Performers are listed alphabetically by first name.
- R. Carlos Nakai
- R. Garcia Band
- R. Ring
- R. Stevie Moore
- R.E.M.
- R.LUM.R
- Ra Ra Riot
- RAC
- Races
- Rachael Sage
- Rachael Yamagata
- Rachel Baiman
- Rachel Brooke
- Rachel Kate
- Rachel Ries
- Rachel Sermanni
- Rachel Sweet
- Rachele Eve
- Rachelle Ferrell
- Racing Glaciers
- Racing Heart
- Radar State
- Rademacher
- Radiation City
- Radiator King
- Radical Dads
- Radio Jarocho
- Radio Moscow
- Radio On
- Radiohead
- Radkey
- Radney Foster
- Radnor & Lee
- Rae Cassidy
- Raelyn Nelson Band
- Rafiq Bhatia
- Rafter
- Rage Against the Machine
- Ragged Claws
- Raging Fyah
- Raglans
- Rah Rah
- Raheem Bakare
- Rahim Quazi
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk and The Vibration Society
- Railroad Earth
- Rain Machine
- Raina Rose
- Rainbow
- Rainbow Girls
- Rainbow Kitten Surprise
- RAINER
- Rainwater
- Raleigh Powell
- Ralph E. White
- Ralph Stanley
- Ralph Sutton
- Ralph Towner
- Ralph Towner & John Abercrombie
- Ram Dass
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Bess Hawes
- Ramesh
- Ramin Karimloo
- Rammstein
- Ramona Falls
- Ramsay Midwood
- Ramsey Lewis
- Ramy Essam
- Ran Blake
- Rance May And The Coyotes
- Ranch Ghost
- Randy Houser
- Randy Newman
- Randy Randall
- Randy Travis
- Randy Weston's African Rhythms
- Ranger
- Rangleklods
- Ranky Tanky
- RANN
- Raphael Saadiq
- Rare Monk
- Raritan River Fest
- Raspberries
- Rasputina
- Ratboys
- RatDog
- Raul Midon
- Raul Midon and Lionel Loueke
- Raw Soul
- Ray & The Revellers
- Ray Barretto Orchestra
- Ray Charles
- Ray Charles & Orchestra
- Ray Coleman
- Ray Davies
- Ray Wylie Hubbard
- Ray, Goodman & Brown
- Raye Zaragoza
- Rayland Baxter
- Raymond Byron & The White Freighter
- Razzy Bailey
- Reaches
- Real Estate
- Real Friends
- Real Live Tigers
- Reba McEntire
- Rebeca Mauleon
- Rebecca Gates and the Consortium
- Rebecca Haviland and Whiskey Heart
- Rebecca Long
- Rebecca Pidgeon
- Rebecca Rego & The Trainmen
- Rebecca Stern
- Rebelution
- Rebirth Brass Band
- Reckless Kelly
- Red Baraat
- Red Camp
- Red Cortez / The Weather Underground
- Red Daughters
- Red Fang
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Red Norvo All-Stars
- Red Tail Ring
- Red Wanting Blue
- Redeye
- Redwood Landing
- Reed Foehl
- Reed Turchi
- Reel Big Fish
- Reggie Watts
- Reginald Omas Mamode IV
- Reigning Sound
- Reignwolf
- Reilly & Maloney
- Reina del Cid
- Release The Sunbird
- Remember Jones
- Remember Sports
- REMI
- Remo Drive
- Remsy
- Renaissance
- Renata Zeiguer
- Rene Heredia
- REO Speedwagon
- Reporters
- Reptar
- Reptile Youth
- Republican Hair
- Residual Echoes
- Residual Kid
- Restorations
- Retail Space
- Retribution Gospel Choir
- Return to Forever
- Reuben and The Dark
- Reuben Hollebon
- Rev Gusto
- Rev. Claude Jeter
- Rev. F. D. Kirkpatrick
- Rev. F.D. Kirkpatrick & the Cook County Convention
- Rev. Sekou
- Reverend And The Makers
- Reverend Baron
- Reverend Gary Davis
- Reverend Horton Heat
- Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
- Reverie
- Rews
- Rex
- Rex Brown
- Rey Pila
- RF Shannon
- RFA
- Rhêtorik
- Rhett Miller
- Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi
- Rhoda Scott
- Rhode Island Fiddler's Club
- Rhodes
- Rhys Lewis
- Riah
- Ribbons
- Ric Ocasek
- Rich Aucoin
- Rich Robinson
- Richard Buckner
- Richard Edwards of Margot & the Nuclear So And So's
- Richard Markow And The Living Cartoon Orchestra
- Richard Marx
- Richard Ostrowski
- Richard Patrick
- Richard Schindell
- Richard Swift
- Richard The Lionhearted
- Richard Thompson
- Richie
- RICHIE / David Vandervelde
- Richie Cole & Alto Madness
- Richie Furay
- Richie Havens
- Rick Astley
- Rick Danko
- Rick Danko & Paul Butterfield
- Rick Derringer
- Rick Maguire of Pile
- Rick Nestler
- Rick Nestler Tribute
- Rick Nielsen
- Rick Roberts
- Rick Springfield
- Rick Wakeman
- Ricky Skaggs
- Ricky Skaggs & The Whites
- Riders In The Sky
- Ridge Runners
- Rigbi
- Right On Dynamite
- Riley Downing
- Riley Green
- Riley Pinkerton
- Rina Mushonga
- Ringo Deathstarr
- Ringo Starr
- Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band
- Riothorse Royale
- Ripe
- RIPS
- Rising Appalachia
- Rita Coolidge
- Rita Coolidge with Joe Cocker
- Rita Weill
- Rituals of Mine
- Rival Sons
- River City Extension
- River Glen
- River Whyless
- Riverboat Gamblers
- Rivers
- Rivers Cuomo
- RJD2
- RL Cole
- Roadkill Ghost Choir
- Roadside Graves
- ROAR
- Rob Baird
- Rob Bravery
- Rob Halford
- Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley
- Rob Jacobs
- Rob Lynch
- Rob Tamaro
- Robben Ford
- Robbers On High Street
- Robbie Basho
- Robbie Blunt
- Robbie Fulks
- Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis
- Robbie, Morgan, and Jimmy
- Robby Hecht
- Rober Lester Folsom
- Robert Bell
- Robert Chaney
- Robert Cray
- Robert DeLong
- Robert Earl Keen
- Robert Ellis
- Robert Ellis Orrall
- Robert Francis
- Robert Gordon
- Robert Hazard
- Robert Hunter Band
- Robert Palmer
- Robert Pete Williams
- Robert Plant
- Robert Randolph
- Robert Randolph & the Family Band
- Robert Sarazin Blake
- Robert Trujillo
- Robert Vincent
- Roberta Flack
- Robin Batteau
- Robin Kenyatta Quartet
- Robin Lane & The Chartbusters
- Robin Trower
- Robin Williamson
- Robyn Hitchcock
- Robyn Sherwell
- Rock & Hyde
- Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame All Star Jam
- Rock Eupora
- Rock Plaza Central
- Rockin' Sidney
- Rockpile
- Rocky Burnette
- Rocky Votolato
- Rod Levitt Octet
- Rod MacDonald
- Rod Picott
- Rod Stewart
- Rod Stewart and the Faces
- Rodeo Ruby Love
- Rodes Rollins
- Rodney Crowell
- Rodney Crowell/KIN
- Rodney Dangerfield
- Rodrigo Amarante
- Rodriguez
- Roger Daltrey
- Roger Dietz
- Roger Glover
- Roger Harvey
- Roger McGuinn
- Roger Miller
- Roger Waters
- Rogue + Jaye
- Rogue Valley
- Rogue Wave
- Roky Erickson and the Explosives
- Roland Hanna
- Roland Kirk
- Rolling Nowhere
- Rolling Waller Review
- Rollover
- Roman Candle
- ROMANS
- Romeo Void
- Ron Crick Band
- Ron Douglass
- Ron Gallo
- Ron Pope
- Ron Sexsmith
- Ron Wood & Bo Diddley
- Ronin
- Ronnie Dyson
- Ronnie Gilbert
- Ronnie James Dio
- Ronnie Laws
- Ronnie McDowell
- Ronnie Milsap
- Ronnie Montrose
- Ronnie Spector
- Roo & The Howl
- Roo Panes
- Rooftop Vigilantes
- Roomful of Blues
- Rooney
- Roosevelt Collier
- Root Boy Slim & The Sex Change Band
- Roots of Creation
- Rorey Carroll
- Rory Gallagher
- Rosalie Sorrels
- Rosalie Sorrels With Mick Scott
- Rosanna Arquette
- Rosanne Cash
- Rosco Bandana
- Roscoe Holcomb
- Rose Cousins
- Rose Goldsen
- Rose Hill Drive
- Rose Hotel
- Rose Murphy
- Rose Quartz
- Rose Short
- ROSEAU
- Rosehips String Band
- Rosi Golan
- Rosie Flores
- Rosie Thomas
- Ross Christopher
- Rossington Collins Band
- Rossonian
- Rosu Lup
- Rough Church
- Rough Cutt
- Roxy Music
- Roy Acuff & The Smokey Mountain Boys
- Roy Buchanan
- Roy Clark
- Roy Diggitt
- Roy Eldridge
- Roy Hargrove
- Roy Ira
- Roy Orbison
- Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings
- Royal & Toulouse
- Royal Bangs
- Royal Canoe
- Royal Crown Revue
- Royal Forest
- Royal Republic
- Royal Teeth
- Royal Thunder
- Royston Langdon as LEEDS
- Roz and the Rice Cakes
- Rozes
- Rozi Plain
- Rozzi
- Rubblebucket
- Rubedo
- Ruben
- Ruben Blades
- Rubik
- Rubinoos
- Rubisa Patrol
- Rubisa Patrol with Paul McCandless
- Ruby Boots
- Ruby Braff
- Ruby Braff & Dick Hyman
- Ruby Braff-George Barnes Quartet
- Ruby Isle
- Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost
- Ruby The Rabbitfoot
- Ruby Velle and the Soulphonics
- Rudi Blesh and Stride Piano Stars
- Rudy Currence
- Rue Royale
- Rufus
- Rum Drum Ramblers
- Rumer
- Run On Sentence
- Run River North
- Run-D.M.C.
- Rupert Holmes
- Rural Alberta Advantage
- Rush
- Rush Midnight
- Russell Dickerson
- Russell Howard
- Rusted Root
- Ruston Kelly
- Ruth Brisbane
- Ruth Brown
- RX Bandits
- Ry Cooder
- Ryan Adams
- Ryan Auffenberg
- Ryan Bingham
- Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses
- Ryan Culwell
- Ryan Harris Brown
- Ryan Hobler
- Ryan Joseph Anderson
- Ryan Kinder
- Ryan McMullan
- Ryan Monroe
- Ryan Montbleau
- Ryan Traster
- RYAT
- Ryland Bouchard