Margo Price and Joan Baez Cover Woody Guthrie’s “Deportee” on New Mixtape

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Jul 082026
 

Margo Price has made no secret of how she feels about current events happening in Washington and perhaps the most tangible example of that is her new mixtape, which she released on July 3rd, titled Days of Unrest.

And one of the centerpieces of the record is when Price is joined by Joan Baez for a cover of Woody Guthrie‘s “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos).” Featuring a beautiful backing by the Memphis Mariachi, the song is a moving tribute to a 1948 plane crash that killed 32 people. The press didn’t bother to name the 28 migrant farm workers killed, instead referring to them merely as “deportees.” Continue reading »

Review: “Old No. 1 Revisited”

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Jul 012026
 

Well, this was an unexpected pleasure.

Old No. 1 Revisited drops a full half-century plus one (gulp) after Guy Clark issued Old No. 1, a timeless pillar of honest country roots music. Not a huge seller at the time, it is only with the passage of time and, inevitably, with Clark’s passing in 2016 that its value has become truly realized and recognized. It’s not the first time others have celebrated Clark’s songs; an earlier all-star tribute, 2011’s This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark, helped defray the not inconsiderable medical costs of his fight with lymphoma. But fifteen years have passed since then, and Old No. 1 Revisited gets the happy task of introducing Clark to the next generation.

Here we get a bevy of the current great and good in country and Americana, ranging from Margo Price and Sarah Jarosz to a returning Rodney Crowell, present on the earlier tribute as well as the original. Producer Dan Kobler put the album together, in conjunction with the Guy Clark Family Foundation. Players as noteworthy as Sam Bush (mandolin) and Mickey Raphael (harmonica) turned up, and guest harmony vocals come courtesy of the likes of Rosanne Cash and Ruth Moody. (Raphael appeared alongside Crowell on the original Clark release.) Besides the faithful track by track recreation of the original, there is a 100-page book, by Peter Blackstock, full of interviews of those involved with Clark at that time, and photos that document the process. All proceeds will return to the family trust.
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Weird Al Covers Sia at Bonnaroo Superjam

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Jun 222026
 
Weird Al Covers Sia

One of the highlights of every edition of the Bonnaroo music festival is the Superjam, which brings a unique group of artists together to play together, do some covers and generally have a fun, loose, good time. This year’s version of the Superjam was curated by Kesha and presented under the headline of “Kesha Presents: Superjam Esoterica: The Alchemy of Pop.” Continue reading »

Margo Price Joins Jesse Welles for Pop-Up John Prine Cover

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Jun 092026
 
Margo Price Jesse Welles

Jesse Welles has a new record out June 12th, and he performed a free pop-up concert in Washington Square Park in New York last week as part of the promotion.

As if a free, surprise concert wasn’t enough for fans, Margo Price joined Welles for a cover of a John Prine classic. With Welles playing guitar and harmonica and Price providing percussion on tambourine, the two performed Prine’s “Angel From Montgomery.” With the crowd singing along, the performance is moving. (Even if Price accidentally started singing the wrong verse at one point.) Continue reading »

The Best Cover Songs of October 2025

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Oct 312025
 
The Dollyrots — You Don’t Own Me (Lesley Gore cover)

“It’s My Party” was the bigger hit, but these days it feels like “You Don’t Own Me” gets covered more. It’s become something of a feminist anthem (probably an unlikely future for “It’s My Party”…). Dollyrots singer Kelly Ogden said, in sharing her band’s new revved-up cover, “The song is an anthem for female empowerment, about willing to be defiant in the face of something that’s just plain wrong. Sadly, it’s still just as timely as when Lesley sang it over 60 years ago.”

Folk Bitch Trio — Sex on Fire (Kings of Leon cover)

Remember “Sex on Fire”? Gotta be one of the dumbest singles of the 21st century. Folk Bitch Trio covered it for Like a Version, and they, against all odds, manage to redeem it. “It’s an underrated song,” they said. “It rocks. It’s filthy without you really knowing. The Folk Bitch Trio twist is kind of easy: We just sing it in three-part harmony, lock in, look at each other and we’re there.” Continue reading »

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