Is there still a market for storytelling musicians like Tom Waits?

>>68743933
Kendrick Lamar

>>68743944
I mean acoustic/jazzy guys. If you watch Waits perform live, sometimes he just goes without instruments (or has one instrument playing very lightly) while he tells stories or says the lyrics. You wouldn't see a Kendrick Lamar concert where he's doing that.

It isn't time for raconteurs anymore.

As long as there are NEETS, there will be a need (but not a market) for storytellers.

>>68744020
But those are my favorite.
>>68743944
>>68743976
I just want to clarify by the way I like Kendrick Lamar, didn't mean to discount him as bad.
>>68744041
I suppose you are right.

>implying all music isn't telling a story

>>68744952
I understand that music is a form of storytelling, but I mean what I said here: >>68743976

>>68745033
John Darnielle sometimes goes off on tangents between songs, but that's not exactly what you meant, is it.

>>68743976
I've never heard of that, that sounds strange as fuck.
Yeah I don't think there is or will be a market for that again, and in fact there was barely a market for Tom Waits

Storytelling music has existed before Tom Waits and will keep existing for a long time. But if you mean his specific style of storytelling, then I think that'll be hard to replicate. It wouldn't be the same if you haven't lived his life or came from his time. There will be storytelling musicians who could be just as good as Tom Waits, but their music and stories will be a lot different

>>68745068
I haven't heard him do it but that sounds like what I mean yeah.
>>68745071
It's not just a Tom Waits thing, I've seen other guys do it too, like Lyle Lovett when I saw him in person. Of course he had a big band but in between songs he'd go on for 5-10 minutes just talking and telling stories, it's an odd thing but I really like it.
>>68745140
I agree. I don't think there is someone more "authentically american" than Tom Waits when it comes to his way of writing and what he talks about.