I recently downloaded the America anthology, and I haven't been able to stop listening.  
These are samples of my all my favorites from them which I have on my iPod. 
I don't know how this music affects other people, but I have an emotional connection - probably due to memories they conjure up :-)

 

I've been putting together step workouts for my iPOD by downloading random tracks using my pepsi points.  I really wanted funk selections to shuffle, but none of those songs could be had for points.  So, I went to Imeem and made a playlist.  I can't use my ipod, but my pc is where I workout - and my pc sound system doesn't suck too bad.  Here it is:

I sometimes really like stuff Vetiver does (other times not so much). 

This is from their latest CD Thing of the Past which is pretty much all covers of already recorded folk-type songs.
 
I love acoustic guitar strumming and listening to someone's voice raw and up close - we don't have enough of that in today's music.  I like how they garnished it with an electric guitar to make it more modern.