# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nanci-griffith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:18:46.760Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nanci-griffith"
name: "Nanci Griffith"
slug: "nanci-griffith"
description: "Nanci Caroline Griffith was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She often appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits, starting in 1985 during season 10. Griffith's career spanned a variety of musical genres, predominantly country, folk, and what she termed \"folkabilly.\" She won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1994 for her 1993 recording, Other Voices, Other Rooms. The album features Griffith covering the songs of artists who were her major influences. One of her better-known songs is \"From a Distance,\" which was written and composed by Julie Gold."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter (1953-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nanci_Griffith_at_BBC_Radio_2_Folk_Awards_2010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1953-07-06"
deathDate: "2021-08-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           18.08460133333334
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  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 622
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump