As I get older I find that I appreciate music that is stripped of all pretensions and is simple and direct. While my first love is Jazz, of late I've been listening to alot of blues. Its music that speaks straight to the heart. My current favorite is the music of Mississippi John Hurt. If you don't feel chills up and down your spine when you hear him sing "Since I've Laid My Burden Down" you've got a hole in your soul. Something more recent is Kelly Joe Phelps's CD "Lead Me On". His superb slide guitar work and haunting vocals have the same effect.
