Yeah, I like both them clips... The first one reminds me of an alt rock band from the Pittsburg area that recorded as "Rusted Root"... Nice mix of African drumming and Celtic... The second clip alot like "Enya"... I can take a little of that New Agey stuff but if it came on the radio I certainly wouldn't change the channel... But it's all what I would call "alt acoustic"... Even if it isn't strictly acoustic... I mean, little is strictly acoustic anymore... Everyone talks about this or that being "unplugged" but it ain't really "unplugged"... It's just an acou8stic instrument "plugged"...

Or like Dylan, a not so "acoustic" instrument...

Technically, my "Lowebow" is an acoustic instrument but when I play it thru my Fender tube amp it becomes a seriously rock-ified instrument...

No matter, room for all these sounds under the folk tent... Or, at least, there should be...

B~