The Best Cover Songs of August & September 2025

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Sep 302025
 
Best Cover Songs
Benson Boone — When We Were Young (Adele cover)

Benson Boone gets clowned on, but dude can sing (and, yes, backflip). “When We Were Young” is not exactly an easy song to nail. But, at a tour stop in Columbus, he did just that—one of many covers he’s been doing on the road.

BRAINSTORM — The Boys Of Summer (Don Henley cover)

Every summer comes, inevitably, more “Boys of Summer” covers. This metal-ish version comes from German power-metal vets BRAINSTORM (all caps so you know they’re serious). Singer Andy B. Franck says: “Even though ‘The Boys Of Summer’ deals with rather nostalgic themes of ‘summer love’ and the memory of a past relationship, for me – at the time a 13-year-old – it was, beyond the metal anthems of the 80s, a great song that I associated with summer, girls and the corresponding feeling for many, many years…Even today, this song still evokes great memories for me, and since it’s also a song about questioning the past, this track fits perfectly into our times.” Continue reading »

Mavis Staples Covers Kevin Morby on New Album

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Sep 032025
 
Mavis Staples Covers Kevin Morby

Kevin Morby pulled no punches when describing hearing Mavis Staples‘ cover of his song, “Beautiful Stranger,” on her new album, Sad and Beautiful World. “Mavis also wields that extremely rare power to take a song somebody else wrote and make it entirely her own,” said Morby. “As the person who penned ‘Beautiful Strangers,’ I feel I have every right to say; her version is better.” Continue reading »

The Best Cover Songs of July 2025

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Jul 312025
 
Best Cover Songs
Benson Boone — Seventeen Going Under (Sam Fender cover)

Bruce Springsteen — Poor Side Of Town (Johnny Rivers cover)

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Waxahatchee & Kevin Morby Cover The Fray for Lena Dunham Netflix Show

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Jul 152025
 
Waxahatchee & Kevin Morby

The newest television series Too Much, created by Lena Dunham and her husband, musician Luis Felber, just debuted on Netflix. And the theme song is a cover featuring another couple. Waxahatchee, also known as Katie Crutchfield, and her partner Kevin Morby perform a cover of The Fray‘s “You Found Me,” for the new series. Unsurprisingly, the new cover is a more stripped-down version of the song with the focus being on the interplay between the two vocals. Continue reading »

Watch Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams, Sharon Van Etten, and More Salute ‘Blood on the Tracks’ in Tulsa

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Jan 282025
 
blood on the tracks concert

Saturday, January 18th, an amazing group of musicians gathered in Tulsa, Oklahoma to pay tribute and celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks album. The celebration titled “Shelter From the Storm: Celebrating 50 years of Blood on the Tracks,” was held at Cain’s Ballroom, a legendary venue located close to the Bob Dylan Center, who were presenting the evening. Continue reading »

The Best Cover Songs of June 2022

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Jun 302022
 
best covers of june 2022
Angel Olsen – Greenville (Lucinda Williams cover)


Angel Olsen dropped two terrific covers this month. Her version of Dylan’s “One Too Many Mornings,” recorded for the TV show Shining Girls, features haunting electronic textures underpinning her voice. It’s a surprisingly un-folky cover of one of Bob’s early folk songs. Her version of Lucinda Williams’ Car Wheels on a Gravel Road standout “Greenville” is just as good, guitar echoing behind her mesmerizing double-tracked vocals. Continue reading »

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