I'm fond of this kind of music, and the article about Peter Walker in the latest Wire has rekindled my interest (I'd never heard of him). Anyone else like a bit of acoustic raga twiddle?

The only one I really know is Davey Graham, though would prefer if there was a little more acoustic twiddle involved.

Well you must immediately check out some more of them. This blog might help:
http://grown-so-ugly.blogspot.com

Cheers bro... I've been looking for a way to waste some time at work :)

The early James Blackshaw recordings here are excellent, and hypnotic:

http://grown-so-ugly.blogspot.com/search?q=blackshaw

Some great Basho here:

http://grown-so-ugly.blogspot.com/search?q=basho

I had The Yellow Princess by Fahey and threw it away because it just seemed like pointless strumming. Then, my daughter, to whom I often refer to regarding things musical, writes the liner notes for a reissue of one of Fahey's albums: she really likes the guy. So maybe some of his output was better than Yellow Princess or I just goofed...still don't think I'd like it enough to vote for it.
She's keen on John Mazzacane Connors but what little I've heard from him is eletric guitar. Did he record with an acoustic?
Most of those on the list are new names to me.

The thing about Fahey is simplicity and feeling. It takes skill to play as little as he does and do it so it all counts!
Do you mean Loren MazzaCane Connors? Yes, he does play acoustic as well. Not over-keen on him.

Yes Loren...I always make the mistake of calling the poor man "John" thanks very much for the correction.
My daughter rates him very highly and has publicized him, when she was in that writing business, but after a few minutes of listening my mind tends to wander.
Let me ask you this: Is The Yellow Princess representative of Fahey or did I just pick up a subpar effort?

I have a David Starobin album that I like enough to play a couple of times a year....your thoughts? [18 Dances for Guitar]

Starobin is a classical player, isn't he? Never heard him, but then I don't really listen to classical guitar.

The Yellow Princess is generally regarded as a good Fahey album, and I think is is good, but I prefer some of his later stuff such as Fare Forward Voyagers and God Time and Causality.

thank you very much....Starobin is classically trained but this particular album doesn't sound like music from the classical period but in a record store it would probably be filed under classical rather than new age.
Thanks for the info on The Yellow Princess: I guess I am doomed not to be a Fahey fan.