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The Carter Family 1999 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
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The Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. Their music had a profound impact on bluegrass, country, Southern Gospel,...
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Utah Phillips 1997 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
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Bruce Duncan "Utah" Phillips (May 15, 1935 -- May 23, 2008)[1] was a labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller, poet and the "Golden Voice of the Great Southwest". He descr...
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Moses Asch 1996 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
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Moses ("Moe") Asch (December 2, 1905, Warsaw -- October 19, 1986, New York City) was the founder of Folkways Records. Asch ran the label from 1948 until his death. Folkways...
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Jean Ritchie 1998 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
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Jean Ritchie is an American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player.
She was the youngest of ten girls who slept in one room of the farming family's house ...
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Frank & Anne Warner 1999 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
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The field recordings of husband and wife team Anne and Frank Warner would have an enormous impact on the folk revival in the late '50s and early '60s. During the late '30s...
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Doc Watson 2000 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
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Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (born March 3, 1923) is an American guitar player, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and gospel music. He has won seven Gram...
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Chris Strachwitz 1996 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
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Chris Strachwitz (b. July 1, 1931) is a German-born American record company executive and record producer. He is the founder and president of Arhoolie Records, which he est...
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Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon 1999 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
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The daughter of Baptist minister J.J. Johnson, Bernice was born and raised in southwest Georgia, where music was an integral part of life. She entered Albany State College ...
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Stan Rogers 2005 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
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Stanley Allison "Stan" Rogers (November 29, 1949 -- June 2, 1983) was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter.
Rogers was noted for his rich, baritone voice and his finely ...
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Odetta 2005 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
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Odetta Holmes, (December 31, 1930 -- December 2, 2008) known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a human rights activist, often referred ...
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