Can anyone recommend any nice/calm albums? anything folky is good

[thechad]

The first Crosby Stills and Nash album, Simon and Garfunkel “bridge over troubled water” , Steve Earl “I’ll never get out of this world alive”

 

[Tommy Biggs]

Recorded in 2006 Bob Dylan’s Modern Times is well executed and mostly relaxed, if you can take bobs gravel vocals.
Keb’ Mo has a ton of nice and easy bluesy stuff, also very well put together and supremely recorded.

 

[LowCaster]

Norah Jones, « come away with me ». That’s post 1978. And she did a few raw recordings from her home during you know what.

 

[oldunc]

For me it would be the Sensational Nightingales, but that doesn't seem to be what you're looking for, nor does John Scofield's "A Moment's Peace", though you might try it. Norah Jones' stuff is generally pretty mellow (her live album is a little more hard hitting), though there's plenty there worth paying attention to. More toward the jazz side, Shirley Horne does mellow very well; if I had to recommend one, "Light out of Darkness", a Ray Charles tribute, might be to your taste. J.J. Cale's the man for laid back rock and roll. John Prine could be your guy, but I can't recommend a specific album. Emmy Lou Harris's gospel album "Angel Band" could fit the bill.

 

[nojazzhere]

Norah Jones, « come away with me ». That’s post 1978. And she did a few raw recordings from her home during you know what.

Love this version.......but weren't her leads a little too complex and flashy for a Neil Young song?

 

[blowtorch]

i really don't like the Dead, but

 

[Weazel]

Damien Rice of Dublin:

 

[Tricone]

Pau Casal's original recording of Bach's "Cello Suites".


"The Alternative Wes Montgomery".


And this 1972 concert performance featuring Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan.

 

[Red Ryder]

Cheapo-Cheapo Productions Presents Real Live John Sebastion

 

[slauson slim]

Judy Collins LPs Wildflowers, In My Life and Who Knows Where The Time Goes.

 

[Engine Swap]

 

[Lowspeid]

The Milk Carton Kids are great for when I want to relax, but Tycho and Bonobo are my go-to’s.

 

[black_doug]

Ry Cooder, The Prodigal Son, 2018

 

[brookdalebill]

kd lang’s Ingenue is a masterpiece, IMO.
Brennen Leigh’s The Box, too.

 

[drmordo]

Beck's "Sea Change" is very, very mellow and is probly the best album so far this century.

Sean Lennon's "Friendly Fire" is shockingly good little pop blast.

James Iha's "Let It Come Down" is a great 70s soft-rock inspired pop album.

 

[Marc Morfei]

There is this band called Eastmountainsouth that has some real nice stuff. Calm and relaxing.



Lately I have been listening to Amy Helm (yes, Levon's daughter) who I think is really good.



And for real throwback stripped down country/folk, it's hard to beat Gillan Welch.

 

[srvy]

This may fit the bill. One of my most cherished Townes albums.

 

[Guitarteach]

The recent-ish collaboration between Robert Plant and Allison Krauss is really good.

We do a couple of those..

Discovered Penguin Cafe Orchestra?

 

[schoolie]

 

[old soul]

Don Williams, just about anything from him