by Brian Ibbott | Oct 14, 2008 | Interesting
Last month, I had the pleasure of talking to Maynard, an Australian TV and radio host whose illustrious career includes Triple-J (providers of those fine “Like A Version” cover albums) and ABC, among others. We talk about the history of covers, and the...
by Brian Ibbott | Oct 8, 2008 | Interesting
Marc Collin, the producer of Nouvelle Vague (Bossa Nova-styled covers of punk singles), has a new project called Hollywood, Mon Amour. The new album features 13 covers of songs made popular in movie soundtracks, like “Call Me” (Blondie), “Don’t...
by Brian Ibbott | Oct 6, 2008 | Interesting
This is so brilliant, I’m not going to say anything about it, expect: 1. Thanks to Arcadia for sharing, and 2. As awesome as the first two minutes are, the instrumental break is FANTASTIC
by Brian Ibbott | Oct 6, 2008 | Announcements
Lots of exciting things happening in Coverville-land! I’m going to take a moment to update you on some things that are happening with a few of my shows, as well as DVD shipments. First off, and I teased about this in Twitter, I’ve been thinking about a...
by Brian Ibbott | Oct 3, 2008 | Interesting
Little Honey Lucinda Williams’ new album, “Little Honey”, apparently is a more positive-styled turn for the singer/songwriter. The album, due October 14, also includes a cover song: AC/DC’s “It’s A Long Way To The Top”. Read...