Nevada Newman has long played the musical chameleon role in the Asylum Street Spankers as a guitarist and singer, able to imbue any style of music with the distinctive leads that have become integral... more

A man works long hours at the circus, cleaning up after the animals and giving enemas to constipated elephants. A friend, observing the menial nature of the work, offers to help the man find another... more

The magnificently indefinable Asylum Street Spankers stand as one of America's most distinctive live groups. With an all-acoustic mix of genres hailed by Rolling Stone as "inspired, lunatic... more

Austin's iconic postmodern jug band takes a wide left turn with the world's first agnostic gospel album. Mixing raucous old traditionals with wryly humanistic originals from co-bandleader Wammo, the... more

America's favorite old-time hellraisers take their fans on one last journey. As echoes of Tin Pan Alley and vaudeville abound, the country, blues, jazz and swing songs they've borrowed and created go... more

Austin's all-acoustic ensemble covers a lot of ground on this typically eclectic outing. Blues, folk, jazz, rockabilly, klezmer, new wave, and even punk go through the Asylum Street Spankers' retro... more