Tony Furtado Band w/ Kelly Joe Phelps: Raleigh and Spencer People keep recommending that I check out the jazz and delta blues fusion sound ...

Pascal Comelade : September Song (with Robert Wyatt) [ purchase ] Pascal Comelade is a French (or,I'd better say, Catalan) musician wit...

The Old 97's: Four Leaf Clover [ purchase ] The Old 97's feat. Exene Cervenka: Four Leaf Clover [ purchase ] "Four Leaf Clover...

Ane Brun (feat. Ron Sexsmith): Song No.6 Norwegian singer-songwriter Ane Brun teamed up with Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith for a ...

Jonatha Brooke feat. Michael Franti: Steady Pull [ purchase ] 2001's Steady Pull represented new directions for Jonatha Brooke. She ha...

Phish feat. Alison Krauss: If I Could [ purchase ] Alison Krauss was just 22, the youngest cast member of the Grand Ole Opry and two Grammy...

Stephen Stills: Old Times Good Times [purchase] Stephen Stills's first solo album is a buffet of guest appearances. I could post to th...

Indigo Girls: Galileo [ purchase ] I was an active Indigo Girls fan throughout my teen years, and well into my late adolescent protogrunge p...

Eric Schwartz: I Just Killed Kafka [ purchase ] Eric Schwartz is a twisted genius, a brilliant degenerate... taking everyday characters an...

Earl Hooker : Two Bugs And A Roach [ purchase ] "If there was a more immaculate slide guitarist residing in Chicago during the 1950s ...

The Muppets: There's a New Sound [ Purchase ] The Muppet Show had a great way of taking a classic novelty song and giving it new life fo...

Jeffrey Foucault: Mayfly [ purchase ] Jeffrey Foucault's rough and raspy voice and sparse folkblues style ring evocatively of prairiedus...

Eddie Cochran: Boll Weevil [ purchase ] You don't hear much about Eddie Cochran or the boll weevil anymore, but they were once both a...

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers : Hey There Little Insect [ buy ] No creepy crawlies edition would be complete without Jonathan Ric...

Orquesta Pajaro Azul : La Cucaracha [ purchase ] One of my "bubbling under" songs of the drug week, "La Cucaracha" (th...

Belly: The Bees [ Purchase ] This is my favorite song by Belly (remember "Feed The Tree" from the 90s?). This song appeared on th...

Michael McNevin: John's Cocoons [ purchase ] Michael McNevin 's musical forte is story songs... about his family, his friends and g...

Zao : Moustique (Mosquito) [ purchase ] One of the funniest songs I know is about insects, but, eh, it's in French, in this West Africa...

Wire : I Am The Fly [ purchase ] British artpunks Wire never shied away from unusual points of view. In the remarkably catchy I Am The Fly ...

The Who: Boris The Spider [ purchase ] They don't write 'em like this anymore. Too bad. While there are many many high points to th...