The tenth annual Forecastle Festival took place July 13-15 at Waterfront Park in downtown Louisville, Kentucky.

Mike Doughty
"The Book of Drugs"
Da Capo Press

Like any self-respecting musician's autobiography, Mike Doughty's "The Book of Drugs" does not deprive the reader of sex, the titular drugs, or rock 'n' roll.

While looking at all the music I was listening to this year I see that most of my favorite stuff ended up being single songs. (Stay tuned for a post on that topic.) But the albums that I dove into I dove into repeatedly and often. Here are about half of my favorites.

The Old Rock House's Twitter feed advertised last night's Mike Doughty show as a cure for St. Louis' World Series hangover. What it actually provided was humor, a little good-natured snark and advocation of Internet piracy in the name of music appreciation.

With his signature scraped and sly delivery and intricate and literate word play, Mike Doughty continues to challenge singer-songwriter expectations.

Since leaving Soul Coughing in 2000, Mike Doughty has released a couple of EPs, a half dozen records, toured in a few configurations and played here at KDHX (twice!).

Armed only with an acoustic guitar, a drum machine and his rapier wit, Mike Doughty travels across this land and brings with him an assortment of summery singer-songwriter pop tunes. The former Soul Coughing frontman warmed up the Space Parlour during an exclusive in-studio performance.