Coverville: The Cover Music Show (AAC Edition)

If you’ve got a bad reputation for doing the mess around, this is the show for you! Birthday Cover Stories for Joan Jett & Ray Charles! (89 minutes) Tracklist: 1. Cherry Bomb – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (orig. Joan Jett) 2. Queens of Noise – The Donnas (orig. Runaways) 3. Bad Reputation – Rebecca … Continue reading Coverville 1094: Cover stories for Joan Jett and Ray Charles →

What do these 11 songs have in common? Too late to win a prize (congrats to live stream listener Ashley!), but since I don’t tell you until the end, you can guess like everybody else! (54 minutes) Tracklist: 1. Pumped Up Kicks – Miracles of Modern Science (orig. Foster The People) 2. Build Me Up … Continue reading Coverville 1093: Guess The Connection VI →

With birthdays of these two artists so close to one another, let’s double-up a show of alt-rock goodness with covers of and by Aimee Mann and Moby! (92 minutes) Tracklist: 1. One – Aimee Mann (orig. Harry Nilsson) 2. Voices Carry – The Echoing Green (orig. Til Tuesday) 3. The Other End (of the Telescope) … Continue reading Coverville 1092: Cover Stories for Aimee Mann and Moby! →

50 years ago, The Beatles released the album Help! Today, I played covers of all the songs on that album, as well as the b-sides. Wow, deja vu. (55 minutes) Tracklist: 1. Help! – Bananarama (orig. Beatles) 2. The Night Before – Ringo Ska (orig. Beatles) 3. You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away – … Continue reading Coverville 1091: Album Cover for The Beatles’ Help! →

Cover Stories for Shania Twain and Van Morrison who are both celebrating birthdays this month! (85 minutes) Tracklist: 1. You’re Still the One – Roper (orig. Shania Twain) 2. Honey I’m Home – Jerry Lawson & Talk Of The Town (orig. Shania Twain) 3. Don’t Be Stupid – Lisa Loeb (orig. Shania Twain) 4. From … Continue reading Coverville 1090: That brown-eyed girl is gonna getcha good. Cover stories for Van Morrison and Shania Twain! →

With Ginger Baker turning 75, it seemed like a good time to revisit the music of Cream and Blind Faith. And if you believe that John Lee Hooker’s birthday was in 1920 (as some sources say), then it’s a good time to listen to his music, too! OK, even if his birthday was in 1917, … Continue reading Coverville 1089: Celebrating birthdays (and the two oldest professions) with tributes to John Lee Hooker and Ginger Baker, plus Indie Hodgepodge and more! →

Celebrating birthdays today for Joe Jackson & the late Bobby Hatfield for the Righteous Brothers! (68 minutes) Tracklist: 1. It’s Different For Girls – Marykate O’Neil (orig. Joe Jackson) 2. Happy Loving Couples – The German Art Students (orig. Joe Jackson) 3. I’m The Man – Morse/Portnoy/George (orig. Joe Jackson) 4. Look Sharp – Koufax … Continue reading Coverville 1088: Has She Really Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’? Cover Stories for Joe Jackson and The Righteous Brothers →

Let’s take a trip back 30 years in the Cover-Delorean to see what songs were on the Billboard Top 100! (81 minutes) Tracklist: 1. What About Love – Lucky Uke (orig. Heart) 2. You Spin Me Right Round – Thea Gilmore & Mike Cave (orig. Dead or Alive) 3. Heaven – Gigantor (orig. Bryan Adams) … Continue reading Coverville 1087: This Day In Covers: 1085 →

Wishing Jack White a happy birthday with the help of some covers of and by The White Stripes, The Raconteurs and some solo stuff by the man himself! (58 minutes) Tracklist: 1. Seven Nation Army – Basement Alchemy (orig. White Stripes) 2. The Hardest Button To Button – Christa Hughes (orig. White Stripes) 3. Jolene … Continue reading Coverville 1086: The Hardest Birthday to Button – Celebrating Jack White’s 40th with some White Stripes covers →

Beck’s turning 45, Huey Lewis is turning 65, and your requests aren’t getting any younger… Let’s do this! (88 minutes) Tracklist: 1. Loser – SKAndalous All-Stars (orig. Beck) 2. Sexx Laws – The Brown Derbies (orig. Beck) 3. Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime – Beck (orig. Korgis) 4. Devil’s Haircut – Rab Noakes, Fraser Speirs … Continue reading Coverville 1085: Cover stories for Beck, Huey Lewis, and your requests! →