In the past decade, with the rise of the "Taiwan first" movement in politics, Hsu's folk music collections have garnered more and more attention, and CDs of them have been released one after another.
近十年「台灣優先」的政治基調確立後，許常惠的民歌採集錄音再度受到重視，新的 CD 版陸續發行，成為千禧年台灣音樂界的一大盛事。