Artist: Katya Chorover

The Year's Best Coverfolk, Part 2: The Singles (b-sides, deep cuts, YouTube one-offs, & more one-shot coverage)

Dec 21, 2011, 11:51am Cover Lay Down

As we noted over the weekend in The Year's Best Coverfolk, Part 1: Tribute Albums and Cover Collections , it's been a good year for full-album coverage. Overall, though, despite the fact that, in terms of sheer mass, covers from tributes overwhelm singletons in my collection, what I've found this year is that a significant majority of the songs that lingered, and demanded overplay, came from a mixed bag of borderline genre albums and single shot coverfolk tracks, via the usual sources, from YouTube, Soundcloud, studio appearances, website and bandcamp singles, and more. [...]

• Damien Rice: One » one.mp3
• Ana Egge - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
• Arrica Rose and the ...s - Video Killed The Radio Star (Wonderful World) (Buggles / Louis Armstrong cover)
• Cheyenne Marie Mize - icalled.mp3
• Chris Kiehne - mysweet.mp3
• Conner Youngblood - Will You Be There (Michael Jackson cover)
• Crooked Still - We Can Work It Out (The Beatles cover)
• Forest Mountain Hymnal - Buckeye Jim (Burl Ives cover)
• Greg Laswell - Half A Person (Smiths cover)
• Joe Pug & Strand of Oaks - Hard Life (Bonnie "Prince" Billy cover)
• Joshua James - To Be Alone With You (Sufjan Steven cover)
• Katya Chorover - Brother Flower (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Kevin Fox - Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes (Paul Simon cover)
• Laura Barrett - La Isla Bonita
• Laura Cortese - My Little Words (Magnetic Fields cover)
• Matthew Mayfield - Fix You (Coldplay cover)
• Mikaela Davis - casp.mp3
• Nell Robinson - Turn Your Radio On (Albert E. Brunley cover)
• Ollabelle - limbe.mp3
• ortoPilot - Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan cover)
• Reid Jamieson - Don't Let Me Down (The Beatles cover)
• Sarah Jarosz - Ring Them Bells (Bob Dylan cover)
• The Rusty Boys - So Sick (Ne-Yo Cover)
• The Wellspring - Ballad Of El Goodo (Big Star cover)
• Threeds - Edge Of My Seat (Amber Rubarth cover)

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Link Text:	Damien Rice: One
File Name:	one.mp3

Artist:	Ana Egge
Title:	Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Link Text:	Ana Egge: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
File Name:	slsc.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2011

Artist:	Arrica Rose and the ...s
Title:	Video Killed The Radio Star (Wonderful World) (Buggles / Louis Armstrong cover)
Link Text:	Arrica Rose: Video Killed The Radio Star / What A Wonderful World
File Name:	vidkill.mp3
Bitrate:	129 kbps

Artist:	Cheyenne Marie Mize
Link Text:	Cheyenne Marie Mize: I Called You Back
File Name:	icalled.mp3
Year:	2011

Artist:	Chris Kiehne
Link Text:	Chris Kiehne: My Sweet Love Ain’t Around
File Name:	mysweet.mp3
Year:	2011

Artist:	Conner Youngblood
Title:	Will You Be There (Michael Jackson cover)
Link Text:	Conner Youngblood: Will You Be There
File Name:	willyou.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Crooked Still
Title:	We Can Work It Out (The Beatles cover)
Link Text:	Crooked Still: We Can Work It Out
File Name:	wecan.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2011

Artist:	Forest Mountain Hymnal
Title:	Buckeye Jim (Burl Ives cover)
Link Text:	Forest Mountain Hymnal: Buckeye Jim
File Name:	bejim.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Greg Laswell
Title:	Half A Person (Smiths cover)
Link Text:	Greg Laswell: Half A Person
File Name:	halfper.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Alternative
Year:	2011

Artist:	Joe Pug & Strand of Oaks
Title:	Hard Life (Bonnie "Prince" Billy cover)
Link Text:	Joe Pug w/ Strand Of Oaks: Hard Life
File Name:	hardlife.mp3
Year:	2011

Artist:	Joshua James
Title:	To Be Alone With You (Sufjan Steven cover)
Link Text:	Joshua James: To Be Alone With You
File Name:	2balone.mp3
Year:	2011

Artist:	Katya Chorover
Title:	Brother Flower (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Katya Chorover: Brother Flower
File Name:	broflo.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Alternative
Year:	2011

Artist:	Kevin Fox
Title:	Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes (Paul Simon cover)
Link Text:	Kevin Fox: Diamonds On The Soles of His Shoes
File Name:	diam.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Laura Barrett
Title:	La Isla Bonita
Link Text:	Laura Barrett: La Isla Bonita
File Name:	laisla.mp3
Genre:	Other
Year:	2011

Artist:	Laura Cortese
Title:	My Little Words (Magnetic Fields cover)
Link Text:	The Poison Oaks: My Little Words
File Name:	littlewords.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	Matthew Mayfield
Title:	Fix You (Coldplay cover)
Link Text:	Matthew Mayfield: Fix You
File Name:	fixu.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2011

Artist:	Mikaela Davis
Link Text:	Mikaela Davis: Casimir Pulaski Day
File Name:	casp.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Nell Robinson
Title:	Turn Your Radio On (Albert E. Brunley cover)
Link Text:	Nell Robinson: Turn Your Radio On
File Name:	turnrad.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Country & Folk
Year:	2011

Artist:	Ollabelle
Link Text:	Ollabelle: Lovin’ In My Baby’s Eyes
File Name:	limbe.mp3
Year:	2011

Artist:	ortoPilot
Title:	Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan cover)
Link Text:	ortoPilot: Make You Feel My Love
File Name:	makeyou.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Other

Artist:	Reid Jamieson
Title:	Don't Let Me Down (The Beatles cover)
Link Text:	Reid Jamieson: Don’t Let Me Down
File Name:	dontlet.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	Sarah Jarosz
Title:	Ring Them Bells (Bob Dylan cover)
Link Text:	Sarah Jarosz: Ring Them Bells
File Name:	ringem.mp3
Genre:	Americana
Year:	2011

Artist:	The Rusty Boys
Title:	So Sick (Ne-Yo Cover)
Link Text:	The Rusty Boys: So Sick
File Name:	sosick.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2011

Artist:	The Wellspring
Title:	Ballad Of El Goodo (Big Star cover)
Link Text:	The Wellspring: The Ballad of El Goodo
File Name:	ballad.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Threeds
Title:	Edge Of My Seat (Amber Rubarth cover)
Link Text:	Threeds w/ Amber Rubarth: Edge Of My Seat
File Name:	edgeof.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Jazz
Year:	2011