If you love more contemporary artists, try

- Eric Clapton
- Jack Johnson
- Nora Jones
- Ricky Lee Jones- album "Pop Pop" is great.
- Nick Drake
- Dave Mathew's Band
- Phish

These are just my suggestions. I could get in trouble with many of these as not really fitting into "folk". As has been said, folk music is hard to define.

So as long as we're out there I might as well add Simon and Garfunkel, John Lennon, The Indigo Girls...

-Eddie "Son" House is another ABSOLUTELY AMAZING older artist that just occurred to me.

- Etta James is also another amazing (but not as old) artist (Her version of "I've Been Loving You Too Long" is hauntingly fantastic).

Hmmm. I could go on but oughta stop. Hope this helps without too much controversy.