▁style " ▁and ▁a ▁" w arm , ▁bar it one ▁vocal ▁tone ." ▁ ▁His ▁music ▁has ▁been ▁written ▁as ▁" deep ly ▁philosoph ical " ▁and ▁" ins ight ful ". ▁One ▁music ▁critic ▁wrote ▁he ▁was ▁an ▁" infl u ential ▁ac oust ic ▁guitar ist ... ▁the ▁P BS ▁dar ling ▁of ▁contemporary ▁singer - song writer ▁folk ." ▁Another ▁critic ▁wrote ▁that ▁an ▁" e ager , ▁un ap olog etic ▁sin cer ity ▁flows ▁from ▁the ▁heart ▁of ▁David ▁Wil co x ' s ▁ac oust ic ▁music ," ▁and ▁elabor ated ▁that ▁" Wil co x ▁uses ▁extended ▁met aph ors ▁and ▁beautiful ly ▁detailed ▁imag ery ▁in ▁lyr ics ▁that ▁are ▁far ▁more ▁comp ass ion ate ▁and ▁philosoph ic ▁than ▁self - abs or bed ... ▁Indeed , ▁as ▁ste ep ed ▁in ▁rom ance ▁as ▁most ▁popular ▁music ▁is , ▁it ▁rarely ▁speak s ▁directly ▁to ▁issues ▁of ▁l onel iness , ▁int im acy ▁and ▁commit ment ▁– ▁let ▁alone ▁mort ality ▁and ▁inner ▁fort itude . ▁Wil co x ▁does ▁this ▁with ▁sens itivity , ▁analyt ic ▁ze al ▁and ▁subt le ▁emot ional ▁force ." ▁ ▁Many ▁critics ▁compare ▁his ▁style ▁to ▁James ▁Taylor ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁J oni ▁Mitchell ▁and ▁John ▁G ork a . ▁A ▁Rol ling ▁Stone ▁critic ▁suggested ▁Wil co x ' s ▁best ▁album ▁was ▁How ▁Did ▁You ▁Find ▁Me ▁Here , ▁which ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 . ▁ ▁One ▁critic