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item typeMusical Artistactive from year1988genreFolk music
 
 
Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer–songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason", "The Promise" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.

 
 
Michael Franti

Michael Franti

Michael Franti (born April 21, 1966, in Oakland, California) is an American poet, musician, and composer of African, Native American, Irish, French, and German descent. Franti is the creator and lead vocalist of Michael Franti & Spearhead, a band that blends hip hop with a variety of other styles including funk, reggae, jazz, folk, and rock. He is also an outspoken supporter for a wide spectrum of peace and social justice issues.

 
 
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Tanita Tikaram

Tanita Tikaram is a British pop/folk singer-songwriter, best known for the hits "Twist in My Sobriety" and "Good Tradition" from her 1988 debut album, Ancient Heart. She is the younger sister of actor Ramon Tikaram.

 
 
Stephen Fearing

Stephen Fearing

Stephen Fearing (born 1963) is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. Fearing was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and raised in Dublin, Ireland. He returned to Canada in 1981 and began pursuing a career in music. In addition to his solo career, Fearing was one of the founding members of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings in 1996.

 
 
The Drovers

The Drovers

The Drovers are a Chicago rock band whose original songs were influenced by Irish traditional dance music. Founded by traditional fiddler Sean Cleland in 1988, the group recorded four albums and soundtrack music for the motion pictures, Backdraft and Blink. Songwriters Mike Kirkpatrick (guitar) and David Callahan (bass, vocals) drew from Irish rhythms to craft songs that became increasingly psychedelic over a 12-year period until the band ceased performing in September 2002.

 
 
Lilit Pipoyan

Lilit Pipoyan

Lilit Pipoyan, (born on June 16, 1955, in Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian musician, singer and architect. Lilit Pipoyan belongs to that narrow circle of modern Armenian musicians, whose works present an alternative to the traditional folk, classical, spiritual and pop music. Born in Yerevan to a family of artists, she graduated from the Spendarian specialized music school and later on studied architecture, receiving her Ph. D in the Theory and History of Armenian Architecture.