Folk music/Catalogs/American folk singers

Under construction: this will be list of articles on individual singers or bands that perform folk music or, as it is sometimes called, urban folk music, in chronological order of their initial appearance.

1940s

1948

• The Weavers

Greenwich Village, New York City

Status: defunct

1950s

1957

• The Kingston Trio

Palo Alto, California

Status: still active, with different members

1958

• Joan Baez

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Status: still active

1960s

1961

• Peter, Paul and Mary

Greenwich Village, New York City

Status: still active