WXPN Radio

The premier guide for new and significant artists in rock, blues, and folk - including NPR-syndicated World Cafe

XPN2 - XPoNential Radio

24/7 Musical discovery. A unique mix of emerging and heritage blues, rock, world, folk, and alt-country artists.

World Cafe Archives

Join the World Cafe through performances and interviews with celebrated and emerging artists.
Listen
  • font size decrease font size decrease font size increase font size increase font size

Mike Doughty

Mike Doughty Photo credit: Sarah Forbes Keogh
Why Has It Been So Painful For Mike Doughty To Perform The Songs He Wrote For Soul Coughing?

December 3, 2013 - Mike Doughty joins us live on the Cafe today as he has many times in the past. This time is a little different as it is the first time he is performing the music he wrote and recorded with Soul Coughing.
Doughty gained initial success as the frontman of the unique, early 90's band. Soul Coughing saw moderate commercial success from 1993-2000, and Doughty's beatnik-esque lyrics and fusion of rock, and electronic music kept his style apart from the rest of the alternative rock music that dominated the era. In 2000 Soul Coughing split up and Doughty embarked on a solo tour and career playing songs from his 1995 solo album Skittish. During the 2000's to the present, Doughty overcame drug addiction while continuing to tour and release music as well as literature. His most recent album is a set of revamped Soul Coughing songs. Today he’ll tell us why “the Soul Coughing years” were so dark and painful.

Session Setlist
CIRCLES
SUPER BON BON
FULLY RETRACTABLE
TRUE DREAMS OF WICHITA


Recent Release:Circles Super Bon Bon Sleepless...
Release Date:September 17, 2013
Label: MRI