Folk/Rock choices that are well recorded

Ones that I've been impressed with musically and sonically recently include:

Dave Alvin's Ashgrove and his earlier Blackjack David

Katy Moffat's Angel Town and Loose Diamond CDs

Gillian Welch's Soul Journey

Lucinda Williams new Live @ The Fillmore is very good for a live recording

And, I agree, Tom Russell's recent CDs are excellent.

One that is old but an excellent recording - not to mention great music - is Peter, Paul and Mary. Their self-titled first album is one of the better recorded I have and the CD is first rate too!

Here is another vote for Tom Russell. When I describe his style to others I tell them to think "Harry Chapin with a Southwest motif". My nomination for his best sound and overall performance would be "Borderland". In fact, I burned a compilation of Borderland and Modern Art (four tracks)and gave it to my local hi-end dealer. They were so blown away they now use it to demo their showcase system (Wilson Grand Slams, VTL Siegfried mono blocks, and of course, a dcs stack).

You might take a look at Nickel Creek- some of it freaks me out with its "fusion-ness" but some is really great.

I have a couple of Original pressings by Gordon Lightfoot that sound really good(Sundown,If you could read my mind). Also Jim Croce's Greatest Hits a DCC 180 gram re-master sounds superb.My original pressings of The Band hold up pretty good these days except the brown album "The Band" because I played it to death.