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There are dozens if not hundreds of underrated folk singers out there, but these four really take the cake and deserve modern-day attention.

As Dylan performed a two-week run at Gerde's Folk City in 1961 in New York's Greenwich Village, he began gathering songs to include on an album. Ultimately, only two songs would be penned by Dylan. The bulk of the album consisted of traditional, blues, and country tunes. When Hammond and Dylan entered Columbia's 7th Avenue Studio in November 1961, many songs were recorded in one take. Dylan resisted requests for second attempts, telling Hammond he couldn't see himself singing...

Singer-songwriter Charlie Parr is the quintessential troubadour, touring solo in a minivan, sleeping at rest stops, and singing the blues.

Sunday Editor Louise Hoffman Broach first met Christine Lavin nearly 40 years ago at the Smith Opera House in Geneva. Lavin was performing; she was a frequent visitor to Geneva

CBC News has produced evidence that Buffy Sainte-Marie has been untruthful about her purported origins. There are echoes in the story of Bob Dylan, a fellow folkie born in Duluth the same year.

American folk singer and civil rights activist who performed with Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Pete Seeger

A singer who performed alongside Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Pete Seeger, he was known for his topical songs, some of which he wrote in minutes.

This New City legend name-checks scores of performers whom she befriended, managed or both, from Paul Simon to Joni Mitchell.

The 1960s were known for music. You had Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Doors, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones. It was a boom. Not to mention Woodstock in 1969.