Cover Me: The Stories Behind the Greatest Cover Songs of All Time By Ray Padgett [Sterling Publishing] The term “cover songs” comes from record labels covering their bets. If a song by some artist was a hit, then when asked if a label had a particular popular song, they could say, “We’ve got it covered,”… Continue reading Cover Me
Tag: Husker Du
Soul Asylum
Can’t Go Back: Jeff Clark Chats Up Dave Pirner on the Past and Present of Soul Asylum Maybe it sounds silly to some of you now, but there was a time there in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s when Soul Asylum were one of the most essential bands in my life. During those years,… Continue reading Soul Asylum
Husker Nus: Good and Bad
First the good news: On November 10th, the Numero Group will release Savage Young Du, a 4-LP/3-CD box set of Husker Du’s material recorded between 1979 and 1983. Comprised of 69 songs (47 previously unreleased), the box comes with a hardbound book, reproductions of flyers, previously unseen pictures and probably an ear of corn to… Continue reading Husker Nus: Good and Bad
Bob Mould – Beauty & Ruin
“Coming to terms” is something of an omnipresent and tiresome trope of middle age. Sure, as we get older we realize we’re not gonna live forever; that we (well, most of us) were in fact pretty good looking when we were young, that we’re never gonna be pretty again, that life is not so pretty,… Continue reading Bob Mould – Beauty & Ruin