Nico Hughey, Author at Cover Me

Nico Hughey

Nico Hughey lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and is ruled by two tiny people and a Boston Terrier named Rocko. When not Mommin’ it, she’s in her photography studio taking fine art portraits of other people’s tiny people. A musician of 30 years with a piano degree, she has been in several bands, most recently The Summit, an alternative/indie cover band consisting of music nerds who love to pick apart songs and talk about diminished chords. “If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music” Kurt Vonnegut

Ranking the 15 Tracks on Springsteen’s New “Songs Under Cover” Playlist

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Feb 142020

We are closing in on six decades of amazing music from Bruce Springsteen. In all those years of performing, The Boss has covered over 300 songs. Some he’s covered hundreds of times. Others he’s covered just once.

A new “Songs Under Cover” playlist he just released as part of his Live Series collects 15 soundboard covers spanning several decades and genres of music. Some of the covers are more successful than others, and we’re going to rank them for you right here. (Play along with the official playlist on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music). Continue reading »

Vampire Weekend Close Tour with Dusty, Bruce, “Little Drummer Boy” Covers

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Dec 122019

Vampire Weekend closed out the US portion of their Father of the Bride tour in Cover Me style. Performing at the intimate Mcmenimans Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon, the band played several crowd requests and special covers during a special one hour acoustic set for radio station 94/7’s December to Remember series. Continue reading »

Andrew Bird Covers Neil Young’s “Harvest Moon” as Violin Duet

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Dec 042019

Andrew Bird is not a man known for simplicity. Pushing the boundaries of songwriting and production seems to be his normal operating mode, with choices like recording an album standing in a river and writing and recording an entire film score all by himself. Amongst all that complexity, his recent cover of Neil Young’s iconic Harvest Moon is surprisingly simple. Continue reading »

Puss N Boots Covers Petty, Dolly, and “Silent Night”

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Oct 252019

Alt-Country trio Puss N Boots (Norah Jones, Catherine Popper, and Sasha Dobson) have been relatively quiet since their debut album No Fools, No Fun, released in 2014. The end of 2019 is seeing a flurry of activity from the edgy ladies, though, with two notable covers and a brand new EP. As a tribute to Tom Petty on his birthday, the trio released their version of “Angel Dream”. Continue reading »

The Killers Pay Tribute to Ric Ocasek with “My Best Friend’s Girl” Cover

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Sep 302019

In the wake of the passing of Cars frontman Ric Ocasek, many musicians have reflected on the influence he and the Cars had on so many. Not only did the band itself leave a major mark on rock and pop music, but Ocasek worked as a producer for bands such as Weezer, No Doubt, and Bad Religion. Brandon Flowers, frontman of The Killers, called him “my first king” on Twitter. Continue reading »

Hear Three Versions of Country Supergroup The Highwomen’s Fleetwood Mac Cover

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Aug 192019

Country supergroup The Highwomen are wielding some killer harmonies and fierce lyrics as they tour in support of their upcoming self titled album due out September 6th. For the soundtrack for the movie The Kitchen, a high stakes drama about an all female gangster organization, the quartet performed a powerful rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain”. They’ve since covered it a couple times live: at a recent visit to Howard Stern’s SiriusXM show and again sitting in a circle backstage at Jimmy Fallon’s show a few days ago – with Fallon himself. Both live versions also feature an uncredited Jason Isbell on guitar. Continue reading »