What’s the difference between a great cover song and a banal cover song that brings little or nothing to the table? One is like tasting a delicious, unexpectedly creative version of your favorite dish ...

Depeche Mode is in their fifth decade of churning out synth-pop classics, but “Enjoy the Silence” still stands as the band’s most popular song. It is also their most covered song, as more than 250 ...

The best country music cover songs convince fans that they're originals. Darius Rucker did it in 2013 with "Wagon Wheel," and Chris Stapleton did too, in 2015. Miranda Lambert did it a few years ...

Song-swapping has been a feature of traditional folk and classic country music since their inception, which makes these genres wellsprings of cover material as countless artists cut and record other ...

What are the greatest cover songs? That was the question posed in my Oct. 15 Sunday Arts+Culture article, “Can a cover song be better than the original version? Absolutely! Here are six of the ...

David Byrne has certainly given the Livies something to talk about. The Grammy-winning musician and Talking Heads frontman, 73, surprised fans with his new wave cover of Olivia Rodrigo's breakthrough ...

Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester Eva Petersen has previously received Arts Council funding for her research in 2019. She currently works for Liverpool ...

At latest count, there were 11 different CD editions and eight different vinyl editions released of the album. The number of exclusive digital-download deluxe versions, meanwhile, grew by the day ...

Even great musicians with the best intentions can serve up a bad cover of a cherished song. In some cases they might try too hard to be faithful to the original, leading to an interpretation that’s ...