I don't know if this is folk as you want it, Havard, but I would give a vote to Emmylou Harris' Cowgirl's Prayer. I too wish people would say something about the records and people they like for the great unwashed, like me!!! So here goes.
Emmylou Harris is the "diva" of country music, beginning with Gram Parsons who crashed and burned after making two seminal country rock albums, and then working her way up with a variety of top class players like Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice, and a series of hot backing bands. In the mid 1990's when everyone said she was washed up (only selling a million records a year), she broke out into serious "heavy rock country", big drums, big guitars; and made "Wrecking Ball" and most recently, Spyboy. These have sold crillions, but I still prefer Cowgirl's Prayer. She has probably the heartbreakingest voice around, and the taste to match. Cowgirl's Prayer makes the most of it. On the other hand, Spyboy has a supercharged version of "Boulder to Birmingham", her song about Parsons' death and aftermath, that raises the hair on the back of your neck.
yours, Peter T.