Sam Phillips will be back on the road next week for a short series of dates on the West Coast with songs from her latest Nonesuch release, Don't Do Anything, and throughout her career. She'll be at the Triple Door in Seattle on Monday, then down to the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland the next night, and two sets at Yoshi's in San Francisco next weekend.

Earlier this week, Acoustic Cafe broadcast a recent performance with musicians Jay Bellerose, Ted Reichman, and Eric Gorfain, which you can listen to from the show's online archives or by downloading the podcast at mlive.com/cafe.

Last week, NPR named the title track off Don't Do Anything its Song of the Day.

NPR's Marc Hirsh suggests that there are two rather different messages one could take from the song and its title phrase. He writes:

"Don't Do Anything" could be a declaration of unconditional devotion—the kind that doesn't require any gestures to satisfy the singer's drive to know that a love is true. On the other hand, it could be a withering putdown of a lover who ruins the illusion of happiness with everything he does, no matter how slight.

He then references a certain lyric in which "Phillips sings about the moments that move her heart," and concludes: "It's to her credit that you don't quite know whether it's full to bursting or long since broken."

To listen to the song and decide for yourself on the Don't Do Anything album page.