Need music recommendations similar to Harry Chapin, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Mark Knopfler, etc.

[OverImagination]

Hey everyone. I'm looking for artists or music similar to Chapin, Mitchell, Taylor, Knopfler, etc.
 
Any recommendations?
 
Thanks

 

[Radioking59]

I'm not quite sure what you are looking for since these artists are hard to pin to one genre as their careers progressed. I'm going with stuff I would consider folk and folk rock.

Carole King
Nick Drake
Richard & Linda Thompson
Richard Thompson
Fairport Convention (3 Sandy Denny Albums)
Sandy Denny
Gordon Lightfoot
Tim Hardin
Cat Stevens
Paul Simon
Jim Croce

 

[OverImagination]

Solid recommendations thanks. I think you figured out what I'm looking for - gonna check some of those artists out.

 

[StratocasterMan]

Check out some fairly early Dylan like this one from 1965:
 

 
I doubt there's an artist mentioned so far that wasn't very influenced by this album.

 

[OverImagination]

wow fairport convention with sandy denny is amazing! love this. exactly what i was looking for

 

[StratocasterMan]

And don't underestimate the real folk blues music, like Muddy Waters in 1964: