Probably a minority taste on here, but The Milk Carton Kids are amongst my favourite bands at the moment in the acoustic/Americana genre and I'm really looking forward to seeing them again. (I saw them do a set at a festival in Golden Gate Park a few years ago.)
This is them doing their signature song on the 'Live From Here' radio show on NPR. The mandolin player is Chris Feely, the program host and not a part of MCK. Kenneth Pattengale, the lead guitarist, is quite brilliant in my view.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSmWIIPuTgM
In the UK, and again in the broadly folk/acoustic tradition, I'm particularly taken with Harbottle and Jonas. I saw them in Weybridge when I was over in January this year and have had some contact with Dave Harbottle who is an all round decent chap (for a Newcastle United fan. He can't help with any information on Dan Barlaser's movements, unfortunately..) If we can travel again in the new year I shall be over and will definitely be looking to find a gig I can get to.
This was the first track I heard by them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1e2cGkUnfE