Artist: Brian Vander Ark w/ Lux Land

The Year’s Best Coverfolk, 2012: The Singles (b-sides, deep cuts, YouTube one-offs, & more one-shot coverage)

Dec 30, 2012, 11:56am Cover Lay Down

As we noted late last week in The Year's Best Coverfolk, Vol. 1: Tribute Albums and Cover Compilations , it’s been a reasonably good year for full-album coverage. But although tracks from tributes continue to overwhelm singletons in my collection, as in previous years, a significant majority of the songs that lingered came from a mixed bag of borderline genre albums and single shot coverfolk releases, via the usual sources: YouTube and Soundcloud, in-studio sessions, website and bandcamp singles, full folk albums, and more. That we continue to find so much of our favorite coverage of [...]

• Amber Rubarth - Just Like a Woman (Bob Dylan cover)
• Ben Howard - Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen cover)
• Brian Vander Ark w/ Lux Land - Sweetness Follows (R.E.M. cover)
• Bryan John Appleby - Duncan (Paul Simon cover)
• Cahalen Morrison & Eli West - 07loretta.mp3
• Coty Hogue - I'm On Fire (Bruce Springsteen cover)
• David Pramik - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2 cover)
• Gibson Bull - Laura (Bat for Lashes Cover)
• Hannah Read - Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Richard & Mimi Farina cover)
• Hey Marseilles - True Love Will Find You In The End (Daniel Johnston)
• John Statz - Old Old Fashioned (Frightened Rabbit cover)
• Joshua Hyslop - Shelter From The Storm (Bob Dylan cover)
• Julia Stone - Bloodbuzz Ohio (The National cover)
• Laura Gibson - 28downby.mp3
• Martha's Trouble - You Are My Sunshine / Open Up Your Heart (And Let the Sunshine In)
• Mindy Smith - No One Is To Blame (Howard Jones cover)
• MindySmith - No One Is To Blame
• Mumford & Sons w/ Jerry Douglas - The Boxer (Simon & Garfunkel cover)
• Nathaniel Rateliff - If I Had No Place To Fall (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem - East Virginia Blues (trad.)
• Rose Cousins - If I Should Fall Behind (Bruce Springsteen cover)
• Sarah Winters - S&M (Rihanna cover)
• Shovels & Rope - (What's So Funny 'bout) Peace Love and Understanding (Brinsley Schwarz cover)
• Shovels & Rope - Peace
• Susan Kane - Loser (Grateful Dead cover)
• The Big Bright - Don't Change (INXS cover)
• The Honey Dewdrops - Bright Morning Stars (trad.)
• The Infamous Stringdusters - Walking On the Moon (Police cover)
• The Staves - Songbird (Fleetwood Mac cover)
• Zella Day - 7 Nation Army (White Stripes cover)

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Artist:	Amber Rubarth
Title:	Just Like a Woman (Bob Dylan cover)
Link Text:	Amber Rubarth: Just Like A Woman
File Name:	15justlike.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Genre:	Folk
Year:	2012

Artist:	Ben Howard
Title:	Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen cover)
Link Text:	Ben Howard: Dancing In The Dark
File Name:	12dancing.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	Brian Vander Ark w/ Lux Land
Title:	Sweetness Follows (R.E.M. cover)
Link Text:	Brian Vander Ark w/ Lex Land: Sweetness Follows
File Name:	06sweet.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2012

Artist:	Bryan John Appleby
Title:	Duncan (Paul Simon cover)
Link Text:	Bryan John Appleby: Duncan
File Name:	05duncan.mp3
Year:	2011

Artist:	Cahalen Morrison & Eli West
Link Text:	Cahalen Morrison & Eli West: Loretta
File Name:	07loretta.mp3

Artist:	Coty Hogue
Title:	I'm On Fire (Bruce Springsteen cover)
Link Text:	Coty Hogue: I’m On Fire
File Name:	11iof.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Country & Folk
Year:	2012

Artist:	David Pramik
Title:	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2 cover)
Link Text:	David Pramik: I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
File Name:	10still.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	10

Artist:	Gibson Bull
Title:	Laura (Bat for Lashes Cover)
Link Text:	Gibson Bull: Laura
File Name:	02laura.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2012

Artist:	Hannah Read
Title:	Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Richard & Mimi Farina cover)
Link Text:	Hannah Read: Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood
File Name:	27quiet.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Alternative
Year:	2012

Artist:	Hey Marseilles
Title:	True Love Will Find You In The End (Daniel Johnston)
Link Text:	Hey Marseilles: True Love Will Find You In The End
File Name:	03tl.mp3
Year:	2012

Artist:	John Statz
Title:	Old Old Fashioned (Frightened Rabbit cover)
Link Text:	John Statz: Old Old Fashioned
File Name:	09oldold.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Joshua Hyslop
Title:	Shelter From The Storm (Bob Dylan cover)
Link Text:	Joshua Hyslop: Shelter From The Storm
File Name:	23shelter.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Singer/Songwriter
Year:	2012

Artist:	Julia Stone
Title:	Bloodbuzz Ohio (The National cover)
Link Text:	Julia Stone: Bloodbuzz Ohio
File Name:	13bloodbuzz.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Genre:	Indie
Year:	2012

Artist:	Laura Gibson
Link Text:	Laura Gibson: Down By The Riverside
File Name:	28downby.mp3

Artist:	Martha's Trouble
Title:	You Are My Sunshine / Open Up Your Heart (And Let the Sunshine In)
Link Text:	Martha’s Trouble: You Are My Sunshine / Open Up Your Heart
File Name:	17yams.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Mindy Smith
Title:	No One Is To Blame (Howard Jones cover)
Link Text:	Mindy Smith: No One Is To Blame
File Name:	20noone.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	MindySmith
Title:	No One Is To Blame
File Name:	SoundCloud
Genre:	Singer/songwriter

Artist:	Mumford & Sons w/ Jerry Douglas
Title:	The Boxer (Simon & Garfunkel cover)
Link Text:	Mumford & Sons w/ Jerry Douglas: The Boxer
File Name:	25boxer.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	Nathaniel Rateliff
Title:	If I Had No Place To Fall (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Nathaniel Rateliff: If I Had No Place To Fall
File Name:	19noplace.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2012

Artist:	Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem
Title:	East Virginia Blues (trad.)
Link Text:	Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem: East Virginia Blues
File Name:	22evb.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2012

Artist:	Rose Cousins
Title:	If I Should Fall Behind (Bruce Springsteen cover)
Link Text:	Rose Cousins w/ Mark Erelli: If I Should Fall Behind
File Name:	26ifishould.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Country & Folk
Year:	2012

Artist:	Sarah Winters
Title:	S&M (Rihanna cover)
Link Text:	Sarah Winters: S&M
File Name:	21sm.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2012

Artist:	Shovels & Rope
Title:	(What's So Funny 'bout) Peace Love and Understanding (Brinsley Schwarz cover)
Link Text:	Shovels & Rope: (What’s So Funny ’bout) Peace Love & Understanding
File Name:	18peace.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Shovels & Rope
Title:	Peace
File Name:	SoundCloud

Artist:	Susan Kane
Title:	Loser (Grateful Dead cover)
Link Text:	Susan Kane: Loser
File Name:	16loser.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Genre:	Americana
Year:	2012

Artist:	The Big Bright
Title:	Don't Change (INXS cover)
Link Text:	The Big Bright: Don’t Change
File Name:	24dontchange.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	The Honey Dewdrops
Title:	Bright Morning Stars (trad.)
Link Text:	The Honey Dewdrops: Bright Morning Stars
File Name:	01bms.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Country & Folk
Year:	2012

Artist:	The Infamous Stringdusters
Title:	Walking On the Moon (Police cover)
Link Text:	Infamous Stringdusters: Walking On The Moon
File Name:	08walking.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Progressive Bluegrass
Year:	2012

Artist:	The Staves
Title:	Songbird (Fleetwood Mac cover)
Link Text:	The Staves: Songbird
File Name:	04songbird.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2012

Artist:	Zella Day
Title:	7 Nation Army (White Stripes cover)
Link Text:	Zella Day: 7 Nation Army
File Name:	14nation.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Brian Vander Ark & Lux Land >> R.E.M., 2012

May 3, 2012, 2:51pm The Cover Lovers

Brian Vander Ark & Lux Land - Sweetness Follows [R.E.M.] | bx . watch the original

• Brian Vander Ark w/ Lux Land - Sweetness Follows (R.E.M. cover)

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Artist:	Brian Vander Ark w/ Lux Land
Title:	Sweetness Follows (R.E.M. cover)
Link Text:	Brian Vander Ark & Lux Land - Sweetness Follows [R.E.M.]
File Name:	Brian Vander Ark w Lux Land - Sweetness Follows (R.E.M. cover).mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2012

(Re)Covered, vol XXV: New coverage from Rose Cousins, Ryan Adams, the Stringdusters, Rani Arbo & more!

Apr 29, 2012, 3:41pm Cover Lay Down

We've got an unusually large post today, both to acknowledge a growing backlog of recent projects from familiar, beloved folk artists, and to make up for our recent vacation-driven absence from these pages. Read on for an unheard-of 20-track (Re)Covered set , focused around a plethora of new releases and recordings from singer-songwriters and bands previously featured on the Cover Lay Down radar screen... I've known of Halifax-based singer-songwriter Rose Cousins for years, though almost exclusively through her rich and ongoing collaboration with a number of local [...]

• Brian Vander Ark: All I Want » alliwant.mp3
• Brian Vander Ark w/ Lux Land - Sweetness Follows (R.E.M. cover)
• Carolina Chocolate Drops - Leaving Eden (Laurelyn Dossett cover)
• Carolina Chocolate Drops - Mahalla (Hannes Corteze cover)
• Carolina Chocolate Drops - Political Words (Bob Dylan cover)
• Denison Witmer - Three Little Birds (Bob Marley cover)
• Hannah Read - Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Richard & Mimi Farina cover)
• Jump Through Hoops - Lazy John (trad.)
• Jump Through Hoops - Open Up The Window Noah (trad.)
• Mark Erelli - Ophelia (The Band cover)
• Old Man Luedecke - Closing Time (Leonard Cohen cover)
• Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem - East Virginia Blues (trad.)
• Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem - Reason To Believe (Bruce Springsteen cover)
• Reid Jamieson - My Heart Will Go On (Celine Dion cover)
• Rose Cousins - If I Should Fall Behind (Bruce Springsteen cover)
• Ryan Adams - Black Sheets of Rain (Bob Mould cover)
• The Infamous Stringdusters - Walking On the Moon (Police cover)
• The Strumbellas - So Long, Marianne (Leonard Cohen cover)
• woodpigeon - Chelsea Hotel No. 2 (Leonard Cohen cover)
• woodpigeon - i'm Set Free (Velvet Underground cover]

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Link Text:	Brian Vander Ark: All I Want
File Name:	alliwant.mp3

Artist:	Brian Vander Ark w/ Lux Land
Title:	Sweetness Follows (R.E.M. cover)
Link Text:	Brian Vander Ark: Sweetness Follows
File Name:	sweefol.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2012

Artist:	Carolina Chocolate Drops
Title:	Leaving Eden (Laurelyn Dossett cover)
Link Text:	Carolina Chocolate Drops: Leaving Eden
File Name:	leaveden.mp3
Genre:	Old Timey
Year:	2012

Artist:	Carolina Chocolate Drops
Title:	Mahalla (Hannes Corteze cover)
Link Text:	Carolina Chocolate Drops: Mahalla
File Name:	mahalla.mp3
Genre:	Old Timey
Year:	2012

Artist:	Carolina Chocolate Drops
Title:	Political Words (Bob Dylan cover)
Link Text:	Carolina Chocolate Drops: Political Words
File Name:	polwords.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2012

Artist:	Denison Witmer
Title:	Three Little Birds (Bob Marley cover)
Link Text:	Denison Witmer: Three Little Birds
File Name:	3lbirds.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2012

Artist:	Hannah Read
Title:	Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Richard & Mimi Farina cover)
Link Text:	Hannah Read: Quiet Joys of Brotherhood
File Name:	qjoys.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Alternative
Year:	2012

Artist:	Jump Through Hoops
Title:	Lazy John (trad.)
Link Text:	Jumping Through Hoops: Lazy John
File Name:	lazyjohn.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2011

Artist:	Jump Through Hoops
Title:	Open Up The Window Noah (trad.)
Link Text:	Jumping Through Hoops: Open Up The Window Noah
File Name:	openwind.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2011

Artist:	Mark Erelli
Title:	Ophelia (The Band cover)
Link Text:	Mark Erelli: Ophelia
File Name:	ophel.mp3
Bitrate:	64 kbps
Year:	2011

Artist:	Old Man Luedecke
Title:	Closing Time (Leonard Cohen cover)
Link Text:	Old Man Luedecke: Closing Time
File Name:	clotime.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem
Title:	East Virginia Blues (trad.)
Link Text:	Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem: East Virginia Blues
File Name:	evablues.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2012

Artist:	Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem
Title:	Reason To Believe (Bruce Springsteen cover)
Link Text:	Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem: Reason To Believe
File Name:	reatob.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2012

Artist:	Reid Jamieson
Title:	My Heart Will Go On (Celine Dion cover)
Link Text:	Reid Jamieson: My Heart Will Go On
File Name:	myheart.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2012

Artist:	Rose Cousins
Title:	If I Should Fall Behind (Bruce Springsteen cover)
Link Text:	Rose Cousins w/ Mark Erelli: If I Should Fall Behind
File Name:	ififall.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Country & Folk
Year:	2012

Artist:	Ryan Adams
Title:	Black Sheets of Rain (Bob Mould cover)
Link Text:	Ryan Adams: Black Sheets of Rain
File Name:	blsheets.mp3
Genre:	Rock
Year:	2012

Artist:	The Infamous Stringdusters
Title:	Walking On the Moon (Police cover)
Link Text:	Infamous Stringdusters: Walking On The Moon
File Name:	wonmoon.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Progressive Bluegrass
Year:	2012

Artist:	The Strumbellas
Title:	So Long, Marianne (Leonard Cohen cover)
Link Text:	The Strumbellas: So Long, Marianne
File Name:	solong.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	woodpigeon
Title:	Chelsea Hotel No. 2 (Leonard Cohen cover)
Link Text:	Woodpigeon: Chelsea Hotel No. 2
File Name:	chelhot.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2012

Artist:	woodpigeon
Title:	i'm Set Free (Velvet Underground cover]
Link Text:	Woodpigeon: I’m Set Free
File Name:	imset.mp3
Year:	2011