When artists cover a song, sometimes they don't just change the arrangement - they completely transform the lyrics! Join us ...
One person’s success can be another person’s major success. That is the very truth about a good deal of the world’s most famous cover songs. Many artists have created original works without ...
After Joplin’s untimely death, her recorded version of “Me and Bobby McGee” was released and reached the top of the U.S.
A very good country song will linger for years or even decades after its release. And once that song gets to “vintage” age, whole new generations of musicians will lend their takes on such songs ...
Making a good cover song isn’t easy, and most bands are lucky if they can simply do justice to the original. However, there's a short list of bands and musicians that have outdone the original song ...
Now, I don’t think anyone should be covering PJ Harvey’s music—as a rule of thumb. I’m just not quite sure there’s another musician who could channel Harvey’s haunted masterpiece properly. But, then ...
Ben Platt’s recent cover of Addison Rae’s “Diet Pepsi” has gone viral on social media. The appeal was the song choice and change in performance style – an unexpected crossover between Platt’s musical ...
When he helped induct Black Sabbath into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich mused, “On any given day, the heavy-metal genre might as well be subtitled ‘Music derivative of ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X She introduced the Kellyoke segment in the very first episode, which premiered in September 2019, ...