Some people have what's known as a calling in life. A calling being more than simply a profession, rather, it's a thing that you live, breathe, eat, smell and taste 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. And it's fairly obvious, even to the most casual observer, that Mike West and his wife and playing partner, Myshkin, have a calling for their music.

A perennial expatriate, West was raised by Australian parents in London and Italy.Just talking to West, you know he's ...