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 ...

The artists we love and respect most have a tendency to drop a cover song here and there. It’s a perennial occurrence at this point, as performing renditions of other people’s art has become a ...

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 ...

Our first pick is not necessarily a cover, but a reworking of Miley Cyrus’ “Midnight Sky” to include the chorus and second verse of Stevie Nicks’ 1981 hit, “Edge of Seventeen.” What is undeniable is ...

Continuing on with list season, we’re pivoting our focus to the best cover songs of the year. We opted to limit the ranking to one entry per project, as something like Thanks to I Saw the TV Glow, ...

A reliable feature of a Taylor Swift concert is her surprise guests. Swift often invites guest superstars to cover their classic songs with her. These are songs that shaped Swift’s own writing; indeed ...

From KCRW DJ Dan Wilcox: Arguably the greatest cover song ever done was Aretha Franklin’s version of “Respect”. She took Otis Redding’s lover’s quarrel and transformed it into a women’s movement ...

Few classic rock songs from the 1990s had an impact comparable to Oasis’ “Wonderwall.” Although the tune has been covered by numerous artists from numerous genres, only one of those artists managed to ...