i think with anais mitchell's voice it is the same as with whiskey. it is an acquired taste but once you fall for it the appreciation is even bigger than it could ever be for something easily accessible. however, while i can live without whiskey i could never live without anais mitchell's voice and her storytelling abilities. in my opinion the gift of storytelling is an exceptionally rare one and the real storytellers are hard to find. however, her skills - not only in creating stories but also in telling them in her unique way - are quite unmatched. the reason why this song is one of the songs i love most, even though it is not so much of a storytelling song in a conventional sense but rather a song which creates a setting - an atmosphere - where the listener can insert his own story, is that it reflects the magic quality of her songs. the highest mastery of storytelling is to spark a story in the listener's head, by - in a way - reducing the elaborateness of the art and by keeping the story elusive to encourage the imagination of the listener.
she is a true goddess of storytelling.
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