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

[Nahtabot]

I need to relax a bit and was looking for some nice calm folk or country easy listening type of music. I was just listening to some John Denver, any recommendations?

Are you familiar with The War On Drugs?

 

[StoneH]

Under the heading "Easy Listening", just about any song by 'Fourplay'.

 

[Jim622]

Or some of his other CDs

 

[ClashCityTele]

 

[black_doug]

This is all instrumentals from 2012.

 

[TeleBluesMan]

 

[blowtorch]

Just remembered about this one
not folky per se but very calming, the entire release (and, apologies if someone already posted it)

 

[aging_rocker]

Nick Drake - Pink Moon.

Wonderful album, e.g.

 

[timbgtr]

Obscure, but

Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[aging_rocker]

Jorma Kaukonen - Quah

 

[Dostradamas]

 

[tfarny]

I've been enjoying these two a lot recently:



And I "discovered" this guy not too long ago:

 

[Double Stop]

1. Anything by Gillian Welch
2. Anything by Nick Drake

Also the Kings of Convenience. A wonderful Indie/Folk duo with largely acoustic songs. They're from Norway and have been around since around 2001. Bits of Simon & Garfunkel, early Leonard Cohen, Jacques Brel influence sprinkled throughout their oeuvre.

 

[danielreid27]

 

[TigerG]

KT Tunstall's Invisible Empire

 

[Doutorfunga]

Takk by Sigur Ros, great music!

 

[Aftermath]

Are you familiar with The War On Drugs?

yeah! although the stuff I know them for is more new wave sounding.

 

[Powdog]

 

[Chiogtr4x]

David Grisman & Jerry Garcia
" Shady Grove" or "Not For Children ONLY"
AND

David Grisman and Tony Rice
' Tone Poems, #1
David Grisman and Martin Taylor
Tone Poems ,#2

- these are mandolinist Grisman, paired up with 3 amazing acoustic guitar players
( Tone Poems are all instrumental, duets, recorded live in studio)

- lots of air, rhythm, & melody

 

[Oxidao]

Dylan "Blood on the tracks"
L. Reed "New York"
JJ Cale "Naturally"
Wilco "Being there"

You said folk, country... you'll find also Ragtime and Blues if you get any good Jimmie Rodgers compilation.