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Maria Augusta Kutschera von Trapp
Austrian musician
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Ronnie Gilbert
American musician
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Fred Hellerman
American musician
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Dave Van Ronk
American musician
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Josh White
American musician
Noah Kahan smiles in a black tuxedo and bow tie, with decorative pins on his lapel.
Noah Kahan
American singer-songwriter
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Jean Ritchie
American musician and folklorist
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Jeff Buckley
American musician
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Mary Travers
American singer and songwriter
The Shakespeare of his generation
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie
American singer-songwriter
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Canadian musician
Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
American singer and songwriter
Sixto Rodriguez wearing a dark suit, sunglasses, and a black hat performs on stage in blue lighting, playing an acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone.
Sixto Rodriguez
American singer-songwriter
Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger
American singer
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg
British singer, songwriter, and musician
Víctor Jara
Víctor Jara
Chilean musician
Bessie Smith poses in a sleeveless dress with jeweled accents, smiling and standing against a draped backdrop in 1936.
Bessie Smith
American singer
Hudie Ledbetter, known as Leadbelly, sits in a suit playing a 12-string guitar at Bank Street School in New York City, surrounded by children listening.
Lead Belly
American musician
Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte
American singer, actor, and activist

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