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April 18th, 2024: Madeleine Peyroux covers Leonard Cohen
‘Dance Me To The End of Love’
Madeleine Peyroux covers Leonard Cohen (Madeleine celebrates her birthday today.)
‘Rock N’ Roll’
Clarance ‘Gatemouth’ Brown covers Led Zepplin (A happy birthday to Mr.Brown as well.)
April 17th, 2024: Teddy Thompson covers Nick Drake
‘River Man’
Teddy Thompson covers Nick Drake (Catch Teddy Thompson this Sunday for ACL Live! at 3Ten.)
April 16th, 2024: Bill Frisell & Petra Haden cover Henry Mancini & Shelby Lynne covers Dusty Springfield
‘Moon River’
Bill Frisell & Petra Haden cover Henry Mancini (Today is the late Henry Mancini’s birthday.)
‘Just A Little Lovin’
Shelby Lynne covers Dusty Springfield (Dust Springfield also celebrates her birthday today.)
April 15th, 2024: John Wesley Harding covers Madonna & Chris Stapleton (bday today) covers Waylon Jennings
‘Like A Prayer’
John Wesley Harding covers Madonna (who’s at Moody Center tonight)
‘I Ain’t Living Long Like This’
Chris Stapleton (who’s birthday is today) covers Waylon Jennings
March 4th, 2024: Lou Reed & Chris Squire Tribute
Keith Richard’s releases a new Lou Reed cover (Lou’s Birthday was over the weekend).
Celebrating the birthday of the late Chris Squire, YES covers the Beatles.
February 7th, 2024: Studio 1A Exclusives
2 covers recorded live in our studios not available anywhere else:
Richie Havens – Bob Dylan / The Who medley
Alejandro Escovedo & The Rant Band – cover Mott The Hoople
February 13th, 2024: Happy Birthday, Peter Gabriel
Celebrating Peter Gabriel’s 74th Bday with versions of his songs by Regina Spektor, and, David Byrne.
February 7th, 2024: The Beatles Arrive
On the 60th anniversary of the Beatles landing in the US Jody Denberg spins 60 minutes of Beatles Covers!
January 29th, 2024: Roddy Frame and Betty LaVette
It’s both Roddy Frame (Aztec Camera) and Bettye LaVette’s birthdays. Covers from each – Aztec Camera does Van Halen, while Bettye Lavette interprets a classic from the British Rock Songbook.
January 17th, 2024: Steve Earle
In honor of Steve Earle’s birthday, Jody featured Steve covering TWO of his main mentors/influences: Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt.
January 3rd, 2024: George Martin
January 3 marks the birthday of one of the most inventive producers and arrangers of the 20th century—Sir George Martin. From his landmark collaborations with a little Liverpudlian foursome called The Beatles to British comedy gods, The Goons, to his work as a composer, Martin bridged musical tradition with popular innovation. So on this day, what would have been his 98th birthday, I’ve picked a couple of appropriately far-out Beatles covers. First, a bit of raga-pop from Lord Sitar on “I Am the Walrus.” Then we have an electro-psych-prog excursion from Tangerine Dream and their version of “Tomorrow Never Knows.”
— Paul Carruba
January 2nd, 2024: Roger Miller
Roger Miller was born on January 2nd, 1936, in Fort Worth, TX, but grew up in Oklahoma. Born during the Great Depression and one of eight children, Miller grew up picking cotton and plowing on a farm to help sustain his family, but like many others, the Grand Ole Opry playing on the radio inspired him to become a singer-songwriter.
Although he’s often remembered as a country musician, his songs were one of a kind. That’s probably why everyone from Charley Crockett to R.E.M. has covered his music.
— Ryan Wen
