Ramsey Lewis: Dear Prudence [ purchase ] Thought I'd take us out this week with something mellow, and nothing better serves the purpose...

Salamander Crossing: Things We Said Today [ purchase ] I posted a Salamander Crossing track about six months ago - nothing says Beatles li...

Mutato Muzika Orchestra: Hey Jude [purchase] Among the most surprising developments of the last 20 years to any child of the early 80's...

Elliott Smith: I'm So Tired [Can't be purchased] Elliott Smith covered The Beatles all the time in his live shows. I never got to ...

Aretha Franklin: The Long And Winding Road [ purchase ] There are some artists whose songs are often improved by coverage, or at least stre...

The Nudes: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) [ purchase ] I have mentioned The Nudes before and, upon re-reading my entry, I see that I...

Rickie Lee Jones : For No One [ purchase ] Rickie Lee Jones burst upon the scene in 1979, riding Chuck E’s in Love up the charts. She then p...

Los Fabulosos Cadillacs (con Deborah Harry) : Strawberry Fields Forever [ purchase ] In '95 Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, an Argentine Band, ...

Dillard & Clark: Don't Let Me Down [ purchase ] Doug Dillard (from the Dillards) and Gene Clark (from the Byrds) joined forces for...

John Denver Mother Nature's Son [purchase] Mother Nature's Son has been covered by at least six other artists that I'm aware of...

Chris Eckman : Yellow Submarine [ purchase ] The Walkabouts are a Seattle based band. Chris Eckman, songwriter and Carla Torgerson, vocalist...

Otis Redding: A Hard Day's Night [ purchase ] This live performance comes from Good to Me: Live at the Whiskey a Go Go, Vol. 2 . It wa...

Suzy Bogguss and Chet Atkins: All My Loving [ purchase ] It's a little bit country, it's a little bit rock and roll - I don't ...

Tuck & Patti : I Will [ purchase ] The Beatles became known for their arrangements and their innovative production techniques, especiall...

Deep Purple: Help [ purchase ] Back in 1983, I was a expanding my musical world outward from the Beatles and into...heavy metal. Not sure ...

The Presidents of the Unites States of America: Peaches [ Purchase ] It's a bit under the wire here, but I realized this song hadn'...

There really *is* no place like home - so comforting to once again be under my own roof, with my own family and dog... and my own CD collec...

Yusef Lateef: The Plum Blossom [ purchase ] While scouring my music library for fruit and vegetable songs, I kept finding myself coming bac...

XTC : The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead [ purchase ] What would Jesus do? It’s a valid question. But here, XTC asked, what would we do to Jesu...

Hindu Love Gods: Raspberry Beret [ purchase ] In the mid-80s, while three-quarters of R.E.M. were helping Warren Zevon record his Sentiment...