Recording a cover song is an exercise fraught with risks, specifically that you might not live up to the original—especially if it’s a well-known song. But there are also those times when an artist ...

Bob Dylan and The Band didn't officially release 'The Basement Tapes' until 1975. These four covers gave the wider world a ...

No singer can combine seemingly vapid lyrics with a bubblegum beat and transform it into an iconic anthem quite like Madonna. After all, that’s exactly why she is known as the Queen of Pop, and that’s ...

The Lemonheads mastermind discusses the value of being lectured by your heroes, rolling between grunge and metal, his favorite Gibson, and that time he played a Minor Threat song in front of Ian ...

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 ...

It is the ultimate form of compliment from one artist to another when they record their own cover version of the original artist's work. Artists covering other artists have long been an integral part ...

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 ...

Cover versions are easy to play but much harder to get right. It’s the rare band or artist who can turn in their own version of a classic song without ruining the original or provoking the ire of fans ...

Some cover songs on YouTube may be better than the original versions, writes The News' Christopher Wynn. From left, viral music star Joseph Vincent, Denton's Sarah ...

The '80s were a great time for music, and many pop-punkers were just discovering music in their youth around that time, so it makes sense you'd find plenty of pop-punk '80s covers. There's no other ...

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 ...