Strange as it sounds, there may be an elemental muse swirling amidst the sea shanties and folk ballads that have come to define the music of the upper Midwest. Tales of ghosts, shipwrecks, and unexplained miracles are passed down from generation to generation, expanding a lore that is rivaled by few other cultures. Redfield, a wandering minstrel in the first degree, carries these stories as totems in his pocket -- totems that guide him on his musical journey from one town to the next.