Artist: maureen mcgovern

Harpsichord Everywhere

Feb 19, 2011, 11:17am Barely Awake In Frog Pajamas

Often the dots of the universe connect in a surprisingly delightful and unusual manner. Like sleep-addled groundhogs, Paloma and I poked our heads out last weekend, peered about, and realized that the tundra had thawed, leaving us with peerless weather and warmth. We headed out. Paloma manned the Sirius satellite radio that she had gotten me for Christmas, delighting in the array of options and searching for The Smiths. Momentarily, she idled on the '70s station long enough for the screen of the radio to display Maureen McGovern - The [...]

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25 Best Cover Songs of 2008

Dec 23, 2008, 11:32pm Hypeful

Wrapping up the year-that-was would seem incomplete without taking a look back at the year's best cover songs. (After all, 2008 seemed to be a particularly ace year for cover-lovers...) If you're as busy as I am swilling eggnog and trying to organize for the travel home, you'll understand why ...

• Abba - Mamma Mia
• Adam Green & Lissy Trullie - Just A Friend (Biz Markie cover)
• Alicia Keys - No One
• All-American Rejects - Womanizer (Britney Spears cover)
• Bat For Lashes - A Forest
• Bill Monroe - Blue Moon of Kentucky
• Biz Markie - Just A Friend
• Boyce Avenue - 4 Minutes
• Britney Spears - Womanizer
• Calico Horse - Idioteque
• Coldplay - Violet Hill
• Conan O'Brien - Blue Moon of Kentucky
• Dave Matthews - Gravedigger (Acoustic)
• dublinStu - Oxford Comma (Vampire Weekend cover)
• First Aid Kit - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
• Fleet Foxes - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
• Gnarls Barkley - Reckoner (Radiohead cover)
• Hot Chip & Peter Gabriel - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Vampire Weekend Cover)
• Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl
• LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
• Lightspeed Champion - Thriller (Michael Jackson cover)
• Lykke Li - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
• Madonna - 4 Minutes
• Maureen McGovern - He's a Rebel
• Max Vernon - I Kissed a Girl
• MGMT - Kids
• Michael Jackson - Thriller
• Miniature Tigers - Mamma Mia (Abba Cover)
• Neil Young - Tell Me Why
• Of Montreal - Jimmy
• Parvati Khan - Jimmy Jimmy Aaja Aaja
• Pete Yorn & Kinky - Use Me
• Portishead - The Rip
• Pun Lovin' Criminals (Alex Turner & Lightspeed Champion) - Reptilia (The Strokes cover)
• Radiohead - Creep
• Radiohead - Idioteque
• Radiohead - Reckoner
• Radiohead - Tell Me Why (Neil Young cover)
• Radiohead - The Rip (Portishead cover)
• Rihanna - SOS (Rescue Me)
• Spoon - Panic (The Smiths)
• The Cure - A Forest
• The Flying Change - All My Friends
• The Honorary Title - No One (Alicia Keys cover)
• The Kooks - Kids (MGMT Cover)
• The Kooks - Violet Hill
• The Last Shadow Puppets - S.O.S (Rihanna Cover)
• the morning benders - hes a rebel (crystals cover)
• The Smiths - Panic
• The Strokes - Reptilia
• The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit) - 05 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
• The Who - Pinball Wizard
• Timid Tiger - Womanizer (Britney Spears cover)
• Vampire Weekend - Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac Cover)
• Willie Nelson - Gravedigger

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Artist:	Abba
Title:	Mamma Mia
Link Text:	ABBA - Mamma Mia
File Name:	10. Mamma Mia.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2001

Artist:	Adam Green & Lissy Trullie
Title:	Just A Friend (Biz Markie cover)
Link Text:	Adam Green  Lissy Trullie - Just A Friend (Biz Markie cover)
File Name:	Just A Friend (Biz Markie cover).mp3
Bitrate:	64 kbps

Artist:	Alicia Keys
Title:	No One
Link Text:	Alicia Keys - No One
File Name:	04-alicia_keys-no_one-whoa.mp3
Bitrate:	175 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	All-American Rejects
Title:	Womanizer (Britney Spears cover)
Link Text:	All-American Rejects - Womanizer (Britney Spears cover)
File Name:	Womanizer(Britney Spears cover).mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Bat For Lashes
Title:	A Forest
Link Text:	Bat For Lashes - A Forest (The Cure cover)
File Name:	A Forest.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Bill Monroe
Title:	Blue Moon of Kentucky
Link Text:	Bill Monroe - Blue Moon of Kentucky
File Name:	01. Bill Monroe - The Very Best of -- Blue Moon of Kentucky.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2002

Artist:	Biz Markie
Title:	Just A Friend
Link Text:	Biz Markie - Just A Friend
File Name:	biz_markie-just_a_friend.mp3
Bitrate:	165 kbps
Year:	1989

Artist:	Boyce Avenue
Title:	4 Minutes
Link Text:	Boyce Avenue - 4 Minutes
File Name:	4 Minutes.mp3
Bitrate:	64 kbps

Artist:	Britney Spears
Title:	Womanizer
Link Text:	Britney Spears - Womanizer
File Name:	Britney_Spears_Womanizer.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps

Artist:	Calico Horse
Title:	Idioteque
Link Text:	Calico Horse - "Idioteque" (Radiohead cover)
File Name:	Idioteque.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Artist:	Coldplay
Title:	Violet Hill
Link Text:	Coldplay - Violet Hill
File Name:	08 - Violet Hill.mp3
Bitrate:	234 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Conan O'Brien
Title:	Blue Moon of Kentucky
Link Text:	Conan O'Brien - "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (Bill Monroe cover)
File Name:	Blue Moon of Kentucky.mp3
Bitrate:	62 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Dave Matthews
Title:	Gravedigger (Acoustic)
Link Text:	Dave Matthews - Gravedigger
File Name:	Dave_Matthews_-_Some_Devil_%5b CD1%5d_-_14_.Gravedigger_(Acou stic).mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2003

Artist:	dublinStu
Title:	Oxford Comma (Vampire Weekend cover)
Link Text:	dublinStu - Oxford Comma (Vampire Weekend cover)
File Name:	Oxford Comma (Vampire Weekend cover).mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	First Aid Kit
Title:	Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
Link Text:	First Aid Kit - "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song" (Fleet Foxes Cover)
File Name:	Tiger Mountain Peasant Song.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Fleet Foxes
Title:	Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
Link Text:	Fleet Foxes - "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song"
File Name:	tiger_mountain_peasant_song.mp 3
Bitrate:	256 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Gnarls Barkley
Title:	Reckoner (Radiohead cover)
Link Text:	Gnarls Barkley - Reckoner (Radiohead cover)
File Name:	Reckoner (Radiohead cover).mp3
Bitrate:	64 kbps

Artist:	Hot Chip & Peter Gabriel
Title:	Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Vampire Weekend Cover)
Link Text:	Hot Chip  Peter Gabriel - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Vampire Weekend cover)
File Name:	01 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa _Vampire Weekend Cover_.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Artist:	Katy Perry
Title:	I Kissed A Girl
Link Text:	Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl
File Name:	katy_perry_-_i_kissed_a_girl.m p3
Bitrate:	247 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	LCD Soundsystem
Title:	All My Friends
Link Text:	LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
File Name:	AllMyFriends.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Lightspeed Champion
Title:	Thriller (Michael Jackson cover)
Link Text:	Lightspeed Champion - "Thriller" (Michael Jackson cover)
File Name:	Thriller (Michael Jackson cover).mp3
Bitrate:	60 kbps

Artist:	Lykke Li
Title:	Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Link Text:	Banjo or Freakout - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Vampire Weekend cover)
File Name:	06 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Madonna
Title:	4 Minutes
Link Text:	Madonna Ft Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes
File Name:	02-madonna-4_minutes.mp3
Bitrate:	226 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Maureen McGovern
Title:	He's a Rebel
Link Text:	Maureen McGovern - Hes a Rebel
File Name:	07. He's a Rebel.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Max Vernon
Title:	I Kissed a Girl
Link Text:	Max Vernon - I Kissed A Girl (Katy Perry cover)
File Name:	Max Vernon - I Kissed A Girl.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2000

Artist:	MGMT
Title:	Kids
Link Text:	MGMT - "Kids"
File Name:	Kids.mp3
Bitrate:	267 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Michael Jackson
Title:	Thriller
Link Text:	Michael Jackson - Thriller
File Name:	jackson_thriller.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	Miniature Tigers
Title:	Mamma Mia (Abba Cover)
Link Text:	Miniature Tigers - Mamma Mia (ABBA Cover)
File Name:	Mamma Mia (Abba Cover).mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Neil Young
Title:	Tell Me Why
Link Text:	Neil Young - Tell Me Why
File Name:	tell_me_why.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1970

Artist:	Of Montreal
Title:	Jimmy
Link Text:	Of Montreal - "Jimmy" (M.I.A. cover)
File Name:	Jimmy.mp3
Bitrate:	224 kbps

Artist:	Parvati Khan
Title:	Jimmy Jimmy Aaja Aaja
Link Text:	Parvati Khan - "Jimmy Jimmy Aaja Aaja"
File Name:	Jimmy Jimmy Aaja Aaja.mp3
Bitrate:	188 kbps

Artist:	Pete Yorn & Kinky
Title:	Use Me
Link Text:	Pete Yorn  Kinky - "Use Me" (Bill Withers cover)
File Name:	03 Use Me.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Portishead
Title:	The Rip
Link Text:	Portishead - The Rip
File Name:	rip.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Pun Lovin' Criminals (Alex Turner & Lightspeed Champion)
Title:	Reptilia (The Strokes cover)
Link Text:	Pun Lovin' Criminals (Alex Turner  Lightspeed Champion) - "Reptilia (The Strokes cover)"
File Name:	Reptilia (The Strokes cover).mp3
Bitrate:	59 kbps

Artist:	Radiohead
Title:	Creep
Link Text:	Radiohead - Creep
File Name:	radiohead-creep.mp3
Bitrate:	217 kbps
Year:	1993

Artist:	Radiohead
Title:	Idioteque
Link Text:	Radiohead - Idioteque
File Name:	08 - Idioteque.mp3
Bitrate:	200 kbps
Year:	2000

Artist:	Radiohead
Title:	Reckoner
Link Text:	Radiohead - Reckoner
File Name:	07 Reckoner.MP3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Radiohead
Title:	Tell Me Why (Neil Young cover)
Link Text:	Radiohead - "Tell Me Why" (Neil Young cover)
File Name:	Tell Me Why (Neil Young cover).mp3
Bitrate:	64 kbps

Artist:	Radiohead
Title:	The Rip (Portishead cover)
Link Text:	Radiohead - "The Rip (Portishead cover)"
File Name:	The Rip (Portishead cover).mp3
Bitrate:	64 kbps

Artist:	Rihanna
Title:	SOS (Rescue Me)
Link Text:	Rihanna - S.O.S.
File Name:	Rihanna_SOS (Rescue Me).mp3
Bitrate:	206 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	Spoon
Title:	Panic (The Smiths)
Link Text:	Spoon - Panic (The Smiths cover)
File Name:	24 Panic (The Smiths).mp3
Bitrate:	159 kbps

Artist:	The Cure
Title:	A Forest
Link Text:	The Cure - A Forest
File Name:	02-the-cure-a-forest.mp3
Bitrate:	221 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	The Flying Change
Title:	All My Friends
Link Text:	The Flying Change - All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem cover)
File Name:	All My Friends.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	The Honorary Title
Title:	No One (Alicia Keys cover)
Link Text:	The Honorary Title - "No One" (Alicia Keys cover)
File Name:	No One (Alicia Keys cover).mp3
Bitrate:	80 kbps

Artist:	The Kooks
Title:	Kids (MGMT Cover)
Link Text:	The Kooks - "Kids" (MGMT cover)
File Name:	Kids (MGMT Cover).mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	The Kooks
Title:	Violet Hill
Link Text:	The Kooks - "Violet Hill (Coldplay cover)"
File Name:	Violet Hill.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	The Last Shadow Puppets
Title:	S.O.S (Rihanna Cover)
Link Text:	The Last Shadow Puppets - "S.O.S (Rihanna cover)"
File Name:	04 S.O.S (Rihanna Cover).mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	the morning benders
Title:	hes a rebel (crystals cover)
Link Text:	The Morning Benders - "He's A Rebel" (The Crystals cover)
File Name:	hes a rebel (crystals cover).mp3

Artist:	The Smiths
Title:	Panic
Link Text:	The Smiths - Panic
File Name:	smiths-panic.mp3
Bitrate:	234 kbps
Year:	1986

Artist:	The Strokes
Title:	Reptilia
Link Text:	The Strokes - Reptilia
File Name:	strokes.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2003

Artist:	The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit)
Title:	05 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Link Text:	The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya  Radioclit) - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
File Name:	05 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	The Who
Title:	Pinball Wizard
Link Text:	The Who - Pinball Wizard
File Name:	the_who_pinball_wizard.mp3
Bitrate:	64 kbps

Artist:	Timid Tiger
Title:	Womanizer (Britney Spears cover)
Link Text:	Timid Tiger - Womanizer (Britney Spears cover)
File Name:	Womanizer (Britney Spears cover).mp3
Bitrate:	224 kbps

Artist:	Vampire Weekend
Title:	Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac Cover)
Link Text:	Vampire Weekend - Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac cover)
File Name:	Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac Cover).mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Willie Nelson
Title:	Gravedigger
Link Text:	Willie Nelson - Gravedigger (Dave Matthews cover)
File Name:	05 Gravedigger.mp3
Bitrate:	202 kbps
Year:	2008

Music And Records From Classic Recording Studios

Oct 10, 2008, 12:42pm Fusion 45

Audio Recording, Cleveland The Eastern US studio called Audio Recording was opened by Joe Petito in 1956. The Poni-Tails recorded there as did Terry Knight And The Pack , which included future Grand Funk Railroad members Don Brewer and Mark Farner . (Terry Knight stayed in the fold. After Brewer and Farner formed Grand Funk, he hired as their first manager.) Oddly known in the area for being the studio with the best Coca-Cola machine (12 ounce bottle = 25 [...]

• Maureen McGovern - The Morning After
• The Joe Jeffrey Group - My Pledge Of Love

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Artist:	Maureen McGovern
Title:	The Morning After
Link Text:	Maureen McGovern - The Morning After
File Name:	The Morning After.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1973

Artist:	The Joe Jeffrey Group
Title:	My Pledge Of Love
Link Text:	Joe Jeffrey Group - My Pledge of Love
File Name:	5-13 My Pledge Of Love.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	1969

Summer '73

Sep 2, 2008, 4:28pm Fusion 45

It is the 25th anniversary of the Summer of 1973. I was 10-years old during that particular summer. I have a 10-year old of my own today. He's sometimes sweet, often petulant, always inquisitive. In short, he's a lot like his father. I've been thinking a lot about that summer over the past several months, how much the music will always be a soundtrack to that time. I was going to write a week long series of posts about my summer as a 10-year old, riding our banana-seated bikes around the lake where we [...]

• Bette Midler - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy » Bette Midler - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.m....mp3
• BW Stevenson - My Maria » BW Stevenson - My Maria.mp3
• CDB - Uneasy Rider » Charlie Daniels Band - Uneasy Rider.mp3
• Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water » Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water.MP3
• Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin » Doobie Brothers - Long train running.mp3
• Helen Reddy - Delta Dawn » Helen Reddy - Delta Dawn.mp3
• Jim Croce - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown » Jim Croce - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.mp3
• Mac Davis - Playground In My Mind » Mac Davis - Playground In My Mind.mp3
• Maureen McGovern - The Morning After » Maureen McGovern - Morning After.mp3
• McCartney And Wings - Live And Let Die » Paul Mccartney & Wings-Live and Let Die.....mp3
• Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock » 10 Loves Me Like A Rock.mp3
• Paul Simon - Kodachrome » 01 Kodachrome.mp3
• Seals And Crofts - Diamond Girl » Seals and Crofts - Diamond Girl.mp3
• Stories - Brother Louie » Brother Louie.mp3
• The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More » The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More.mp3
• Dr. John - Right Place, Wrong Time

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Link Text:	Bette Midler - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
File Name:	Bette Midler - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.mp3

Link Text:	BW Stevenson - My Maria
File Name:	BW Stevenson - My Maria.mp3

Link Text:	CDB - Uneasy Rider
File Name:	Charlie Daniels Band - Uneasy Rider.mp3

Link Text:	Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
File Name:	Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water.MP3

Link Text:	Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin
File Name:	Doobie Brothers - Long train running.mp3

Link Text:	Helen Reddy - Delta Dawn
File Name:	Helen Reddy - Delta Dawn.mp3

Link Text:	Jim Croce - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
File Name:	Jim Croce - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.mp3

Link Text:	Mac Davis - Playground In My Mind
File Name:	Mac Davis - Playground In My Mind.mp3

Link Text:	Maureen McGovern - The Morning After
File Name:	Maureen McGovern - Morning After.mp3

Link Text:	McCartney And Wings - Live And Let Die
File Name:	Paul Mccartney & Wings-Live and Let Die.mp3

Link Text:	Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock
File Name:	10 Loves Me Like A Rock.mp3

Link Text:	Paul Simon - Kodachrome
File Name:	01 Kodachrome.mp3

Link Text:	Seals And Crofts - Diamond Girl
File Name:	Seals and Crofts - Diamond Girl.mp3

Link Text:	Stories - Brother Louie
File Name:	Brother Louie.mp3

Link Text:	The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More
File Name:	The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More.mp3

Artist:	Dr. John
Title:	Right Place, Wrong Time
Link Text:	Dr. John - Right Place, Wrong Time
File Name:	Dr. John - Right Place, Wrong Time.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1973