The best country music cover songs convince fans that they're originals. Darius Rucker did it in 2013 with "Wagon Wheel," and Chris Stapleton did too, in 2015. Miranda Lambert did it a few years ...

The world of music thrives not solely on original hits. Powerful reinterpretations and covers are vital to the history of music. Many legendary performers have launched or transformed their careers by ...

Making a good cover song isn’t easy, and most bands are lucky if they can simply do justice to the original. However, there's a short list of bands and musicians that have outdone the original song ...

One person’s success can be another person’s major success. That is the very truth about a good deal of the world’s most famous cover songs. Many artists have created original works without ...

Covers are tricky things. It’s not always easy to cover a famous song correctly, and even the best musicians out there have failed to put out a good cover song. Let’s take a look at some of the worst ...

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 ...

If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Cover songs can help fledgling artists get a foot in the door with listeners who don’t know them yet. Early albums by such groups as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones ...

Many singers come up with ways to celebrate Christmas, such as releasing special winter albums and singles. However, some upload special covers of classic Christmas carols. Laufey's cover of "Santa ...

Now, I don’t think anyone should be covering PJ Harvey’s music—as a rule of thumb. I’m just not quite sure there’s another musician who could channel Harvey’s haunted masterpiece properly. But, then ...

A cover of the song "Need" was removed after being online for six days. The cover artist, Steven Wilmot, credited Swift as a cowriter. A music industry expert says covering an unreleased song is ...

Me listening to the Paradise soundtrack while writing this. Photo: Brian Roedel/Disney Using these covers is both a misguided choice and one of the things I appreciate most about Paradise. A drama ...

Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester Eva Petersen has previously received Arts Council funding for her research in 2019. She currently works for Liverpool ...