michael edwards [music]

“From now on, it’s not going to be about how pretty the voice is. It’s going to be about believing that the voice is telling the truth.” – Sam Cooke explaining Bob Dylan’s voice to Bobby Womack, who had confessed he did not understand the style.

Starting with the understanding that not all music is created, performed, or heard for that reason, who are the arists that make you believe they’re telling the truth? Not just that they might have a good voice, but that what they are telling is the truth, that you believe them? (Or, at least, that they themselves believe what they are telling).