Many, many thanks to Americana-UK‘s Graeme Tait for naming “The Matador” at the top of his list of Americana songs of all time. Normally I have an aversion to music journalism that attempts to “explain” a song, or a musical work; in this case I think he did such a fine job of describing what was in my mind when I wrote it that I am reposting part of it here, and including a link to the piece so that you can read it for yourself.

Thank you, Graeme, for the kind words.

Written over five days and focusing on the polarity of both love and art within the creative process, ‘The Matador’ is, in my view, the epitome of songwriting. Based around Federico Garcia Lorca’s concept that a dark spirit can seize an artist and thus subconsciously produce the most powerful and elemental creation, the thrall of the spirit, or ‘duenda’, is that which controls not only the performer but also the audience as they are pulled temporarily into another world…

to read the article in its entirety visit Americana-UK.