People are always asking us: “What’s new? Who’ve you heard that I need to hear? What’s your current favorite music?”

Now we each answer those questions in our own way. Here are our current Mountain Music Discovery picks. You listen and then decide: Which song deserves the coveted honor of becoming The Nug Of The Week?

Last week you chose Shawn’s pick, Warren Haynes. Who do you like this week?

John Fisher
The Hours “I Wanna Be Happy”

If you like XTC or Squeeze, or ’90s Brit-pop like Pulp, you’ll feel right at home with this track from the English band The Hours from their new EP I Want More:

Shawn Stewart
Danny Barnes “Fun”

How lucky are we that Texan Danny Barnes decided to settle in Seattle a few years back? This banjo/guitar guru plays around town a lot. Go see him! In addition to being a great player, he’s a licensed pilot, skateboarder, motorcyclist, flyfisher, unicyclist, trap shooter, and disc golfer. This song from Danny’s new disc Rocket is 100% “Fun”.

Marty Riemer
My Morning Jacket “Wonderful (The Way I Feel)”

It’s a Sunday Brunch – or a gray, fall day – kind of a song. A delicate new ballad called “Wonderful (The Way I feel)” from My Morning Jacket: