Now that Spring has sprung, here's a dose of soulful fiddle music from two masters: David Greely and Joel Savoy. The duo was in town for GlobalFEST, at an "offsite event" at the Highline Ballroom.

"When you write a song, you never know how it will evolve," Charles said. "I've been approached by people who are recovering from cancer and they have shared stories with me of how 'Healing Time' has helped them."

You've heard Elvis Costello sing country music before, but not like this. The lad who gave us Almost Blue is quite mature and worldly wise now.

While prowling the Internet for songs about Barack Obama, I was impressed by the variety of musical genres that have taken to the Democratic candidate.