Folk, Gospel, and World Musicians
- Badu, Erykah, musician
- Baez, Joan, folk singer and political activist
- Barenaked Ladies, Canadian folk-rock group
- Blades, Rubén, singer
- Chapman, Tracy, folk-rock singer, songwriter
- Colvin, Shawn, folk singer
- Cruz, Celia, singer
- Dorsey, Thomas Andrew, gospel musician
- Dylan, Bob, folk musician
- Enya, musician
- Gray, Macy, musician
- Guthrie, Woody, singer, songwriter
- Handy, W. C., songwriter and band leader
- Harper, Ben, musician
- Jackson, Mahalia, gospel singer
- Kelly, R., musician, songwriter
- Kravitz, Lenny, musician
- Legend, John, singer, songwriter, pianist
- Lomax, John Avery, folklorist
- Makeba, Miriam, singer
- McKeown, Erin, folk singer, songwriter
- Mullins, Rich, Christian singer, songwriter
- Nyro, Laura, singer, songwriter
- Olatunji, Babatunde, drummer
- Sainte-Marie, Buffy, singer, songwriter, activist, artist
- Seeger, Pete, folksinger and composer
- Sharp, Cecil James, musician
- Usher, singer, actor
- Williams, Dar, singer, songwriter
