Revivalist artist

A revivalist artist or revivalist band is a musical group, singer, or musician dedicated to reviving interest in a musical genre from an earlier

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The Beau Hunks – Dutch orchestra who have recorded overlooked works by American composers Raymond Scott, Leroy Shield, Ferde Grofe, Edward McDowell, and others, as well as reconstructing and recording themes from Hal Roach 1930s film comedies.
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – one of the major swing revival bands
The Black Crowes – started in 1984 as revivalists of 1970s blues-rock – eventually became writers of their own material
The Blues Brothers – started in 1978 as revivalists of 1950s and 1960s blues, soul and R&B music
Michael Feinstein – began his performing career in 1986 as a revivalist of the genre of American songs written between 1920–1960 (known colloquially as the Great American Songbook)
The Jam – started in 1972 and evolved into the leading band of the late-1970s mod revival
Imelda May – Irish singer noted as a revivalist of rockabilly in the 2000s
Pete Seeger, along with his associated act The Weavers, revitalized American folk music in the 1940s and 1950s.
Leon Redbone – singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor specializing in jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley classics.
Joshua Rifkin – played a central role in the ragtime revival in the 1970s by treating the works of Scott Joplin as serious classical music rather than as nostalgia or novelty
Sha Na Na – started in 1969 as revivalists of 1950s doo-wop music
The Sheepdogs – started in 2007 as revivalists of early-1970’s roots rock
Simple Plan – Canadian band that was noted as punk rock revival
Steel Panther – formed in 2000 as revivalists and a parody of the 1980s ‘glam metal’ scene.
The Stray Cats – a major player in the rockabilly revival of the early 1980s
Tiny Tim – performed historic and regional American music in his natural baritone, in addition to novelty songs sung falsetto.
Cedric Watson has helped to revive Creole music.

Revivalist artist

List of notable revivalist artists#

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