Mike Doughty

Mike Doughty Brings Ruby Vroom To The First Ave Mainroom Saturday Night

Mike Doughty did his alt-nineties Soul Coughing's 'Ruby Vroom' in full....

Mike Doughty is a truly steadfast force in music. The Soul Coughing frontman has spent over twenty years making music. Much of that time has been spent releasing solo material at a prolific pace. His most recent album, carrying the lengthy title The Heart Watches While the Brain Burns, came out late in 2016 a

Mike Doughty Used to be in Soul Coughing. That’s not just a statement – it was how his most recent run of shows was billed. For the first time in over a decade, the enigmatic songwriter fully embraced the surrealist intensity of his old band’s material, which he has completely reclaimed as his own. Doughty ha

The 43-year-old sometimes comes off bitter in his memoir, yet he also seems honest about his lack of interest in nostalgia.

Luckily Mike Doughty is a seasoned veteran having fronted alt rockers Soul Coughing for several years before going solo in the early 2000s.

But then a couple of weeks ago a new double CD The Question Jar Show turned up in the post featuring just Doughty accompanied by celloist Andrew Livingstone.