Ralph Stanley
Ramblin Jack Elliot
Lyle Lovett
Jess Klein
Laurie Lewis
Jez Lowe
| Celebrating 20 Years of Folk Radio Top 100 Performer Countdown - 2002 |
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| 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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