| LEADBELLY | American folk and blues singer (4,5) |
| BELLY | Lead off folk and blues singer that shows guts (5) |
| ROOTSROCK | Genre with folk and blues influences |
| ODETTA | One-named singer of folk and blues |
| CASSIDY | Eva --, 1963-96, US singer of jazz, folk and blues music (7) |
| MICHAELEAVIS | Somerset farmer who hosted the Pilton Pop, Folk & Blues Festival for the first time in 1970 (7,5) |
| KAYHARKER | Hero of children's books The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights by John Masefield (3,6) |
| THEMASSES | Ordinary folk and how they may refer to those donkeys! (3,6) |
| BILLIEHOLIDAY | Jazz and blues singer born in 1915 and known as Lady Day (6,7) |
| ETTA | Jazz and blues singer James |
| NINA | Jazz and blues singer-songwriter, ___ Simone |
| ANITA | Rhythm-and-blues singer Baker |
| LOU | Rhythm-and-blues singer Rawls |
| ELLA | - Fitzgerald, jazz and blues singer (4) |
| CHRISREA | English rock and blues singer/songwriter noted for his 1989 song The Road to Hell (Part 2) (5,3) |
| SMOKEY | Rhythm & blues singer Robinson |
| BODIDDLEY | Rhythm and blues musician born Ellas Otha Bates in 1928 |
| SOULMUSIC | Model of discretion at barbershop with some Gospel rhythm and blues (4,5) |
| SALMONARM | British Columbia city on Shuswap Lake which hosts the Roots and Blues music festival each Summer: 2 wds. |
| RAKHI | Indian folk and Sufi singer, Kher Sawant, Bollywood dancer and politician |
