At a billionaire-hosted field day, the R.E.M. singer and guests performed unexpected versions of Elvis, Petty, and Blondie songs with Chad Smith and Andrew Watt as the house band.
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At a billionaire-hosted field day, the R.E.M. singer and guests performed unexpected versions of Elvis, Petty, and Blondie songs with Chad Smith and Andrew Watt as the house band.
At a New Jersey benefit concert earlier this month, Bruce Springsteen performed “I Shall Be Released” for the first time in his career, a new page in a songbook of Dylan covers that stretches back over five decades.
Sixteen lo-fi, mostly acoustic recordings appeared on his channel, spanning Whitney Houston to Nirvana. No statement, no tracklist, just the songs.
The songwriters have assembled a collection of other artists’ interpretations of their work, featuring Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, and Johnny Cash.
The new synthpop supergroup’s debut, comprised entirely of covers, feels like a technically proficient but emotionally vacant workshop.
A new studio recording of the Hoagy Carmichael standard, tied to golf’s prestigious tournament, feels like a polite but forgettable ceremonial drive.
