At least I think this is the fifth one of these I’ve done. Robert Smith turning 65 next week, and it’s time to listen to some more excellent cover of The Cure! (64 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy A Forest (feat. Chrystabell) Marc Collin 3:54 Strange as Angels (Deluxe Edition) [feat. Chrystabell] Cur…

At least I think this is the fifth one of these I’ve done. Robert Smith turning 65 next week, and it’s time to listen to some more excellent cover of The Cure! (64 minutes) Download Episode (AAC) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy A Forest (feat. Chrystabell) Marc Collin 3:54 Strange as Angels (Deluxe Edition) …

For lead singer Dave Pirner’s 60th birthday, here are some covers of any by Soul Asylum! (47 minutes) Download Episode (AAC) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Runaway Train (feat. Gallant) Jamie N Commons & Skylar Grey 3:49 Runaway Train (feat. Gallant) - Single Soul Asylum Amazon Black Gold Mosaic Whispers 3:…

For lead singer Dave Pirner’s 60th birthday, here are some covers of any by Soul Asylum! (47 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Runaway Train (feat. Gallant) Jamie N Commons & Skylar Grey 3:49 Runaway Train (feat. Gallant) - Single Soul Asylum Amazon Black Gold Mosaic Whispers 3:34 Throw Your Pennies a…

Visiting the work of the amazing Richard Thompson, a songwriter’s songwriter, and a pretty damn talented singer to boot! Covers of and by the man for his 75th birthday! (70 minutes) Download Episode (AAC) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy 1952 Vincent Black Lightning Red Molly 5:10 The Red Album Richard Thomps…

Visiting the work of the amazing Richard Thompson, a songwriter’s songwriter, and a pretty damn talented singer to boot! Covers of and by the man for his 75th birthday! (70 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy 1952 Vincent Black Lightning Red Molly 5:10 The Red Album Richard Thompson 3 iTunes I Want to S…

Celebrating his 75th birthday, one of my favorite artists (as if you couldn’t tell when listening to this episode), covers of and by Mr. Nick Lowe (62 minutes) Download Episode (AAC) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Cruel To Be Kind The Automatics 3:25 Good Melodies Brinsley Schwarz/Nick Lowe 3 Amazon Half a …

Celebrating his 75th birthday, one of my favorite artists (as if you couldn’t tell when listening to this episode), covers of and by Mr. Nick Lowe (62 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Cruel To Be Kind The Automatics 3:25 Good Melodies Brinsley Schwarz/Nick Lowe 3 Amazon Half a Boy and Half a Man FIVE…

Tributes to Steve Harley, leader of Cockney Rebel, and Karl Wallinger of The Waterboys and World Party today. And before you ask, “Zonder Woorden” is a cover of World Party’s “What Is Love All About”. (60 minutes) Download Episode (AAC) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) Duran…

Tributes to Steve Harley, leader of Cockney Rebel, and Karl Wallinger of The Waterboys and World Party today. And before you ask, “Zonder Woorden” is a cover of World Party’s “What Is Love All About”. (60 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) Duran Duran 4:58 The Singles…

A tribute to Eric Carmen, excellent singer/songwriter with a string of solo hits and hits with his band, The Raspberries, and then a 80th Birthday Cover Story for Sly and the Family Stone! (63 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Go All The Way Trip Shakespeare 3:20 20 More Explosive Fantastic Rockin' Sm…

A tribute to Eric Carmen, excellent singer/songwriter with a string of solo hits and hits with his band, The Raspberries, and then a 80th Birthday Cover Story for Sly and the Family Stone! (63 minutes) Download Episode (AAC) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Go All The Way Trip Shakespeare 3:20 20 More Explosi…

Cover stories today for two March 1 birthdays: Justin Bieber, and The Who’s Roger Daltrey! (65 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Boyfriend Marina & The Diamonds 4:13 BBC Radio 1 Justin Bieber 4 Love Yourself (feat. Mario Jose) Scary Pockets 3:31 Kitsch Funk Justin Bieber iTunes Amazon What Do You Mean…

Cover stories today for two March 1 birthdays: Justin Bieber, and The Who’s Roger Daltrey! (65 minutes) Download Episode (AAC) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Boyfriend Marina & The Diamonds 4:13 BBC Radio 1 Justin Bieber 4 Love Yourself (feat. Mario Jose) Scary Pockets 3:31 Kitsch Funk Justin Bieber iTunes …

For birthday tributes for James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers), Mike Peters (The Alarm) and Corinne Bailey Rae, let’s hear a show mostly made up of their covers! With a few covers of their songs thrown in for good measure. (60 minutes) Download Episode (AAC) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Umbrella …

For birthday tributes for James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers), Mike Peters (The Alarm) and Corinne Bailey Rae, let’s hear a show mostly made up of their covers! With a few covers of their songs thrown in for good measure. (60 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Umbrella Manic Street Preachers …

Robbie Williams turned 50 this week, and so our eyes and ears turn to him for this week’s cover story subject. Cover of an by Robbie (and of the band he was part of for a while, Take That) on today’s show! (46 minutes) Download Episode (AAC) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Angels (triple j Like A Version) Ci…

Robbie Williams turned 50 this week, and so our eyes and ears turn to him for this week’s cover story subject. Cover of an by Robbie (and of the band he was part of for a while, Take That) on today’s show! (46 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Angels (triple j Like A Version) Circa Waves 2:53 Angels (…

A tribute to Melanie, who passed away last week, and a Cover Story for Norah Jones, who turns 45 next month! (66 minutes) Download Episode (AAC) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Look What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma Lily Kershaw 3:38 The Music’s for the Sad Man - EP Melanie 2 iTunes Brand New Key Memphis Ukul…

A tribute to Melanie, who passed away last week, and a Cover Story for Norah Jones, who turns 45 next month! (66 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Look What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma Lily Kershaw 3:38 The Music’s for the Sad Man - EP Melanie 2 iTunes Brand New Key Memphis Ukulele Band 3:37 Memphis U…

For Harry’s 30th birthday, a set of covers of and by him (as well has some band he was part of, called One Direction, maybe?) 😉 54 minutes Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy What Makes You Beautiful Victims of Circumstance 2:44 Decades One Direction 3 Amazon Best Song Ever Gabrielle Aplin 3:28 BBC Radio 1's Liv…

For Harry’s 30th birthday, a set of covers of and by him (as well has some band he was part of, called One Direction, maybe?) 😉 54 minutes Download Episode (AAC) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy What Makes You Beautiful Victims of Circumstance 2:44 Decades One Direction 3 Amazon Best Song Ever Gabrielle Aplin…

For what would have been the birthdays of Aaliyah and Bob Bogle (of the Ventures), as well as the birthday of Per Gessle of Roxette! (51 minutes) Download Episode (AAC) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy It Must’ve Been Love Amy Stroup 3:55 The Cover Up Roxette Amazon The Look The Baseballs 3:24 Strike Roxette …

For what would have been the birthdays of Aaliyah and Bob Bogle (of the Ventures), as well as the birthday of Per Gessle of Roxette! (51 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy It Must’ve Been Love Amy Stroup 3:55 The Cover Up Roxette Amazon The Look The Baseballs 3:24 Strike Roxette 2 Amazon Heart Of Gold …

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the release of the Footloose soundtrack, with covers of every track, as well as songs that were added to the 15th anniversary rerelease! (55 minutes) Download Episode (AAC) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Footloose (feat. Dannielle DeAndrea) Scary Pockets 2:53 Star Funk Ke…

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the release of the Footloose soundtrack, with covers of every track, as well as songs that were added to the 15th anniversary rerelease! (55 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Footloose (feat. Dannielle DeAndrea) Scary Pockets 2:53 Star Funk Kenny Loggins iTunes Let’…

For the first show of the year, let’s look at a couple waypoints in the amazing career of Jimmy Page – his time with Led Zeppelin and the Yardbirds – in honor of his 80th birthday! (58 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Over Under Sideways Down (feat. Jimmy Hall & Todd O’Keefe) [Live] Jeff Beck 2:29 Li…

For the first show of the year, let’s look at a couple waypoints in the amazing career of Jimmy Page – his time with Led Zeppelin and the Yardbirds – in honor of his 80th birthday! (58 minutes) Download Episode (AAC) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Over Under Sideways Down (feat. Jimmy Hall & Todd O’Keefe) […

This is it! The best of the best of the best! (84 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Super Trouper The Japanese House 2:59 ITEIAD Sessions - EP ABBA 4 iTunes Deathly Pickle Darling 2:17 Deathly - Single Aimee Mann iTunes Ordinary World Valerie June 4:40 Ordinary World - Single Duran Duran 5 iTunes Hear…

This is it! The best of the best of the best! (84 minutes) Download Episode (AAC) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Super Trouper The Japanese House 2:59 ITEIAD Sessions - EP ABBA 4 iTunes Deathly Pickle Darling 2:17 Deathly - Single Aimee Mann iTunes Ordinary World Valerie June 4:40 Ordinary World - Single Du…

Counting down the best covers of 2024, one by one! (89 minutes) Download Episode (AAC) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Wrecking Ball (feat. Miley Cyrus) Dolly Parton 3:55 Rockstar Miley Cyrus iTunes Amazon Polythene Pam Matthew Sweet, Fernando Perdomo & Jason Berk 1:26 Abbey Road Reimagined Beatles 5 Amazon …

Counting down the best covers of 2024, one by one! (89 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Wrecking Ball (feat. Miley Cyrus) Dolly Parton 3:55 Rockstar Miley Cyrus iTunes Amazon Polythene Pam Matthew Sweet, Fernando Perdomo & Jason Berk 1:26 Abbey Road Reimagined Beatles 5 Amazon Wild World Carmen Nicke…

When is a Christmas song not a Christmas song? Find out on this episode, where – of course – you’ll hear covers of classics that seem to get played this time of year! (61 minutes) Download Episode (AAC) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Linus and Lucy Béla Fleck & The Flecktones 2:54 Jingle All the Way Vince G…