Everybody’s favorite Australian songstress (sorry Kylie) will unleash a new album next year – We Are Born. She is nice enough to share an mp3 to tide us over. And I’ll make this proclamation: Toy Pianos will be THE instrument of...

For some reason, bluegrass music lends itself well to loading the dishwasher and scrubbing pots and pans. One of the hottest bluegrass players out there right now is Adam Steffey. He used to pick his mandolin with Allison Krauss and Union...

While I was in the Newark airport waiting for my flight to Minneapolis (to play some shows in Eau Claire as Coconut and The Duke), I got an email about this band Warpaint. I watched the video below and fell in love. I like the live version better than...

The Duke digs this video and the song that goes along with it. The Wheat Pool hail from Canada. Their album Hauntario (which is a great album title) is out now. Watch: Listen: The Wheat Pool ∞ This Is It

I know some purist will make a stink and say this album came out last year. But it was remastered and the songs were reordered, so in some ways the 2009 version is a different album. If I had to number this favorite albums list, this album would be...