Matt King "Eden's Apple"

Valentine's Day. Awww. Don't forget your sweetie, that is if you have one. I like how our holidays are so color coded these days that when you walk into the aisle at CVS to buy a greeting card, you are assaulted with the color of that month's "holiday." So we are all pink and red and rosy, and about to be emerald green next month. Blink! All of the Music Fog men are married, and all are doing something special for their Valentine today. Salut! L'Chaim. Love and kisses and candy and flowers and liquor, and dinner out, and then there should be song.

Matt King is our message delivery system for Cupid's quill. "Eden's Apple" is an attraction song, rich with the ache of lust. It comes from his album Rube. We recorded him solo during our foray up to Steamboat Springs for MusicFest in January. He was telling us that Jack White had done a session with his father Jerry, who is an auctioneer. Jack White is releasing a 45 with Jerry King, an instructional on auctioneering, and Matt got to hang out in the studio to watch it all.

Matt King for you now with "Eden's Apple." Yum.

- Jessie Scott

PS For a different twist on Valentine's Day, don't forget our exclusive video of Reckless Kelly performing "I Never Liked St. Valentine," an unreleased song written by Willy Braun and Todd Snider.

53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards Tonight

Home at last. This trip, I have been almost completely detached from my usual television addiction. I have been looking at the majestic landscape instead. The Rocky Mountains will do that to you, as there is plenty to see, from Montana to Idaho to Wyoming. These peaks give reason to pause, too, as one feels the hand of God on this landscape.

I am back to my couch just in time to watch The GRAMMYs® on the tube tonight. A couple of months ago, we posted a pretty robust list of Americana artists that are in the running. We wish they could ALL win, but think they are already winners just for the nomination. These are the albums in the Americana category: The List from Rosanne Cash, Tin Can Trust from Los Lobos, Country Music from Willie Nelson, Band Of Joy from Robert Plant, and Mavis Staples You Are Not Alone. Other nominees, in various categories, are: Ray LaMontange & The Pariah Dogs, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Neil Young, The SteelDrivers, The Infamous Stringdusters, Punch Brothers, Darrell Scott, Marty Stuart, Patty Griffin, Sam Bush, Peter Rowan, Patti Loveless, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Guy Clark, Richard Thompson, The Crazy Heart soundtrack, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Ryan Bingham, Chip Taylor's Yonkers NY record for packaging, and the short form Johnny Cash video "Ain't No Grave."

Of all the above mentioned artists, we had the good fortune to record The Stringdusters with their GRAMMY nominated song "Magic #9." It's been recognized in the category of Best Country Instrumental Performance. Though we've shared it with you before, we didn't think you'd mind if we post it on GRAMMY day as a talisman of good luck to all our Americana brethren. Be sure to watch the awards show tonight, which will include a special tribute to acoustic music featuring Bob Dylan, The Avett Brothers, and Mumford & Sons. Hell yeah! And good luck, break a leg, everyone! Here are The Infamous Stringdusters with "Magic #9" from their album Things That Fly.

- Jessie Scott

Jason Eady "This Old Guitar and Me"

I was on the road Wednesday afternoon, driving up from Bozeman, Montana to Big Sky for a gig with John Bohlinger, the band leader from Nashville Star, and Claudia Williams from the band Montana Rose. We are so deep in the Rocky Mountains that we are being swallowed by the pines. The audio accompaniment is the new Robbie Robertson album, How To Become Clairvoyant, and here is a hot tip - track 8, "Madame X," is a perfect tune to listen to as the sun goes down, as it is bathing us in a peach glow.

I look at The Rockies as old friends now, as this is the third time in the past year that I've visited. The first was Beans and me cruising from Albuquerque to Telluride for the Americana Music Weekend. BTW, the lineup has been announced for this year's event...check their website. The second trip was last month's MusicFest at Steamboat, where we soaked in the sun, snow, food, great music, and abundance of close friends.

Photo Credit: David BybothFrom those Music Fog sessions in Steamboat Springs, we bring you a video from one of the somewhat unsung Texas heroes, Jason Eady, a man that follows the heart and soul of his own muse. He brings all kinds of textures and flavors, delivered with flawless authenticity and musicality. On his next CD, AM Country Heaven, due out in April, he embraces some old school country forms. That has always been part of his subtext. "This Ol' Guitar And Me," will be on the new album, and here's the Music Fog version to act as a tease. Recorded in our Steamboat Grand studio last month during The MusicFest 2011.

- Jessie Scott