Folk and Country artists on the Suede Cosmos map

Artists in the Folk and Country cluster

Ordered by how many connections each artist has on the map. Names link to the artist's MusicBrainz page, the source of the genre tags listed here.

1. Phoebe BridgersUnited States · 10 connections

   singer-songwriter, indie rock, indie folk, folk, chamber pop, contemporary folk

2. Townes Van ZandtUnited States · 9 connections

   americana, folk, singer-songwriter, contemporary folk, country, country folk

3. First Aid KitSweden · 8 connections

   indie folk, folk, folk rock, singer-songwriter

4. Iron & WineUnited States · 8 connections

   indie folk, folk rock, indie rock, lo-fi, singer-songwriter, alternative rock

5. Fleet FoxesUnited States · 6 connections

   indie folk, chamber folk, folk, folk rock, alternative rock, indie rock

6. Gillian WelchUnited States · 6 connections

   alternative country, americana, contemporary folk, folk, singer-songwriter

7. Johnny CashUnited States · 6 connections

   country, rockabilly, folk, country gospel, americana, blues

8. Joni MitchellCanada · 6 connections

   contemporary folk, folk, folk pop, jazz pop, singer-songwriter, pop

9. Kacey MusgravesUnited States · 6 connections

   country, contemporary country, country pop, alternative country, americana, easy listening

10. Sturgill SimpsonUnited States · 6 connections

    bluegrass, country, americana, outlaw country

11. Tyler ChildersUnited States · 6 connections

    americana, alternative country, country

12. Brandi CarlileUnited States · 5 connections

    country, folk rock, alternative country, americana, singer-songwriter

13. Willie NelsonUnited States · 5 connections

    country, outlaw country, blues, country pop, singer-songwriter

14. Bon IverUnited States · 4 connections

    indie folk, folktronica, art pop, folk, ambient pop, sophisti-pop

15. Chris StapletonUnited States · 4 connections

    country, bluegrass, outlaw country, singer-songwriter, southern rock

16. Dolly PartonUnited States · 4 connections

    country, bluegrass, pop, country pop, nashville sound

17. Emmylou HarrisUnited States · 4 connections

    folk, americana, country, country rock, country folk, country pop

18. Sufjan StevensUnited States · 4 connections

    indie folk, art pop, chamber pop, indietronica, singer-songwriter, chamber folk

19. The Tallest Man on EarthSweden · 4 connections

    folk, contemporary folk

20. Zach BryanUnited States · 4 connections

    country, alternative country, americana, red dirt

21. Hank WilliamsUnited States · 2 connections

    honky tonk, country, classic country, traditional country, blues, country blues

22. Adrianne LenkerUnited States · 1 connection

    indie folk

Strongest connections inside Folk and Country

The score is the overlap between two artists' MusicBrainz genre and tag sets: shared labels divided by all distinct labels across both. The shared tags listed come from the genre tags shown for each artist above. The 10 highest of the cluster's 50 connections:

1. Zach Bryan and Tyler Childers75%

   Shared tags: country, alternative country, americana

2. Gillian Welch and Townes Van Zandt57%

   Shared tags: americana, contemporary folk, folk, singer-songwriter

3. Chris Stapleton and Sturgill Simpson50%

   Shared tags: country, bluegrass, outlaw country

4. Tyler Childers and Brandi Carlile50%

   Shared tags: americana, alternative country, country

5. Tyler Childers and Kacey Musgraves50%

   Shared tags: americana, alternative country, country

6. Emmylou Harris and Townes Van Zandt44%

   Shared tags: folk, americana, country, country folk

7. Iron & Wine and Fleet Foxes44%

   Shared tags: indie folk, folk rock, indie rock, alternative rock

8. First Aid Kit and Iron & Wine43%

   Shared tags: indie folk, folk rock, singer-songwriter

9. First Aid Kit and Phoebe Bridgers43%

   Shared tags: indie folk, folk, singer-songwriter

10. Zach Bryan and Brandi Carlile43%

    Shared tags: country, alternative country, americana

Where Folk and Country meets other genres

18 connections cross out of the cluster, 13 of them into Rock. These are the artists whose tags reach across genre lines.

Most common tags in Folk and Country

How many of the 22 artists carry each label among the top MusicBrainz genre tags stored for them on the map.

• country 12
• folk 10
• singer-songwriter 10
• americana 9
• indie folk 7
• alternative country 5
• contemporary folk 5
• country pop 4
• folk rock 4
• bluegrass 3
• blues 3
• indie rock 3

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