I'm folkie + a bit bluesy.

Recorded music: I like to listen to old familiar stuff, but love listening to new stuff even more. I would add, though, that new stuff is more palatable where it has some familiar frame of reference - so familiarity is still there really.

Live music: I like to listen to good quality old and new - but prefer that there be some new element to the "old familiars". I get very bored with listening to the same song sung the same way over & over (just avoiding leaping onto hobby-horse here).

Performance-wise I get tired of familiar songs very quickly, and I need a constant stream of new songs (I admit though that high throughput means less "polish"). If I'm going to sing an "old familiar" then I have to change it around a bit to keep it fresh.

As regards books - there are a very few books that I return to again & again - but other than that I read anything I can get my hands on - ie a huge throughput of books from charity shops (fiction & nonfiction). I rarely seek out a particular book or author - I just pick up what appeals at the time. They tend to be on familiar themes/genres though. So I suppose there are parallels between my choice of music & books.

KRis