Cover version episode today! We will review some of the most interesting cover versions that came out recently with special focus on Will Coutrney, Joe Emery and Daniel Wilcox doing a Byrds song, Mo Troper, Asteroid B-612 and Cheap Trick all doing a John Lennon song, Nicole Atkins doing a Fleetwoods tune, Mark Lanegan in Alice in Chains tune, Lorenzo Wolf doing a tribute to Judee Sill and Switchblade Symphony going for the Rolling Stones. Ton of other interesting versions too! Be sure to check it out.
Mogollar – Hard Work;
Will Courtney, Joe Emery, Daniel Wilcox – Here Without You;
Mo Troper – Rain;
CTMF – Fire;
Mike Edison – Go Down Moses;
Les Grys Grys – Milkcow Blues;
Asteroid B-612 – Gimme Some Truth;
Cheap Trick – Gimme Some Truth;
Badfinger, Albert Lee – Sweet Tuesday Morning;
Bill Janovitz – Taillights Fade;
Nicole Atkins feat. Mark Lanegan – November Rain;
Mark Lanegan & Maggie Bjorklund – Nutshell;
Nicole Atkins & Marissa Nadler – Mr. Blue;
Altin Gun – Esmerim Güzelim;
The Imperturbable Teutonic Griffin – Talk Talk;
Thurston Moore – Buckets Of Rain;
Lorenzo Wolff – jesus was a cross maker;
Switchblade Symphony – Wild Horses;
Fernando Perdomo – Tiny Demons.
Today we start off with the new music from the Texan violin player Amanda Shires. Then we introduce the new blues singer Shemekia Copeland. A star studded line up helps her on the new record, including Steve Cropper, John Prine, Rhiannon Giddens and Emmylou Harris. Jon S. Williams from City of Cool has some new recordings that he sent to us, so we check that out too. Dan Stuart (ex Green On Red) is back with the new record and legendary songwriter and graphic novelist Peter Blegvad is also back with new music. Dot Dash from Washington are back with the new album Proto Retro. We introduce John Brodeur from New York with his Bird Streets and a duet featuring Lia Pamina and Dario Persi from Italy. Nicole Atkins is live in Cleveland.
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Today we introduce several interesting relatively new names on the female songwriting scene. Katie Von Schleicher comes from Brooklyn and Esmé Patterson is from Denver, CO. Nicole Atkins from New Jersey is particularly interesting because she teamed up with Tommy Stinson of The Replacements and Bash & Pop for her upcoming new album. Tommy is also out touring with Chip Roberts as The Cowboys In The Campfire. They stopped by at Cleveland’s Blue Arrow Records and played a few new tunes. We hear one of them today. Talking about Cleveland, Matthew Wascowich is back with his Scarcity of Tanks. They have a new album called Garford Mute, inspired by growing up, and it contains a stellar line up of Pere Ubu and Terminal Lovers bands, plus Doug Gillard and the legendary Steve Mackay, the Stooges sax player with his posthumous appearance. We also check out the new music Left Lane Cruiser and and introduce two new heavy bands, ’68 from Atlanta and Gorilla from UK.