Double zoomie/clairebo plug:
I discovered the genuinely awesome Mumblin’ Deaf Ro, I think, in 2004 (I am not good with dates), and he has been speaking to me ever since. See how smart and articulate he is in a recent interview here and then do us all a favour and buy his albums for absolute peanuts here.
If you like poetry and folk music, you’ll like Ro a lot. His music is magic.