Here are 16 artists who deserve to be household names but, for various reasons, have attracted only relatively small cult followings:

8 UNDERAPPRECIATED FOLK & POP ARTISTS

Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez

Greg Brown

Jimmy LaFave

Lynn Miles

Mark Olson

Michael Fracasso

Scott Walker

Tim Buckley

9 UNDERAPPRECIATED ROCK ARTISTS

Blues Project

Galaxie 500

Lloyd Cole

Love

Pavlov’s Dog

Shack

Vivian Cook

World Party