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Wade Ward
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Artists similar to

Wade Ward

artist · US · born 1892

old-time music banjo player and fiddler

old-time

In short

The artists most similar to Wade Ward are Hobart Smith, Vera Hall, Mississippi Fred McDowell, The Mountain Ramblers and Texas Gladden, from the same old-time circle.

Closest to Wade Ward

1 Hobart Smith
2 Vera Hall
3 Mississippi Fred McDowell Bandcamp ↗
4 The Mountain Ramblers
5 Texas Gladden
6 E.C. Ball

More similar artists

7 Alabama Sacred Harp Singersrecorded for Columbia Records in Atlanta in 1928
8 The New Lost City Ramblers
9 Gaither CarltonFiddle & banjo player from Deep Gap, NC
10 Bascom Lamar Lunsford
11 Mike Seeger
12 Sidna Myersfrom Hillsville, VA
13 Elizabeth Cotten
14 George Stoneman
15 Bob CarpenterAppalachian folk musician
16 Norman Edmonds
17 Georgia Sea Island Singers
18 Almeda Riddle
19 Dock Boggsold-time singer, songwriter and banjo player
20 Roscoe Holcomb
21 Bessie Jones
22 Glen Stoneman
23 Forrest City Joe
24 Ed Lewissinger recorded in field recordings as a convict
25 Lonnie Young, Jr.
26 Woody GuthrieAmerican singer-songwriter Bandcamp ↗
27 Orna Ball
28 Fred Cockerhamold-time fiddle and banjo player
29 Jean Ritchie
30 Thomas Martin50s/60s blues drummer, performed with Forest City Joe

Ordered by closeness, computed from real listens (ListenBrainz). The Bandcamp badge marks who has a page there, verified with Wikidata.

Frequently asked questions

Which artists are similar to Wade Ward?

The artists most similar to Wade Ward are Hobart Smith, Vera Hall, Mississippi Fred McDowell, The Mountain Ramblers and Texas Gladden, from the same old-time circle. The list comes from ListenBrainz, based on what people actually listen to, and includes 30 artists.

Where can I listen to music like Wade Ward?

On Bandcamp, where you buy directly from artists and labels: Mississippi Fred McDowell and Woody Guthrie have a page there. With Digs you create a "Like Wade Ward" Dig that mixes their releases with smaller artists with the same sound.

What genre is Wade Ward?

Wade Ward is usually associated with old-time (artist · US · born 1892), according to MusicBrainz genres.

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Data: MusicBrainz · ListenBrainz (CC0) · Wikidata. Updated 5 November 2026.