According to Our Records (or ATO Records) was founded in early 2000 by Dave Matthews (of the Dave Matthews Band), Coran Capshaw, Chris Tetzeli, and Michael McDonald as a division of RCA Records. ATO Records is based in New York City and currently distributes its records through RED Distribution, Sony Music's independent-distribution arm.

ATO Records currently represents a diverse group of artists. The mission of ATO Records is to fully develop each artist and each release with sufficient time and attention. According to the official Web site, "there is no timeline, but there is a plan to build the label on the quality of the musicians."

The first of its successes was David Gray, whose album White Ladder (and resulting single "Babylon") gained critical acclaim and popularity in the United States as well as abroad. The single "Babylon" climbed the charts in the United States and provided a good introduction for the record label into the music business.

ATO Records currently distributes its records through RED Distribution, having severed ties with Sony and RCA in 2007.

Current artists[link]

ATO Records

• 311
• A Band of Bees
• Alabama Shakes
• Alberta Cross
• Bobby Long
• Caitlin Rose
• Carl Broemel
• Danny Barnes
• Dawes
• Drive-By Truckers
• Fiction Family
• Gomez
• Hey Rosetta!
• John Butler Trio
• Jovanotti
• Lindsay Fuller
• Lisa Hannigan
• Lucero
• Jem
• My Morning Jacket
• Mariachi El Bronx
• Old Crow Medicine Show
• Patty Griffin
• Primus
• Rodrigo y Gabriela
• SOJA
• Umphrey's McGee
• Widespread Panic
• Vusi Mahlasela
• Yim Yames

TBD Records

• 22-20s
• Autolux
• Hatcham Social
• Other Lives
• Port O'Brien
• Radiohead
• White Rabbits
• WATERS

Former artists[link]

• Ben Kweller
• Brendan Benson
• Chris Whitley
• Crowded House
• David Gray
• The Fireman
• Gov't Mule
• Liz Phair
• North Mississippi Allstars
• Orbital
• Mike Doughty
• Signal Hill Transmission
• Warren Haynes
• The Whigs

See also[link]

• List of record labels
• TBD Records, a sublabel of ATO

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official site
• ATO Records on Myspace
• ATO Records Online Store
• Interview with ATO A&R Bruce Flohr, HitQuarters Oct 2005

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Ben Kweller (born June 16, 1981, San Francisco, California) is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Biography[link]

Early life[link]

Ben Kweller was born in San Francisco in 1981. In 1982, his family relocated to Emory, Texas, where his father, Howard Kweller, became the town's first doctor. In 1986, the Kwellers moved to the larger Texas town of Greenville.^[1] Kweller was exposed to music at a very early age. Howard taught Ben how to play the drums when he was seven years old. For the next year, they would play together almost every night after Howard got home from work. Howard sang and played guitar while Ben played the drums. The duo played songs by The Beatles, The Hollies, Jimi Hendrix, and other artists of the 1960s. Howard is also a longtime friend of Nils Lofgren, a neighbor of his.^[2] Kweller has mentioned in interviews that meeting Lofgren greatly helped his exposure to music. When Kweller turned eight, someone showed him how to play "Heart and Soul" on the piano and the youngster immediately began to create his own songs using the same chords. By the time he was nine, he had a dozen original compositions under his belt and entered a songwriting contest sponsored by Billboard magazine, where he won an honorable mention.^[3]

Adult Years[link]

Kweller married his girlfriend, Liz Smith (the subject of the song "Lizzy") and they have two sons, named Dorian Zev Kweller, born in May 2006, and Judah Evan Kweller, born April 3, 2010. At the time of Dorian's birth they lived in New York City, but they later moved back to Kweller's home state of Texas and currently reside in Austin. Ben's middle name, Lev, means "Heart" in Hebrew and his son's middle name, Zev, means "Wolf". Ben has said in interviews, "Together we're Heart of the Wolf..."^[4]

Radish (1993–1999)[link]

In 1993, Kweller became friends with a local musician, drummer John Kent, and formed the band Radish with bassist Ryan Green. The trio played locally in and around Greenville and recorded two independent releases, Hello (1994) and Dizzy (1995), with Martin Baird at Verge Music Works recording studio in Dallas, Texas. Around the time of the release of Dizzy, Green left Radish to focus his attention on school. Lorin Hamilton stood in for Green for a few months until Bryan Bradford, also known as Bryan Blur, joined on for most of the band's career.

Kweller sent a copy of Dizzy to guitarist Nils Lofgren who grew up with Kweller's father in Maryland. Lofgren was impressed with Radish and recommended them to Roger Greenawalt who was producing Lofgren's album Damaged Goods at the time. Greenawalt took Radish to a studio to record a demo tape which was subsequently sent to record labels nationwide. After an unexpected bidding war for Dizzy, Radish signed to Mercury Records to release the full-length Restraining Bolt.

Radish made appearances on The Weird Al Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Late Show with David Letterman, but despite a much-hyped signing, the band failed to strike success. Radish earned a cult following in the United Kingdom with its top-40 hit "Little Pink Stars". The band went on multiple European tours, including opening slots for Faith No More and Main Stage at Reading Festival in 1997. Radish released two singles.

In 1998, Radish became a quartet; it featured Joe Butcher of the Polyphonic Spree and UFOFU on lead guitar and Debbie Williams on bass. Radish went to Muscle Shoals Studio in Alabama to record the follow-up to Restraining Bolt, provisionally titled Discount Fireworks. The band recorded with producer Bryce Goggin (Pavement, The Lemonheads). While mastering Discount Fireworks in NYC, Kweller and Kent met bassist Josh Lattanzi, who would become Radish's fifth and final bass player. As a result of Polygram's merger with Universal Music Group, the 18-song album was never released and Radish secured a release from their contract with Mercury Records.

Solo career[link]

At age 19, Kweller moved with his girlfriend, Liz Smith, to New York, where he began his solo career. He played acoustic shows and self-released four EPs, comprising some of the unreleased Radish Discount Fireworks recordings and other songs recorded in his apartment on a laptop computer. It was one of these EPs, Freak Out, It's Ben Kweller, that caught the attention of Evan Dando of The Lemonheads. Dando invited Kweller on tour with him. Jeff Tweedy, Juliana Hatfield and Guster also noticed Kweller and took him on tour with them.

[edit] EP Phone Home and Sha Sha (2002)

In 2001, Ben Kweller became ATO Records' first worldwide signing and released a 5-track EP entitled EP Phone Home. In March 2002, Sha Sha, Kweller's first solo studio LP, was released. Sha Sha included the radio-friendly and popular single "Wasted & Ready", which reached #29 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The album featured John Kent on drums and Josh Lattanzi on bass, and showcased a wide variety of sound from quirky pop, to folk, to punk.^[5] The album grew in popularity with a grassroots effort based on his website and a promotion group called teamBK, which promoted via word-of-mouth advertising. To support the release of the album and EP, he put together a live band, initially comprising Lattanzi on bass, Fred Eltringham on drums, and Mike Stroud on guitar and keyboards. Towards the end of the Sha Sha album cycle, the four-piece performed on PBS's Austin City Limits

The Bens (2003)[link]

In 2003, Kweller toured Australia with Ben Folds and Ben Lee as The Bens.^[6] The trio produced an eponymous four-song EP, with each member taking lead vocals on one song, and a final song in which they all contributed vocals. In an interview on October 14, 2006, Ben hinted that The Bens may do another album.

Guster collaboration (2003)[link]

Late in 2003, Kweller provided lead vocals on the song "I Hope Tomorrow is Like Today" from Guster's album Keep It Together. Kweller and Guster co-wrote the song after a late night jam at Guster's Brooklyn studio. The song is prominently featured in the movie Wedding Crashers.

[edit] On My Way (2004)

On My Way, Kweller's second LP, took a new direction. The album, produced by Ethan Johns, was recorded 'live' – there were limited overdubs and no use of headphones.^[7] After the release of On My Way, Kweller embarked on more touring. On these tours, Kweller played for his largest audiences ever, including a US tour co-headlining with Death Cab for Cutie.^[8] By this point, the lineup of his live band had changed to include John Kent on drums and Jason Roberts on guitar and keyboards, after Mike Stroud left to concentrate on his own band Ratatat and Fred Eltringham left to play drums in The Wallflowers.

[edit] Ben Kweller (2006)

In 2006, he recorded his third LP, Ben Kweller with producer Gil Norton.^[9] Unlike the previous studio albums, Kweller played all the instruments on this record himself.^[10] Kweller continued to tour to support his self-titled album, and expanded his band into a five piece, which grew to include Dan Horne on bass, Mark Stepro on drums, Jay Barclay on guitar and organ, and Jason Roberts on lead guitar. Kweller continued to play guitar and piano on this tour, but it also gave him the opportunity to just sing on certain songs. The Montreal group Sam Roberts Band, and New York based Hymns, opened for Kweller.

His tie-in 'Trio on the Train Track Tour' included a new live band comprising Chris Morrissey on bass, vocals & keyboard and Mark Stepro on drums, vocals, glockenspiel, percussion & "whatever else he feels like" during appearances in the United States. During the Australian leg of the tour, the band was composed of Jay Barclay on guitar, keyboard & vocals, Dan Horne on bass & vocals, and Mark Stepro continuing his previous roles.

[edit] Changing Horses (2009)

Changing Horses is Ben Kweller's fourth studio album, which was expected for release in September 2008 but was pushed to February 2, 2009, in Europe and February 3, 2009, in the United States through ATO Records. Kweller has described the new album as being more country in style than his previous releases. The album features his rhythm section Chris Morrissey (bass) and Mark Stepro (drums). It also debuts the talents of Kitt Kitterman, who played pedal steel guitar and Dobro.^[11] On November 23, 2008, the full album was leaked to the Internet. In a statement, ATO Records said the leak was not the final version of the album. The song "Hurtin' You" debuted on Stereogum, and the whole album was made available to stream exclusively on Last.fm.

In April 2009, Ben Kweller appeared at Australian festivals such as Chill City, East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival and West Coast Blues & Roots Festival.

[edit] Go Fly a Kite (2012)

Kweller's fifth studio album, entitled Go Fly a Kite, was his first release produced solely by his own record label, The Noise Company. In earlier interviews, Kweller had stated that it would be released as early as March or April 2011.^[12] However, a conversation with the manager of The Noise Company revealed that it is now set to come out either late January or early February 2012. The delay in release is a result of Kweller's parting ways with his former record label, ATO Records. This was confirmed by Kweller himself while onstage at Stubbs in Austin, Texas, on April 16, 2011. More recently, Kweller posted on his Twitter account that "Kite's" released date will be February 12, 2012. This was followed by a tweet saying that it will be available for pre-order in October. Kweller's album was released a few days earlier than expected on iTunes on February 7, 2012.

As his first release solely on a new label, Kweller opted to take additional time to ensure the album is just right rather than rushing it. Kweller has stated the album will be very electric and energetic while dealing with some darker topics. It will be accompanied by a comprehensive world tour and several media appearances.

Austin City Limits performances[link]

Kweller performing at the 2006 Austin City Limits Music Festival

Kweller played at the 2003 Austin City Limits Music Festival at the conclusion of the sha-sha tour. He played the sha-sha album in its entirety in order.

He returned to the Austin City Limits Music Festival in 2004 when he performed on the Bank of America stage.

As part of his 2006 tour, Kweller played the Austin City Limits Music Festival, where he was plagued by a severe nosebleed for the entirety of his set. After covering his guitar in blood, he attempted to stop the flow by inserting a travel-size tampon thrown onto the stage by a fan, which expanded painfully during a performance of "This Is War". After attempting to play "Falling" at a piano which he also covered in blood, Kweller was forced to end the set early.^[13][14][15]

In spring of 2007, Kweller co-headlined with his label-mates Gomez. He continued through the summer with his own string of headlining dates which eventually ended at ACL fest. This time, he did not get a bloody nose; however, commemorative T-shirts were sold at the merch booth with fake blood stains that said "ACL 2007: The return of Ben Kweller".

Immediately following his performance at ACL, Kweller began recording his fourth full-length LP, Changing Horses in Austin, Texas on September 21, 2007.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Sha Sha, ver.1, 2000 (Homemade. Feat. Songs from the unreleased Radish album Discount Fireworx. Scarce quantities known)
• Freak Out, It's Ben Kweller, ver. 1, 2001 (Homemade. Black & white artwork. Scarce quantities known.)
• Freak Out, It's Ben Kweller, ver. 2, 2001 (Professional packaging with shrink-wrap, color artwork. Roughly 1,500 known copies)
• Sha Sha, ver. 2, 2002
• On My Way, 2004 #83 US
• Ben Kweller, 2006 #117 US
• Changing Horses, 2009 #92 US
• Go Fly a Kite, 2012 #124 US

EPs[link]

• Melange, 1999 (Homemade. Very scarce quantities in circulation)
• Bromeo, 2000 (Homemade. Very scarce quantities in circulation)
• EP Phone Home, 2001 (Limited Edition 2,000)
• BK, 2001 (UK version of EP Phone Home. Different songs. Limited Edition 1,500)
• Sundress, 2006 (Limited Edition 2,500)
• Live and Solo from the Artists Den, 2007 (Exclusive iTunes digital release.)
• How Ya Lookin' Southbound? Come In..., 2008 (Limited Edition 2,500)

Singles[link]

• "Wasted & Ready", 2002 (#29, Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart)
• "Commerce, TX", 2003
• "Falling", 2003
• "The Rules", 2004
• "Sundress", 2006
• "Penny On The Train Track", 2006
• "Sawdust Man", 2009
• "Jealous Girl", 2012
• "Mean To Me", 2012

Other releases[link]

• This Is Next Year: A Brooklyn-Based Compilation : Compilation track, 2001
• This Bird Has Flown - A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul : Wait
• Stubbs the Zombie: The Soundtrack : A cover compilation of hits from the 1950s : Lollipop
• Wig in a Box - Songs from and Inspired by "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (2003) – "Wicked Little Town (Tommy Gnosis version)" with Ben Folds and Ben Lee
• The Bens with Ben Folds and Ben Lee
• Bright Eyes – Four Winds (2007 · Saddle Creek)
• Helio Presents: The Smashing Pumpkins Tribute CD
• The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary Show (2007) – "In Other Words"
• "Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy"(2009) – "Wake Up Whispering"
• "Lightning Runaway"(2009) – "Lightning Runaway" (with the pillows)

References[link]

• 15-year-old Kweller is profiled in the April 7, 1997 issue of The New Yorker.
• Kweller is profiled in chapter 4 of Nobrow, John Seabrook's 2000 study of pop culture, published by Vintage Books

External links[link]

• Official website
• Live Performances and Interview on Maniatv.com
• Ben Kweller live on WOXY.com, October 13, 2006
• Comprehensive Radish and Ben Kweller discographies at Xanthein Archive fan site
• Interview with Jared Wilson of LeftLion Magazine
• Ben Kweller on ABC's Music Lounge

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Vusi Mahlasela
Vusi Mahlasela in February 2009
Background information
Born	1965 (age 46–47) Pretoria, South Africa
Origin	South Africa
Genres	African folk, jam band
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Website	http://www.vusimahlasela.com/

Vusi Sidney Mahlasela Ka Zwane (born 1965 in Pretoria) is a Sotho South African singer-songwriter.

His music is generally described as "African folk". His work was an inspiration to many in the anti-apartheid movement. His themes include the struggle for freedom, and forgiveness and reconciliation with enemies. Vusi can also be heard performing on Warren Haynes' Live at Bonnaroo release during the song "Soulshine", and the Dave Matthews Band song, "Everyday", from the album of the same name as well as a live version of the song with him which appears on the album The Best of What's Around Vol. 1. Vusi was also one of the performers at the Live 8 concerts.

Recent works[link]

His album The Voice includes the popular track "Weeping", recorded with Josh Groban and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Vusi joined Mambazo for their October–November UK tour in 2004, and again for their 2007 UK tour, again from October to November 2007.

He and other South African musicians took part in the 2002 documentary Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony where they recalled the days of Apartheid.

In June 2007, Mahlasela spoke of apartheid and performed "Thula Mama" at the TED Conference.

On 7 July 2007 Mahlasela performed at the South African leg of Live Earth.

His album, Guiding Star, as Naledi Ya Tsela (the name under which it is released in South Africa) won him the 2007 SAMA for Best Male Artist.

He has participated in videos for Playing for Change most notably "One Love" and "Stand By Me".

ITV used his song "When You Come Back" as their main theme for the opening credits of their coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The song was very popular amongst viewers and entered the UK Official Singles Chart on 4 July 2010 at #70.

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Live albums[link]

Soundtracks[link]

Compilations[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• TED Talks: Vusi Mahlasela sings "Thula Mama" at TED Global in 2007
• TED Talks: Vusi Mahlasela's encore at TEDGlobal2007 at TED Global in 2007
• A profile of Vusi Mahlasela on www.music.org.za
• Mail & Guardian Musical Slideshow: Vusi Mahlasela performs at the KykNET Irene Summer Series near Pretoria, South Africa, October 2009
• Playing for Change - Vusi Mahlasela

Mike Doughty ( /ˈdoʊtiː/ DOH-tee;^[1] born June 10, 1970) is an American indie and alternative rock singer-songwriter and author. He led the band Soul Coughing in the 1990s, and in the 2000s, became a solo artist. His best known songs include "Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well" "I Hear the Bells", and "Busting Up a Starbucks."

Early life[link]

The son of a military family, he moved around the country and Europe, and spent his teenage years living on the grounds of the United States Military Academy at West Point where he attended James I. O'Neill High School in Highland Falls, New York. From there he attended Bard College at Simon's Rock. He eventually moved to New York City to study poetry at the New School University, where singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco was one of his classmates in Sekou Sundiata's poetry course, "The Shape and Nature of Things to Come."^[2]

Career[link]

In 1992, Doughty, then a doorman at the New York avant-garde club The Knitting Factory founded Soul Coughing (billing himself as M. Doughty), and released the minor hit singles "Super Bon Bon" and "Circles".

Wearying of the band and addicted to heroin, Doughty broke up Soul Coughing in 2000, and was promptly dropped by Warner Brothers. A few weeks later, Doughty beat his addiction and started touring as a solo artist. He drove around the country in a rental car, covering 9,000 miles on his first tour, playing acoustic shows, often to crowds of Soul Coughing fans. After the shows, he would sit at the front of the stage and sell copies of his acoustic album Skittish — then on CD-Rs in plain white sleeves — a record that he had recorded for, and which was rejected by Warner Brothers in 1996.^[3] During his three-year tour, Doughty sold 20,000 copies of Skittish and gradually developed a following independent of Soul Coughing.

At the Bonnaroo music festival in 2004, Doughty bumped into Dave Matthews, a longtime Soul Coughing fan who had the band open for him on two US tours, including shows at Madison Square Garden. When Matthews professed to be a fan of Doughty's solo record Rockity Roll and the song "27 Jennifers," Doughty gave him a CD with rough mixes of an album he had been working on in Minneapolis with singer-songwriter and producer Dan Wilson. Matthews eventually released the album on his ATO label as Haughty Melodic (an anagram for 'Michael Doughty'.) Haughty Melodic's hit single, "Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well," received heavy airplay in 2005; Doughty made a music video for the song with director/photographer Danny Clinch, opened for DMB at Madison Square Garden, and appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman.

Founding Mike Doughty's Band, featuring Dan Chen (keyboard and synthesizer), Pete McNeal (drums), and Andrew "Scrap" Livingston (upright bass), Doughty toured extensively in 2005. In the summer of 2006 Dan Chen left the group, and was replaced by John Kirby.

In February 2008, Doughty released his fourth solo album, Golden Delicious, also produced by Dan Wilson. The album features a reworked version of "27 Jennifers", which received some radio attention following the release. The album was followed by a full-band tour in the spring.

Mike Doughty released his fifth album, Sad Man, Happy Man on October 6, 2009. It consists of 18 tracks including a version of "Casper the Friendly Ghost" and "Three is a Magic Number". While the album is not a solo record, its sound is reminiscent of his days as a solo acoustic performer and debut album, Skittish, when compared to the full band sounds of Haughty Melodic and Golden Delicious. Doughty embarked on a tour,"The Question Jar" tour, in the fall of 2009 to support the album, backed again by Andrew "Scrap" Livingston.

On July 6, 2010, Doughty debuted 14 new songs at the Rubin Museum of Art in NYC. Some of the song titles were "I Love Surprises", "Shine", and "Russell". Videos of these can be viewed on YouTube. During the performance, Doughty would read lyrics from a music stand, and then, when finished with each song, crumple the paper and throw it into the audience. He performed this show alone, stating his partner, Andrew "Scrap" Livingston, became a taxi driver. Whether or not this was a joke is unclear.

Doughty's album, Yes and Also Yes, was released in August 2011. It includes songs such as "The Huffer and The Cutter",^[4] "Hapless Dancer", "Day By Day By", and "Na Na Nothing".

In January 2012, The Book of Drugs, Doughty's memoir about his "ugly, drug-doing years",^[5] was published by Da Capo Press.

In 2012 Doughty recorded a version of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" for a fund raising cd titled "Super Hits Of The Seventies" for radio station WFMU.^[6]

Doughty's latest album, The Question Jar Show, was released in late January 2012. It is a two disc set containing highlights from his Question Jar tour.

Doughty started "The Lo-Fi Lodge", a subscription based album, where fans had the opportunity to sign up and receive a song a week for 32 weeks (for a total of 32 songs). The songs will include previously unreleased material, demos, and acoustic versions of released songs. Doughty mentioned that it will include songs from the Evenhand soundtrack. As of April 27th, fans can no longer sign up for the subscription.

In media[link]

Doughty is an active blogger, commenting on pop culture, his life as a musician and his fans, and writing about and photographing his numerous travels. In 2002, Doughty recorded four songs for the film EvenHand. "Get Along" was subsequently released as a bonus track on Skittish / Rockity Roll. In 2003, Doughty released a book of poetry entitled Slanky (ISBN 1-887128-71-9). In 2004, Doughty recorded the anti-Iraq War anthem "Move On," which appeared on the compilation Future Soundtrack for America.^[7]

"Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well" was featured on the show Grey's Anatomy and also is on the soundtrack. This song was also featured in a 2005 episode of Bones titled "The Man in the Bear", and on a 2007 episode of the TV show What About Brian. Doughty's song, "I Hear the Bells", is featured prominently in an episode of Veronica Mars called "Look Who's Stalking" and also appears on the show's soundtrack. His song "(I Keep On) Rising Up" appears in the 2010 Jack Black film, "Gulliver's Travels (2010 film)".

Doughty's publicist, Andy Adelewitz, sends out an annual April Fool's Day email with fake Mike Doughty news. Past jokes have said that he was changing his name to Mike "Lion-Heart" Doughty, and had accepted an offer to become the new guitar player in Limp Bizkit. A message in April 2006 said that Doughty announced he was running for the New York State Senate, representing the 7th District (comprising most of northern Nassau County, Long Island), in order to ease tensions between Long Island authorities and soy gluten farmers.^[8]

Doughty currently has a large list of unreleased songs registered on the Harry Fox Agency website. Song titles include: "Booty Czar", "Feverish", "I Think I Know How I Feel About You", "I Wish To Fix It", "Jimmy Snackbar", "Leap & Land", "Loveliness", "Never Known To Nap" (possibly an early version of "Burn You Down"), "Oh Tanya", "Phnom Penh", "Rosearise", "Split", "She's The Ginchiest", "Some Clown", "Utility Man" (possibly an early version of "More Bacon than the Pan Can Handle"), "Who Do you Think You Are", and "Walk the Plank".

Solo discography[link]

• Skittish (recorded 1996; released 2000)
• Smofe + Smang: Live in Minneapolis (2002)
• Rockity Roll (2003)
• Skittish / Rockity Roll (2004)

A two disc re-release which includes the out-of-print Skittish, the Rockity Roll EP, and five bonus tracks.

• Haughty Melodic (2005) #175 U.S.

Doughty's first full-band album, released on May 3, 2005.

• The Gambler (2005)

Six song EP exclusively on iTunes Music Store. Title track is a cover of the Kenny Rogers hit.

• Golden Delicious (2008) #87 U.S.

• Busking (2008)

Limited edition Live LP sold only at shows. Contains 12 tracks from a 2007 busking performance in the 14th street subway station in New York City.^[9]

• Busking EP (2008)

An EP, featuring five tracks from the Busking LP.

• Sad Man Happy Man (2009) #138 U.S.
• Dubious Luxury (2011)

An electro/sampled/sonic-slice-and-dice album put out as an appetizer to the singer/songwriter album, Yes and Also Yes.^[10]

• Yes and Also Yes (2011)
• The Question Jar Show (2012)

A two disc album compiling the best of his Question Jar tour.

• The Lo-Fi Lodge (2012)

An online subscription album which will include 32 previously unreleased songs dispersed weekly.

Music videos[link]

• "Looking At the World From The Bottom of a Well"
• "27 Jennifers"
• "Fort Hood"
• "Put It Down"
• "(You Should Be) Doubly (Gratified)"
• "(I Keeping On) Rising Up"
• "Na Na Nothing"

References[link]

External links[link]

• Mikedoughty.com, Doughty's website
• Doughty's entry at Allmusic
• Live Music Archive
• Interview with Mike Doughty (video)
• "Venti Venting," article about Doughty's song "Busting up a Starbucks"
• The Tempest, 1988 (poster) - Doughty wrote the musical score for a production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.
• Mike Doughty in studio performance
• Interview at WickedInfo.com