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NORAH JONES And JOSH HOMME Cover FRANK And NANCY SINATRA

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9 February 2026

10-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter NORAH JONES
has a very popular podcast, named Norah Jones Is Playing Along.

Recently, she invited Josh Homme, frontman
of Queens of the Stone Age, as her special guest.

The two celebs traded insights and stories about their diverse careers and
creative processes. They also played some songs together, including a cover
of Somethin’ Stupid, the timeless 1967 hit (more than 524 million streams
on Spotify) by Frank Sinatra and his daughter Nancy, with Jones on piano
and Homme on acoustic guitar.

The full episode will air tomorrow, but we already can
see/hear them perform the cover. Quite special.

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DREW FIVE – British Versatile Electro Musician Covers 1982 Pearl ‘SHIPBUILDING’

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8 July 2025

Artist: DREW FIVE
Who: A versatile musician from London who creates/records electronica, ambient minimalism, neo-classical and post-rock. He’s also half of electro pop duo Feral Five
and Dice Machine. Five also works on his own. Two weeks ago he released the atmospheric-ambient single The Runner

And now he comes up with his take on 1982 pearl Shipbuilding (linked to
the Falkland Wars), with lyrics by Elvis Costello, music by Clive Langer and sung
by the great Robert Wyatt.

A risky effort to cover this particular song, but Five does it
gracefully and stylishly, bringing soft Moby moments to mind.

DREW FIVE


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ROBERT WYATT

Aaarrrggghhh! BRING ME THE HORIZON Cover OASIS Classic ‘WONDERWALL’

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Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine

30 January 2025

Sheffield‘s nuclear turbine BRING ME THE HORIZON
released their 7th LP, named Post Human: Nex Gen
last May.

And here’s their first barnstormer of 2025. As a guest of
the Spotify Singles Series ballistic vox Oli Sykes and his metal
squad recorded a cover of Oasis‘ imperishable
1995 classic Wonderwall.

Wake up people,
bang your head
against the wall
for some supersonic
fun.

Aaarrrggghhh!

I guess, fan or not, you have heard
the original at least one time.

More than 2 billion streams on
Spotify. 481 million views on YT.

FRANZ FERDINAND & JOHNNY MARR Strike

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Scottish veteran pop heroes Franz Ferdinand released
their new longplayer The Human Fear 2 weeks ago.

Last weekend they played a live show for Amazon
Music UK’s Sounds In The City Sessions, in Manchester.

They were joined by The Smiths’ guitar legend Johnny Marr (who has a
longstanding habit for getting on stage as a guest with other artists) for
3 songs. One of them The Smiths‘ 1986 classic Big Mouth Strikes Again.

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LADY GAGA Has Great News – ‘SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN’ To Rock

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Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine

19 December 2024

Lady Gaga for Xmas on TUTV? Oh, why not? I can’t name 1 of her LPS, but she has an imposing voice, she’s utterly cool, and she was one of the many artists who supported
VP Kamala Harris. So, there you go.

Gaga just shared her cover of classic Xmas
carol Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town

I did some research about the song. It was written in
1934 (I had no clue whatsoever) by Fred Coots and
Haven Gillespie.

It was first recorded/covered by singer/dancer Eddie Cantor. When he played the song
on his radio show 500,000 copies of sheet music and more than 30,000 records were sold. The rest is history. About 1 million artists (well, approximately) covered the hit over the years, many still do it now and many will do so in the future.

Wake up people,
today it’s Lady Gaga‘s
turn to let Santa come
to town to rock.

Soul Giant AL GREEN Covers R.E.M. – Here’s His Version Of ‘EVERYBODY HURTS’

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20 November 2024

78-year-old soul star AL GREEN is one of those artists who
are known/loved by several generations, by old and young.

Let’s Stay Together from his same-titled 1972 LP was his greatest hit (almost
580 million streams on Spotify). It topped the US Charts and peaked at #7 in the UK.
He recorded/released 29 albums, with Lay It Down as his most recent one. It came
out in 2008. He still performs now and then.

Last year, he shared his cover of Lou Reed’s ‘Perfect Day.‘
Now, he has another cover to offer with his take on R.E.M.‘s
1992 tearjerker EVERYBODY HURTS.

Green: “Recording ‘Everybody Hurts,’ I could really feel the heaviness of the song, and I wanted to inject a little touch of hope and light into it. There’s always a presence of light that can break through those times of darkness.”

AL GREEN

R.E.M.

Country Pop Crooner KURT VILE Covers TOM PETTY And THE HEARTBREAKERS’ Musing ‘SINS OF MY YOUTH’

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10 September 2024

Brand-new Apple TV series Bad Monkey, a black comedy crime drama featuring
Vince Vaughn as the private eye has a soundtrack containing 8 Tom Petty songs
covered by artists such as Jason Isbell, Eddie Vedder, Jamie Jackson and The War
Of Drugs.

Kurt Vile is also part of this project. He picked Sins Of My Youth
from Tom Petty and his Heartbreakers‘ 2014 album Hypnotic Eye.

A melancholic musing that fits Vile like a glove.

Tom Petty: Story

THE WAR ON DRUGS Deliver Big Banging Cover Of The Late Great TOM PETTY Hit ‘YOU WRECK ME’

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5 September 2024

Brand-new Apple TV series Bad Monkey, a black comedy crime drama featuring Vince Vaughn as the private eye has a soundtrack containing 8 Tom Petty songs covered by artists such as Jason Isbell, Eddie Vedder, Jamie Jackson and also THE WAR ON DRUGS.


Artwork original single

Maestro Adam Granduciel and his band do a great big banging job on Petty’s
1994 hit YOU WRECK ME from his Wildflowers LP which turns 30 next month.

WAR ON DRUGS

TOM PETTY

BRYAN FERRY Covers BOB DYLAN (Again)

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4 August 2024

The first ever comprehensive BRYAN FERRY solo career retrospective
will make his fans very happy when it lands on October 25.

RETROSPECTIVE: SELECTED RECORDINGS 1973-2023 is an 81-track collection
celebrating 50 Years of Ferry’s impressive career. Tracklist and pre-order info HERE.

It’ll feature several covers, with Bob Dylan‘s SHE BELONGS TO ME as one of them, showing Ferry‘s love for Dylan once again. Back in 2007 the former Roxy Music icon released a full Dylan songs album, named Dylanesque (stream below).

SHE BELONGS TO ME

DYLANESQUE


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THE RAVEONETTES Cover THE EVERLY BROTHERS – Listen To Their ‘ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM’ Version Here

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2 June 2024

Danish glam-pop duo THE RAVEONETTES – Sune Rose Wagner and
Sharin Foo – released their awe-inspiring debut LP Chain Gang Love
21 years ago.

Next July they’ll launch their 9th one, entitled The Raveonettes Sing…
A cover album of 50S-60s pop/rock classics, from the Velvet Underground
to The Shangri-Las, from Graham Parsons to Buddy Holly and more.

They also gave the massive 1958 hit All I Have To Do Is Dream
by the The Everly Brothers their own glossy touch.

Sune Rose Wagner: “Sharin [Foo] and I used to perform songs by the Everly Brothers before we changed our name to the Raveonettes, so our love for this band goes way back. You won’t find a more dreamy song than ‘All I Have To Do Is Dream,’ it’s the perfect lullaby in my book. We loved recording our version and hope people will rediscover such a timeless classic.”

THE RAVEONETTES

THE EVERLY BROTHERS

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