My favorite composers are the ones that tell the story. I love Wagner. I love Mahler. Prokofiev. The programmatic music. I listen more to classic rock because I don't like the contemporary music very much.
I don't really know what 'folk music' means anymore.
I've always hated narrative songs. I hate those songs where, basically, it's an unfolding of a story.
I think Americana music is music that is generally more singer/songwriter oriented. It has more to do with the songwriting. The music, it's more like stories set to music.
I try to tell a story musically in a song.
I've always liked women singers and appreciate a good story being told. That's what country music used to do on the radio.
It's interesting to marry American musical traditions with the subtlety of English-style storytelling and folk singer-songwriters like Martin Carthy and Bert Jansch - they're two heritages that are distinct but also cross over on so many levels.
For me, the music is always speaking from the point of view of the characters. Rarely do you score an event.
Logically, when you talkin' about folk music and blues, you find out it's music of just plain people.
