coolest folk
 

my taste is for dark folk, but I assume thats ok!

Beth Orton
Fleet Foxes
16 Horsepower
Wovenhand
Johnny Cash
Jordan Reyne
Leadbelly
Bob Dylan
Eddie Brickell
U2

Iron & Wine
Elliott Smith
Peter & the Wolf
Bon Iver
The Tallest Man on Earth
Horse Feathers
Fleet Foxes
M. Ward
The Mountain Goats
Bob Dylan

1. Bob Dylan
2. Paul Simon
3.The Pougues
4.Frank Turner
5.The Tossers
6.Johnny Cash
7.Tim Barry
8.Woodie Guthrie
9.Billy Bragg
10. Joe Strummer

I don't have ten, so how about five?

1. Bob Dylan

2. Neil Young

3. Joni Mitchell

4. Crosby, Stills, Nash/ Young

5. The Mamas and the Papas