The Folk Artist Twitter Directory

6 May 2010
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Below is our attempt at a comprehensive directory of folk artists currently on Twitter – of course, we aren’t Twitter deities and as such will almost certainly have missed out on certain artists. Let us know if you can think of any tweeting folk musicians in the comments below.

Akron/Family

Angus and Julia Stone

Asthmatic Kitty (Label)

Au Revoir Simone

Avett Brothers

Bella Union (Label)

Belle and Sebastian

Beth Jeans Houghton

Blitzen Trapper

Blue Roses

Bon Iver

Brian: FFS’s Mixtape-Making Owl

Broadcast 2000

Caitlin Rose

Cherbourg

Colin Meloy (Decemberists)

Damien Rice (PR Account)

Dev Hynes (Lightspeed Champion)

Divine Comedy (PR account)

Efterklang

Emmy the Great

Fanfarlo

FFS (Official Account)

First Aid Kit

Great Lake Swimmers

Jenny Lewis

Jeremy Warmsley

Jon Hopkins

kristin hersh

Kurran & the Wolfnotes

Laura Marling (PR account)

Left With Pictures

The Leisure Society

Lewis and Clarke

Liam Frost

Lisa Hannigan (PR account)

Lisa Mitchell

Lissie

The Living Sisters (PR account)

Local Natives

The Low Anthem

Midlake

Monsters of Folk (PR account)

The New Pornographers

Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy)

Peggy Sue

Rebecca Taylor (Slow Club)

Rufus Wainwright (PR account)

She & Him (PR account)

St. Vincent

Sweet Billy Pilgrim

The Swell Season (PR account)

The Swell Season (Glen Hansard)

Theoretical Girl

The Tim and Sam Band

Tunng

Villagers

The Watson Twins

Wilco (PR account)

Wild Beasts

Woodpigeon

Wye Oak

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  • http://www.kirstymcgee.com hobopop

    for your list – @benfolds, @jimmythebrute, @anidifranco, @aimeemann, @tomreveal, @eddireader, @krisdrever, @imogenheap, @r_woomble, @bellahardy, @heiditalbot, @boohewerdine, @lastharbour, @quietloner, @tomwaits, @stevenfinn, @pogirl, @nelsandrews, @ihobo, @dannyschmidt, @devonsproule, @thedecemberists, @andrewbird, @thebrutechorus, @erinmckeown, and, if you’d be so kind, @hobopop. *gracious bow*
    this is a list we’d follow for sure!

  • http://shambles.stereokill.net Shambles

    Me! :) @shamblesmiller and @AndrewWLindsay

  • http://www.deadonmusic.com Scott Edgar

    Here’s us… @deadonmusic (Promoters from Northern Ireland)

    and here’s the bands who’ve played for us in 2010 so far.

    Captain Kennedy (Lurgan, NI) @captainkennedy
    Meg Hutchinson (Boston, MA) @hutchtweets
    Basia Bulat (London, ON) @basiabulat
    Yngve & The Innocent (London, UK) @andtheinnocent
    David Ford (Brighton, UK) @davidfordisdead
    Aaron Shanley (Lisburn, NI) @aaronshanley
    Adelaide’s Cape (London, UK) @adelaidescape
    Farriers (Belfast, NI) @farriersmusic
    Junior Johnson (Belfast, NI) @juniorjohnson
    Louisiana Joyride (Belfast, NI) @loujoyride
    Katie & The Carnival (Belfast, NI) @katiecarnival
    Gentry Morris (Belfast, NI) @gentrymorris

  • http://www.allthingsconsidered.org.uk All Things Considered

    We’d love to be on it if you include smaller artists! @atc_uk

  • Ellen B.

    @sharonvanetten, @marcusfoster1, @bobbylongnews
    Thanks for doing this list!

  • gabs
  • Matthew Kingdon

    You should really put @mattstayloose on there.. He is the bringer of many folk news… and @communionmusic and @communionbris… Oh and Pete Roe @mrpeteroe

  • Katie

    This is brilliant, thank you!

  • Sam

    @rosietaylor – The Rosie Taylor Project

  • http://omkmusic.posterous.com/ Chris

    Two more recommendations for the directory…

    @crookedstill – http://www.crookedstill.com
    @_CCDs – http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com

  • Ali

    A few more:
    Ellen and the Escapades – @ellenescapades
    Fran Rodgers – @rodgersfran
    Fyfe Dangerfield – @fyfedangerfield
    Broken Records – @broken_records
    The Mummers – @themummers

  • caspeta
  • t9sus4

    To be frank, if you make a bit more of an effort yourselves to come up with a “comprehensive” list, then I’ll help out. So far it’s far too much like asking us to do your homework for you.

    • Lynn Roberts

      Thanks for your comment t9sus4. FFS is run entirely by volunteers, so we sometimes like to ask for a community effort to share information that might be interesting to other folk fans.
      Best wishes,
      Lynn

  • Garrick

    @rachaelsage (who is wonderful and needs converage on your site. :) )

  • Sarah

    Great list…How about:

    @drawmestories – http://twitter.com/drawmestories

    Love these guys!

  • caroline Stanley

    @QueenELVIS

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Stephen Thomas is an Optimistic Realist, except when things aren’t going very well. His favourite music includes Elbow, She & Him, The Leisure Society, Sufjan Stevens, Sam Cooke, The Hold Steady, Stephen Fretwell and Girls Aloud – unless you’re pretty, in which case his favourite music is your favourite music. Stephen names all of his pets after former English prime ministers, but otherwise holds no real interest in politics. He is a serial lister, and has previously listed his Top 25 Disney Females, his Top 10 Albums from 1973 and his Top 20 Billy Joel songs. He frequently publishes his lists at www.wewritelists.blogspot.com