Remember Yellowcard, the rock band that first formed in Florida in the late 90’s? The alt-indie musicians recently took to Instagram with some exciting news: Their cover of “A Whole New World” is now out. Continue reading »
Sep 172024
Jul 172024
According to a recent Disney announcement on YouTube…“Mickey & Friends introduce A Whole New Sound, an album featuring a selection of Disney’s greatest hits covered by iconic alternative, rock, and pop-punk bands. Join Mickey & his friends as they explore their interests in fun new ways.”
This statement has certainly gotten pop-punk and alt-rock fans feeling stoked. And while there isn’t an official release date yet, Simple Plan’s cover of the Elton John classic is a promising teaser. Continue reading »
Dec 152020
“I Wanna Be Like You” (aka “The Monkey Song”) is one of the two most famous songs from Disney’s The Jungle Book. It’s a song many of us grew up with and, on a personal note, it was probably my first exposure to anything vaguely resembling jazz. The Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are an Australian rock band who have put out three albums since 2016. They are not the first band you would think of to cover a jazzy Disney cartoon song, but they have indeed done so for Australia’s iconic Triple J radio network. Continue reading »
Dec 092019
For the last few weeks, Frozen II has been the number one movie in the world. So popular, in fact, that it prompted an antitrust lawsuit in South Korea for taking up too many screens in the country. The film follows the continuing adventures of Elsa, Anna and the gang as they go on a quest to unlock … Don’t worry, no spoilers here. Continue reading »
Jul 262017
Welcome to Cover Me Q&A, where we take your questions about cover songs and answer them to the best of our ability.
Here at Cover Me Q&A, we’ll be taking questions about cover songs and giving as many different answers as we can. This will give us a chance to hold forth on covers we might not otherwise get to talk about, to give Cover Me readers a chance to learn more about individual staffers’ tastes and writing styles, and to provide an opportunity for some back-and-forth, as we’ll be taking requests (learn how to do so at feature’s end).
Today’s question: What’s your favorite Disney cover?
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May 082017
Oklahoma singer/songwriter Cade Roberts is a masterful musician, composer, and producer who seems to think permanently outside the box. Case in point: his fabulously dramatic, minor-key version of the epic Beauty and the Beast ballad “Tale As Old As Time.”
From the Desert Rose Franciscan dinnerware to the glowing candles, Roberts presents a scene worthy of the darkest dungeon in the Beast’s castle – if the Beast’s castle was run by Queen doing a remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Cue Roberts in a velvet burnout shirt, dark sunglasses, ringed fingers, and distinctive coif of hair. Continue reading »