Not being terribly well listened in this area I'm not in a position to recommend anything much, but as for Anne Briggs, for no discernible reason I can figure, I took to her self penned stuff rather more than her trad. stuff.

Engaging pop hearted tunes rendered simply with folkie sensibilities. Plus her timing's better when she drops the (unaccompanied) vocal ornamentation she adopted early on in her career, in favour of string (banjo?) & (frame?) drum driven rhythms.

Being not much of a folkie, kind of folkie, I genuinely like her 'Sing a Song for You' of '73 and though it's arguably not the best song from the album, I sing this from it:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B5uBURfm3s