Here are 18 artists who deserve to be household names but for various reasons have attracted only relatively small cult followings:

9 UNDERAPPRECIATED FOLK & POP ARTISTS

Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez

Greg Brown

Jimmy LaFave

Lynn Miles

Mark Olson

Michael Fracasso

Scott Walker

Tim Buckley

Tom Russell

9 UNDERAPPRECIATED ROCK ARTISTS

Blues Project

Elliott Murphy

Galaxie 500

Lloyd Cole

Love

Pavlov’s Dog

Shack

Vivian Cook

World Party