Beth Nielsen Chapman: Love Me Tender [ purchase ] Like so many of The King's greatest hits, Love Me Tender is a many-covered thi...

The Saints : Kissin' Cousins [Purchase] Bob Geldorf said "Rock music in the seventies was changed by three bands - The Sex ...

Doc Watson: Heartbreak Hotel [ purchase ] We speak so much and so well of Arthel "Doc" Watson's ethnomusical prowess wit...

Suzi Quatro : All Shook Up [Purchase] In 1973 Suzi Quatro was one of America's most successful exports to the UK. Her debut albu...

Carl Perkins : Blue Suede Shoes [ purchase (CD only; individual tracks available on iTunes)] Here's a cover of a cover: Carl Perk...

Freddy Fender : (You’re the) Devil in Disguise [ purchase ] Freddy Fender : No Seas Cruel (Don’t Be Cruel) [ purchase ] Do ...

Wanda Jackson : Hard-Headed Woman [ purchase ]  King of Rock 'n' Roll, eh?  Well, I guess we get the King we deserve.  As a soci...

Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter: Suspicious Minds [ purchase ] Me First and the Gimme Gimmes: [Always] On My Mind [ purchase ...

Dead Kennedys : Viva Las Vegas [ purchase ] In 1980, I was a college student and disc jockey at WPRB. Punk and new wave music were stil...

Eels : Can't Help Falling In Love [ purchase ] Nell Robinson: Can't Help Falling In Love [ purchase ] It's not just that th...

The Grascals : Viva Las Vegas [ purchase ] After a couple listens to The Grascals’ debut CD back in 2005, I was convinced that the...

Ry Cooder: Money Honey [ purchase ] For what it's worth, I was brought up equating the subject of our postings this week (The King...

Tom Paxton: Born On The 4th Of July [ purchase ] If the first person narrative of this song sounds familiar, it's because singer-song...

Stan Freberg: A Man Can't Be Too Careful What He Signs These Days/Declaration of Independence [ purchase ] Let's mark U.S. In...

X: Fourth of July [ purchase ] Two weeks in a row of me going with the obvious choice. But, sometimes the obvious choice can be a go...

Kent : Sverige [ purchase ]  Funny thing, patriotism.  We wrap ourselves in gaudily-coloured material, beat our chests, assure ourselves...

Bob Marley : Zimbabwe [ purchase ] In the country formerly known as Rhodesia, it was Zimbabwe’s Liberation War that resulted in the...

Laibach : Slovania [Purchase] For their 2006 album, Volk (German for "people" but Slovenian for "wolf) , the controve...

Stompin' Tom Connors: Canada Day, Up Canada Way [out of print] Canada Day, or Fête du Canada en français, is the national day of C...

Timbuk 3: National Anthem [ purchase ] So let's all sing the national anthem Free the hostages, pay the ransom Raise the flag, lower...