Recommended acoustic recordings

You might try (sorry, not SACD):

Cat Power- Jukebox
Jose Gonzalez
Lisa Ekdahl- Back to Earth
Beck- Sea Change
M. Ward - Post War

These are more contemporary offerings, but you may find some of them interesting.

Paul Kelly, May 1992. Paul Kelly, A - Z.

More great stuff from down under - try The Waifs Live (a brief history).

check it out

All of Phil Keaggy unplugged from his electric gitair.

Hi Fromunda. I'm a big ECM fan from way back. I once saw CL in Big Sur. I like his Voice in the Night CD. IMO Manfred Eicher is a visionary and ECM's repertoire of artists cover the range of meditative, melancholic, reflective, and life-affirming emotions about as well as any genre outside of classical music/voice. There are very active ECM forums, but I'm guessing you know that already.