The Jonas Brothers paid tribute to One Direction member Liam Payne, who passed away in October. The group performed One Direction’s 2014 hit “Night Changes” at their recent concert in Highland, California. Continue reading »
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Meet Me at the Altar is a pop-punk group that first started out in 2015 by recording remotely. After the three artists from different states had collaboratively via the internet, they then decided to go on tour. One thing led to another, and pretty soon they were signed by the label Fueled by Ramen.
And, as it happens, this pop-punk group were heavily inspired to make music because of the boy band Jonas Brothers. Continue reading »
Jul 302010
A few weeks ago we saw Jack White and Dave Grohl cover Paul McCartney at the White House as a preview of the PBS special: Paul McCartney: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The full special aired Wednesday night, but so far only two videos have hit the interweb. The first is Elvis Costello, who brings his froggy drawl to “Penny Lane” alongside a piccolo trumpet. A cute story about first hearing the song on the radio precedes the cover.
But Elvis Costello’s impressive-as-always performance isn’t the real story here. The Jonas Brothers take on “Drive My Car,” which will likely provoke outrage from anyone reading this. Prepare to be pleasantly surprised. Presumably invited to appease the Obama girls, they turn in a shockingly decent performance! Being accompanied by McCartney’s band surely helps, but their singing and playing doesn’t sound that far off the original. While ordinarily a carbon-copy cover would be a bad thing, I give the JoBros credit for even managing. Continue reading »