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November 13, 2008
On Covers
Over the past few weeks, the local NPR affiliate (and awesome Jazz station) had their annual membership drive. This makes listening to Morning Edition on the way to work, or All Things Considered on the way home, significantly less pleasant, and had me searching for alternative audio distraction.
I stumbled upon two artists that made an impression deep enough that I remembered their names when I reached my destination, and I ordered CDs from both Sara Bareilles and Missy Higgins from Amazon.
This morning, the random album shuffle that is my music at work decided on the bonus disc that accompanied Little Voice, and I was treated to a quite enjoyable cover of In Your Eyes. While not as awesome as the live version that appeared on the Secret World Live disc, it was a good rendition of a great song.
I often like covers, both because I enjoy hearing artists re-interpret each-others work, but also because it provides a glimpse into the sorts of music that the covering artist enjoys, and is influenced by.
Posted by dberger at November 13, 2008 9:28 AM