Benson Boone — Seventeen Going Under (Sam Fender cover)
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Jul 142025
This is what self-described “doom-trap” artist Mimi Barks poetically states about her cover of Linkin Park’s hit “Crawling”:
Crawling isn’t reborn, it remembers.
A raw phantom in the wires,
A resonance of the silence Chester left behind.
Because some wounds don’t heal, they echo.
As the music video begins, a delicate ballerina spins inside a music box to the song’s iconic opening notes. With riveting drums by the Dutch drummer KOEN, and the aid of production and polishing Owen Clexton, I wondered, where is this all going to go? Continue reading »
Apr 302025
Ben Harper — Ghost Dance (Patti Smith cover)
Hopefully a full recording will be released of the Carnegie Hall tribute to Patti Smith. Until then, there are a number of videos on YouTube. Best I’ve seen is Ben Harper doing “Ghost Dance,” Smith’s mesmerizing mediation from 1978’s Easter. Note Flea on bass and Dylan/Costello sideman Charlie Sexton on guitar. Continue reading »
May 312024
Bambie Thug – Zombie (The Cranberries cover)
This month, Bambie Thug represented Ireland in Eurovision, coming in sixth (the country’s highest placement since 2000). Shortly before the finals, they released this cover of The Cranberries’ “Zombie”amidst criticism of their outspokenness about the devastation in Gaza. The top YouTube comment puts it well: “The significance of Bambie choosing to cover this song will not be lost on anyone in Ireland or the UK, or many places outside them. It’s just about the most impactful call for peace an Irish person can give, and they’ve done it as well as anyone ever has.” Continue reading »
May 152024
Composer and producer Tommee Profitt released his newest collection of covers, titled Volume 2. And featured inside this second collection of covers was Skylar Grey’s compelling version of Linkin Park’s “Numb”. Skylar Grey (AKA Holly Brook Hafermann) is a singer, and record producer from Wisconsin. Her vocal delivery in this tune is both chilling and epic. Continue reading »
Jun 232023
Ahead of the launch of her new album Rocking Heels: Live At Metal Church, former Nightwish lead singer Tarja Turunen has released a cover of Linkin Park’s classic “Numb.” Recorded in front of a small 300 person crowd in the Wacken Church in Germany, the song is, understandably, stripped back and understated, Turunen’s powerful voice accompanied only with a piano and string quartet. Continue reading »