Art Garfunkel is known for his partnership with Paul Simon, but a new record features a new duet partner: his son, Art Garfunkel Jr. On their debut record, Father and Son, the pair cover Cyndi Lauper’s classic, “Time After Time.” The new version is more orchestrated than the original and, of course, has been re-arranged as a duet. Continue reading »
Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet Tour just kicked off, and every night, Carpenter tries to keep things fresh by adding a cover into a ‘spin-the-bottle’ segment during the show. When Carpenter played Toronto on September 25th, she made sure this segment had a Canadian feel by covering Ontario native Shania Twain’s “That Don’t Impress Me Much.” Fan-shot video has been posted on YouTube. Continue reading »
It’s a collaboration the music world never thought it would see- Ice-T and someone from Pink Floyd.
Ice-T and his collaborators in his rap-metal band Body Count are including a cover of the Floyd classic “Comfortably Numb” on their new record, Merciless, due November 22nd. And if that isn’t enough, they enlisted former Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour to join in. Continue reading »
It’s a great song, so why not play it twice? That’s what happened when John Mellencamp and Bob Dylan both appeared at the Outlaw Music Festival. The song was “All Along the Watchtower” and the date was September 12th in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
Mellencamp played before Dylan and played it as the song third in his set. And when Dylan took the stage immediately after Mellencamp, he opened with his 1967 song. This was Dylan’s first performance of “Watchtower” since November 2018. Clearly there was no animosity between either performer since both played the song again on September 14th, 15th and 17th.
Mellencamp also performed “Watchtower” on his 2000 Good Samaritan Tour, where he performed for free on street corners and public parks. His version also appeared on a live album documenting the tour.
With the Outlaw Music Festival wrapped up, Mellencamp has no future dates scheduled, while Dylan kicks off the next leg of his Rough and Rowdy Ways tour on October 4th in the Czech Republic.
In anticipation of live performances in the New England area, Boston indie rock royalty Tanya Donelly and Bill Janovitz re-released their recording of the Kinks’ classic “Better Things.” The duo originally issued the cover in 2015 on Bandcamp, which was quickly pulled down. This is the first wider release of the song. The two played shows in Maine and Rhode Island earlier this month. Continue reading »
The Walt Disney corporation’s use of covers has always turned up some fascinating collaborations, (see LL Cool J’s “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf” on 1991’s Simply Mad About the Mouse) and their most recent record is certainly no exception. A Whole New Sound, features a bevy of alternative musicians tackling the Disney cannon. (We wrote about Simple Plan’s cover of Elton John’s “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” back in July and Yellowcard’s “A Whole New World” last week.) In another track from the record, Bowling For Soup covers another classic, this one from the 1992 animated film, Aladdin. Continue reading »