Stephanie Benson]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9778522&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Folk-Rock Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:40:20 -0700 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.9778522 art.9778522 Corey Smith art.9778522 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9778522&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9778522&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5237159&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Punk Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:26:51 -0700 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5237159 art.5237159 Against Me! art.5237159 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5237159&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5237159&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Searching For a Former Clarity came out in 2005, along with a video that was a far cry from the group's anarchy-punk roots. - Mike McGuirk]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5973&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Classic Rock Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:54:30 -0700 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5973 art.5973 Ian Hunter art.5973 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5973&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5973&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Blonde on Blonde folk boogie into the realm of glam metal. Songs such as "Ballad of Mott" and "Saturday Gigs," like Hunter's definitive 1972 book Diary of a Rock'N'Roll Star, were unflinchingly clear-eyed chronicles of musicians' lives; by the time he left Mott in 1974, Hunter seemed to think rock 'n' roll itself was dying. Yet he's never stopped plugging away. Of his 13 solo albums, 1975's self-titled debut and 1979's You're Never Alone With a Schizophrenic remain the most indispensable, and not just because they spawned his best-known songs: "Once Bitten Twice Shy" (later a hit for Great White), "Ships" (later a hit for Barry Manilow) and "Cleveland Rocks" (later a TV theme for Drew Carey). But nearly all his music is worth hearing. Now, seven decades into his life, Hunter is still making respectable records for alt-country label New West. - Chuck Eddy]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3554&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Roots Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:14:33 -0700 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3554 art.3554 Drivin' N' Cryin' art.3554 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3554&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3554&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7165464&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Singer-Songwriter Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:14:54 -0700 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.7165464 art.7165464 Trevor Hall art.7165464 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7165464&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7165464&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4560&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Folk-Rock Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:52:06 -0800 Top Folk-Rock Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4560 art.4560 Richie Havens art.4560 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4560&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4560&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Ffolk-rock%2Fartist-chart.rss Mixed Bag best exhibits the duality of Havens' playing: on the one hand, you have sunshine-filled jazzy folk such as "Morning, Morning"; on the other hand you've got electrically charged pieces such as "High Flying Bird." The high point of Havens' long career remains his electrifying performance at Woodstock, where he equaled the mighty roar of Hendrix's screaming Fender Stratocaster with his deep, growling vocals and vigorous, finger shredding acoustic guitar strumming. The low point might be his Amtrak commercials a few years ago, but we forgive him -- it's not easy making a living as a folk guitarist. - Jessy Terry]]>