Folk music is really a way of talking about heritage.

It’s not the people that made the music. It’s why they made it.

They made it to reflect the past, and to reflect themselves in light of it.

To play folk music is to stare in a mirror

and finally notice the ghost behind you.

Did you notice the driving wind 

How it beats down the trees in the open

The road’s been laughing and hiding its end

Lord, I’ve been wondering if somehow it’s broken