early simon & garfunkel
bob dylan
lots of 60s in general
kinks and beatles ballads blues is a great foundation and way to learn the ins and outs of guitar too
-pink moon by nick drake (quiet, acoustic, folk?)
-from left to right by bill evans (jazz)
-selling England by the pound by genesis (rock, prog)
-pieces of a man by gill scott-heron (soul)
-blue by joni mitchell (folk) some of my personal favorites across multiple genres
- early wilco
- son volt
- uncle tupelo
- the jayhawks
- deer tick
- grant lee buffalo
- grant lee phillips
- tyler childers
- colter wall
- the wood brothers
- the felice brothers
- the milk carton kids
- delta spirit
- fruit bats
- phosphorescent
- smog
- blitzen trapper
- dave rawlings machine
- gillian welch
- bobbie gentry
- justin townes earle
- first aid kit
- those darlins
- jonny corndawg
- cracker
- shovels & rope
- orville peck
- rayland baxter
- shakey graves
- langhorne slim
- joe pug
- the barr brothers
- liz cooper & the stampede
- heartless bastards
- jason molina
- ry cooder
- hurray for the riff raff
- flo morrissey
- hiss golden messenger
- okkervil river
- the futurebirds
- young thug (not joking)