If I keep up this thread with a new post or two per day one thing that will become obvious is that the music that inspires me is simple. A singer, an acoustic insturment or two such as a guitar, an alto bass or cello, maybe a mandolin. No drums, no piano, no horns but maybe once in a while a woodwind of some sort.
The songs themselves seldom have mass appeal, you'll never hear them on top 40 type radio stations and if music stores still existed you'd probably have to look in the bargain bins to find them.
Another of my favorites is Lyle Lovett. He got my attention in his early days with his unusual songs and the big sound of his "Large Band", but I didn't then appreciate how much I'd like him later when I started finding examples of his more intimate performances.
Lyle Lovett -
If I Had A Boat