I like classical music. I like listening to the music of people who lived hundreds of years ago. I try to understand what they were trying to say. I try to conn

I like classical music. I like listening to the music of people who lived hundreds of years ago. I try to understand what they were trying to say. I try to connect with them on a human level across the centuries, to their joys and sorrows. But what's even greater, is living traditions. Which carry much of that history, but are very much alive themselves, and not operating on someone's official approval for the "right" way to do it. And bluegrass, and the wider style of American music which I like to call "Prairie Home Companion Fusion" (I never listened to that old radio show, but I found out a ton of music I love was connected to it) - it totally is one of those wonderful, living traditions.