One of Canada s great folk icons, Valdy.

Odetta may be a folk icon, but her music includes the blues, jazz, spirituals, Appalachian songs and English folk songs.

Mellencamp took part in two Woody Guthrie tribute concerts in 2012 as part of a year-long celebration surrounding the 100-year anniversary of the folk icon's birth.

She told people that her father had "Woody Guthrie's disease," invoking the folk icon who died of Huntington's in 1967.

Joan Lunoe and Molly Niles, who play the brides, manage adroitly to be both tough cookies and folk icons.

Dylan's audiences reacted with hostility to the sound of their folk icon backed by a rock band.

Edith Piaf, the French folk icon, performed in a black sheath dress throughout her career: for this habit she was nicknamed "little black sparrow."

The folk icon Dave Von Ronk saw Ms. Lavin's performance and helped her land work back in New York City.

He maintained his status as a folk icon and continued to tour.