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  Celebrating 20 Years of Folk Radio
Top 100 Performer Countdown - 2002
   
  In celebration of WUMB's 20th year on the FM airwaves, we asked our listeners vote for their favorite folk musicians over the past 20 years - the musicians who have made WUMB the premier folk radio station in the world! The list below, represents the top responses from WUMB listeners, October 14 - November 13, 2002. We've included #101 to #110 in case you wanted to see who "just missed" being included in the Top 100. We began counting down on-air with artist #100 at 7am on Monday, November 18th and continued all week until we reached artist #1 at 6pm on Friday November 22nd.
   
  110     Pat Humphries
  109     Art Garfunkel
  108     Bill Miller
  107     Natalie MacMaster
  106     Seldom Scene
  105     Neil Young
  104     Steeleye Span
  103     Steve Earle
  102     Bok, Muir, Trickett
  101     Tanglefoot
  100     Fairport Convention
  99     Michael Smith
  98     Pierce Pettis
  97     Robbie O'Connell
  96     The Chieftains
  95     Beth Amsel
  94     Tom Russell
  93     Erin McKeown
  92     James Taylor
  91     Shawn Colvin
  90     Linda Ronstadt
  89     Fred Neil
  88     Ferron
  87     Leonard Cohen
  86     Maura O'Connell
  85     Gordon Bok
  84     Loreena McKennitt
  83     Utah Phillips
  82     Eric Andersen
  81     Jesse Winchester
  80     Peter, Paul & Mary
  79     Kate Rusby
  78     Lyle Lovett
  77     Woodie Guthrie
  76     Gillian Welch
  75     Arlo Guthrie
  74     Kenny White
  73     Kathy Mattea
  72     Jimmy LaFave
  71     John Hiatt
  70     Pentangle
  69     Sandy Denny
  68     David Wilcox
  67     Townes Van Zandt
  66     The Kennedys
  65     Mark Erelli
  64     Eva Cassidy
  63     Martin Sexton
  62     David Mallett
  61     Catie Curtis
  60     Simon & Garfunkel
  59     Greg Greenway
  58     Cliff Eberhardt
  57     Michelle Shocked
  56     Gordon Lightfoot
  55     Tim O'Brien
  54     Indigo Girls
  53     Peter Mulvey
  52     Mary Black
  51     Keb' Mo'
  50     John McCutcheon
  49     Bob Franke
  48     Paul Simon
  47     Bonnie Raitt
  46     Ani DiFranco
  45     Kate Wolf
  44     Tracy Chapman
  43     Don White
  42     Darryl Purpose
  41     Bill Morrissey
  40     Judy Collins
  39     Bruce Cockburn
  38     Kris Delmhorst
  37     Lori McKenna
  36     Susan Werner
  35     Iris Dement
  34     Chris Smither
  33     Bill Staines
  32     Eddie From Ohio
  31     Kate Campbell
  30     Vance Gilbert
  29     Tom Paxton
  28     Patty Larkin
  27     Mary-Chapin Carpenter
  26     Tom Rush
  25     Christine Lavin
  24     Phil Ochs
  23     The Neilds
  22     John Prine
  21     James Keelaghan
  20     Garnet Rogers
  19     Pete Seeger
  18     Joni Mitchell
  17     Patty Griffin
  16     Lucinda Williams
  15     Alison Krauss
  14     Emmylou Harris
  13     David Carter & Tracy Grammer
  12     Greg Brown
  11     Ellis Paul
  10     Joan Baez
  9     Stan Rogers
  8     John Gorka
  7     Lucy Kaplansky
  6     Richard Thompson
  5     Richard Shindell
  4     Cheryl Wheeler
  3     Bob Dylan
  2     Dar Williams
  1     Nanci Griffith

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