What draws us to certain styles of music?

I like folk music. Now I know that is not very specific is it? I should really explain what I mean, shouldn't I? Well, I like the kind of folk music that helps my mind to fly away, to think of nature - the kind of folk that guides me along a meandering stream or over a misty mountain, the kind that makes me feel like I'm snuggled up in a soft blanket in the coziest womb of a lounge-room in front of an open fire. The kind of folk music where each plucked note send meaning down my spine, in a way that lets me understand that lost love, that big dream, that burning tragedy, that gut-wrenching yearning for the world to become all the good things it once was. The kind of folk music that is as good as rain on a tin roof, or picnics on the softest lawn, or the first day of a long holiday. It is good sometimes to question why we like the music we do. So why do you like certain kinds of music? Where does it send you?