Cowboy Junkies junky needs to expand

You might like Ollabelle...A rootsy mixture of Blues,Gospel,Folk and Rock.Amy Helm,daughter of Levon Helm,has a nice voice,and the band is tight.

I just went into Pandora and created a "Cowboy Junkies" radio station and these are the similar artist that Pandora listed:

Mazzy Star
Gary Jules
Cat Power
Norah Jones
The Sundays

If you don't have a free Pandora account...go get one. Pandora is an excellent resource for finding new artists.

Second on the Pandora.

The Americana roots genre is deep with talent and shallow on notoriety. Pandora is a very effective and fun way to sniff some of these gems out.

Norah Jones and Gillian Welch come to mind. Great music!

It is hard to match the cowboy Junkies laid back sound which I like very much too. I have looked for quite some time and never really found anything.

Who can match Margo Timmens?

not really similar but nice are:

His Name is Alive - Last Night is my favorite of theirs

Ida - Will You Find Me? very good and hope you like it

fwiw, from the selections above Cat Power may match the mood of CJ the best...

good luck

Awightman1,
The closest that I have come across is Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter. Sometimes pidgeon-holed as country noir or goth country, they have a beautiful melancholy sounding lead singer, and play slow, moody, dirge-like ballads and the like. Usually pretty dark in tone. Instrumentation is sparse, and Junky-like, and the sonics are really good on both CD and vinyl. The notable lead guitarist is Phil Wandscher who previously played for Whiskeytown. Check out "Oh My Girl" and "Reckless Burning" on their site or on Amazon. BTW, another good searchable "music similar to XYZ" site is http://www.last.fm/