Storytelling in Song: Kerrville Folk Music Festival

 
Great storytelling can be found in songs and some of the best narrative songwriters can be heard around campfires for an entire month in Kerrville, Texas each summer.  Check them out sometime.  Bring a tent, your sketchbook, and a smile while pausing to listen to some of the best storytellers in America from your campsite. (There are even storytelling workshops!)
 
Actually very sophisticated advice on how to write a narrative song, useful for writers of all kinds:  http://folkmusic.about.com/od/tipsforpros/ht/WriteASong.htm
 
Some of the most gifted ‘Americana’ storytellers: