I wouldn't call her a recording artist, because she wasn't primarily known for recording. Just singing. Jeannie Robertson. Jean Ritchie, too.

I'd probably just sit there slack-jawed and wide-eyed though...

In my younger years, I probably would have picked someone like Jackson Browne, or (don't laugh) Elton John. These days, it's getting harder to find people who grew up in a firmly rooted family singing tradition, and I would love to just sit there and listen to stories and songs illustrating how it was.