As a great fan of the blues and folk, I have noticed the itinerant nature of such songs that sing of tough times, losses to languish, and life gone wrong. I've noticed that songs with themes of dysfunction and instability are attributed by a nomadic lifestyle that have shaped many musicians before and of our time.
There is a spiritual process that connects soul to body and body to life when one is left alone to find a way to survive in the world with little support and without stable living conditions. Within this process also lies the risk of instability and insecurity. But from these human conditions and tendencies is where the greatest and most intense of emotions sprout from hardships that many are lucky enough to not understand. It is from this sorrow, this emptiness, and this yearning for a place in life that resonates within such songs.
But blues and folks songs aren't exclusively from and for the vagabondic. Everyone has felt a little displaced by life's curveballs. This is why I believe many enjoy music in such intense doses.
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