This is the most powerful song I've heard since "Blowing in the Wind"

[Tom Rinaldo]

2. Tastes obviously do differ, no surprose there. It has 7 recs with 152 views so far...

But no, he's not for everyone. This is from a review in the Toronto Star:

“Jon Brooks stands among an exalted few in the enduring Canadian song tradition – Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Fred Eaglesmith, Bruce Cockburn – as a lyricist, composer and performer with a fierce commitment to his craft and his vision."

Brooks is a 2010 winner of probably the most prestigious song writing contest in the country, the Kerrville New Folk Contest, and Rod Kennedy, who founded and produces that festival, says Brooks “. . . speaks and sings words that need to be spoken and sung and he does it beautifully, perfectly, and with absolute finesse.”

Plus Brooks was nominated 3 out of the last 5 years by the Canadian Folk Music Awards for "Best English Songwriter".

But I don't get why some people like the musicians that they do either, to each his own and all of that.