I'm kind of an alt-country and folk kinda guy so don't listen to much new country, and this one isn't too modern anymore either, but Gillian Welch and her husband/partner/whatever David Rawlings made a modern classic with "Time (the Revelator)", and a very nice sounding CD it is too. I think Swish Daddy is on board here too (or maybe just bored). Not really quite what I call country, but recorded simply, live in the studio with just a couple of Neumann mikes, Gillian and David, banjo and vintage acoustic guitars, and a lot of good music. Gillian describes the album, "As opposed to little tiny folk songs, they're really tiny rock songs performed in an acoustic setting. In our heads we went electric without changing instruments." OK, whatever you say Jill