Good Country recordings

Emmylou Harris's recent box set, "Songbird" sounds very good.

Jimmy LaFave's recent "Cimmaron Manifesto" sounds good and is a killer album. Jimmy is not your typical country singer if you haven't heard him.

Capitol reissued Linda Ronstadt's first 4 albums as a 2 cd set titled, "The Best of Linda Ronstadt, The Capitol Years". Very nice sound.

Ray Wylie Hubbard's last 3 albums were produced by Gurf Morlix, famous for his work with Lucinda Williams. They have a little more of a gritty bluesy sound than Ray's earlier work. If you prefer something more Austin/country sounding get "Loco Gringo's Lament", "Dangerous Spirits" or "Crusades of the Restless Nights".

Alison Krauss "A Hundred Miles or More" is an excellent sounding CD.

here's some archive discussion that had some good contributions: country rock thread

There are alot of Alternative Country or sometimes considered Conutry Rock as Bdgregory listed. Even many of the Popular Country radio stars have great sounding albums.