Sam Amidon

I came across this American folk singer-songwriter only a few weeks ago.  His music is extremely folky, and his voice sounds very simple and almost child-like (even though the dude is 31).  A lot of the music is fairly lighthearted (which is normally not my thing, and I'm still hesitant about the balance of his work).  He does have wide-ranging orchestral arrangements on a lot of his songs, which are occasionally very powerful.  His lyrics are hard to interpret.  Sometimes it seems like he's trying too hard to be deeply philosophical.  It's hard to describe how his voice combined with the retro-sounding folk guitar creates a unique atmosphere; if you want to see what I mean, check out this video.  You can almost believe he was born 100+ years ago!  He has quite a few albums on grooveshark.  I just realised I haven't listened to all of them yet.