Blog: Cover Lay Down

(Re)Covered, Vol. XXIX: New Coverfolk from Lissa Schneckenburger, Clem Snide, Nell Robinson, Arborea & more!

May 14, 10:32pm Cover Lay Down
(Re)Covered, Vol. XXIX: New Coverfolk from Lissa Schneckenburger, Clem Snide, Nell Robinson, Arborea & more! New projects from folk artists previously celebrated here on Cover Lay Down continue to spring forth into the ether and into our ears; with our archives permanently hosted off-site at The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine , any opportunity to bring these beloved names and voices back into the mix is especially welcome. Today, we add to the growing canon of delights with new releases from several perennial favorites. First featured here way back in 2008 as part of a look at the new tradfolk revival in the American Northeast, "New [...]
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Artist:Arborea
Title:Blue Crystal Fire (Robbie Basho cover)
File Name:bluecrys.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2010
Artist:Arborea
Title:Cherry Tree Carol
File Name:SoundCloud
Genre:Alternative
Year:2013
Artist:Arborea
Title:Phantasmagoria in Two (Tim Buckley cover)
File Name:phantasm.mp3
Bitrate:140 kbps
Artist:Arborea
Title:This Little Light Of Mine (trad.)
Link Text:Arborea: This Little Light Of Mine
File Name:thislight.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Arborea
Title:wake up, little sparrow (Ella Jenkins cover)
Link Text:Arborea: Wake Up Little Sparrow
File Name:wakeup.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2006
Artist:Clem Snide
Link Text:Clem Snide: All Tomorrow’s Parties
File Name:alltom.mp3
Year:2013
Artist:Clem Snide
Link Text:Clem Snide: I Can’t Make You Love Me
File Name:makeyou.mp3
Artist:Clem Snide
Link Text:Clem Snide: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
File Name:willyou.mp3
Artist:JoyKillsSorrow
Title:Such Great Heights
File Name:SoundCloud
Genre:Acoustic
Artist:Lissa Schneckenburger
Link Text:Lissa Schneckenburger: Crimson & Clover
File Name:crimson.mp3
Artist:Lissa Schneckenburger
Link Text:Lissa Schneckenburger: You Don’t Mess Around With Jim
File Name:dontmess.mp3
Artist:Lissa Schneckenburger
Title:Fair Maid By The Sea Shore (trad.)
Link Text:Lissa Schneckenburger: The Fair Maid By The Sea Shore
File Name:fairmaid.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Nell Robinson
Title:One Morning in May (Traditional)
Link Text:Nell Robinson: One Morning In May
File Name:onemorn.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:radioon.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Country & Folk
Year:2011
Artist:Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally
Title:My Blue Tears (Dolly Parton cover)
Link Text:Nell Robinson and Jim Nunally: My Blue Tears
File Name:myblue.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Country & Folk
Year:2013
Artist:Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally
Title:Old Old House (George Jones cover)
Link Text:Nell Robinson and Jim Nunally: Old Old House
File Name:oldold.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Country & Folk
Year:2013

Covered In Folk: Show Tunes (Rosanne Cash, Mark Kozelek, Dar Williams, Colin Meloy & more!)

May 5, 3:14pm Cover Lay Down
I published the below feature three years ago today, anticipating a triumphant but fleeting return to the stage alongside my wife and daughters in a local production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory after more than a decade away. Since then, however, the theater bug has returned, and the roles are getting juicier as I once again find my footing on the proverbial boards; auditions and musicals have me thumbing through the works of Sondheim, Hammerstein, Hart and Gershwin, and these folk versions have never seemed more alive. This weekend, we're all in a production [...]
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Link Text:Colin Meloy: Summertime
File Name:sumc.mp3
Link Text:Daisy Mayhem: Bushel And A Peck
File Name:bushel.mp3
Link Text:Dar Williams: Midnight Radio
File Name:midrad.mp3
Link Text:Dolly Parton: I Get A Kick Out Of You
File Name:kickout.mp3
Link Text:Mark Kozelek: Send In The Clowns
File Name:sendin.mp3
Link Text:Paul Curreri and Devon Sproule: Blue Skies
File Name:bskies.mp3
Link Text:Peter Mulvey: Our Love Is Here To Stay
File Name:hereto.mp3
Link Text:Pura Fe: Summertime
File Name:sump.mp3
Link Text:Rosanne Cash: Wouldn’t It Be Loverly
File Name:loverly.mp3
Link Text:Serena Ryder: Good Morning Starshine
File Name:starshine.mp3
Link Text:The Honey Trees: Edelweiss
File Name:edel.mp3
Link Text:Vic Chesnutt & Liz Durrett: Somewhere
File Name:somew.mp3
Link Text:Vikesh Kapoor: Mack The Knife
File Name:mtk.mp3
Artist:Emmylou Harris
Title:Millworker (James Taylor cover)
Link Text:Emmylou Harris: Millworker
File Name:millweh.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Pop
Year:2008
Artist:Lavinia Ross
Title:Millworker (James Taylor cover)
Link Text:Lavinia Ross: Millworker
File Name:millwlr.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Country & Folk
Artist:Mark O'Connor
Title:This Can't Be Love
Link Text:Mark O’Connor: This Can’t Be Love
File Name:cantbe.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Country
Year:2003
Artist:Martin Simpson
Title:Brother Can You Spare a Dime?
Link Text:Martin Simpson: Brother Can You Spare A Dime
File Name:brothercan.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2011
Artist:Peter, Paul & Mary
Title:September Song
Link Text:Peter, Paul & Mary: September Song
File Name:sept.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:1995
Artist:The Lemonheads
Title:Frank Mills (Hair cover)
Link Text:The Lemonheads: Frank Mills
File Name:frankmills.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Alternative & Punk
Year:2008

Covered In Folk: George Jones (James Taylor, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, The Proclaimers & more!)

May 4, 10:47am Cover Lay Down
Covered In Folk: George Jones (James Taylor, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, The Proclaimers & more!) The threads that entwine early country music and American folk music are clear and bright in the folkways. Early country came from folk, coupled with other Southern strands that would lead to the blues; before the folk-revival canonization of radio and festival genres in the 50s and 60s, the folk community welcomed country artists as their own. But although it is common for modern folk musicians to pay tribute to the early blues and country songs of depression-era radio, to certain subgenres such as outlaw country, and to the crossover songs and songwriters of the [...]
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Artist:Bonnie Billy
Title:Little Boy Blue
Link Text:Bonnie “Prince” Billy: Little Boy Blue
File Name:littleboy.mp3
Genre:Folk
Year:2006
Artist:Carrie Rodriguez and Ben Kyle
Title:You're Still On My Mind (George Jones cover)
Link Text:Carrie Rodriguez and Ben Kyle: You’re Still On My Mind
File Name:yourestill.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Dave Alvin
Title:What Am I Worth (George Jones cover)
Link Text:Dave Alvin: What Am I Worth
File Name:worth.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Genre:infinitefool.blogspot.com
Year:1994
Artist:David Rawlings Machine
Title:He Stopped Loving Her Today
Link Text:David Rawlings and Gillian Welch: He Stopped Loving Her Today
File Name:hestopped.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Alt Country
Year:2007
Artist:DEANA CARTER with Shooter Jennings
Title:Good Hearted Woman
Link Text:Deana Carter w/ Shooter Jennings: Good Hearted Woman
File Name:goodheart.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Country
Year:2007
Artist:Elvis Costello
Title:I Still Miss Someone/The Last Town I Painted [Johnny Cash / George Jones]
Link Text:Elvis Costello: I Still Miss Someone / The Last Town I Painted
File Name:lasttown.mp3
Bitrate:153 kbps
Year:2005
Artist:James Taylor
Title:She Thinks I Still Care
Link Text:James Taylor: She Thinks I Still Care
File Name:shethinksjt.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Rock
Year:1993
Artist:Joey Harkum
Title:He Stopped Loving Her Today (George Jones Cover)
Link Text:Joey Harkum: He Stopped Loving Her Today
File Name:hestoppedn.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Kevin So
Title:Pass Me By (George Jones cover)
File Name:SoundCloud
Genre:Countrypop
Artist:Kevin So
Title:Pass Me By (George Jones cover)
Link Text:Kevin So: Pass Me By
File Name:passme.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Nick Swan
Title:Choices (George Jones cover)
Link Text:Nick Swan: Choices
File Name:choices.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Richard Shindell & Lucy Kaplansky
Title:A Good Year For The Roses (George Jones cover)
Link Text:Lucy Kaplansky and Richard Shindell: Good Year For The Roses
File Name:goodyearrs.mp3
Bitrate:222 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2007
Artist:Teddy Thompson
Title:She Thinks I Still Care
Link Text:Teddy Thompson: She Thinks I Still Care
File Name:shethinkstt.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Country
Year:2007
Artist:The Grateful Dead
Title:The Race Is On
Link Text:Grateful Dead: The Race Is On
File Name:raceison.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Psychrock / Bluesrock
Year:1981
Artist:The Proclaimers
Title:(I'm Gonna) Burn Your Playhouse Down
Link Text:The Proclaimers: (I’m Gonna) Burn Your Playhouse Down
File Name:burn.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:The Sacred Shakers
Title:Taggin' Along With Jesus
Link Text:The Sacred Shakers: Taggin’ Along With Jesus
File Name:taggin.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Gospel & Religious
Year:2008

New Cover Collections, Spring 2013: Murder Ballads, Hip Hop Covers, and Top 40 Tracks

Apr 28, 1:19pm Cover Lay Down
New Cover Collections, Spring 2013: Murder Ballads, Hip Hop Covers, and Top 40 Tracks We make a clear distinction between tribute albums and cover collections here at Cover Lay Down, with the former typified by a narrow focus on a single band or artist, and the latter a catch-all category that incorporates multitudes of subtypes, from thematic multi-artist covers albums such as last year's Hurricane Sandy benefit project The Storm Is Passing Over to single-artist collections whose tracks share little common bond save the love of the interpreter. As noted last month in our three-part series on New and Impending Tributes, it's been a great year so far [...]
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Artist:Bess Rogers
Title:In My Life (Beatles cover)
Link Text:Bess Rogers: In My Life
File Name:inmylife.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Pop
Year:2011
Artist:Vandaveer
Title:Long Black Veil (Lefty Frizzell cover)
Link Text:Vandaveer: Long Black Veil
File Name:longblack.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2009
Artist:VANDAVEER
Title:Pretty Polly
File Name:SoundCloud
Genre:Folk, Americana, Rock
Artist:Vandaveer
Title:That's No Way to Say Goodbye
Link Text:That’s No Way To Say Goodbye
File Name:thatsno.mp3
Bitrate:221 kbps
Genre:Alternative Rock
Year:2008
Artist:Woodenhouse Records
Title:California love
File Name:SoundCloud
Genre:Alt
Artist:Woodenhouse Records
Title:Lap dance
File Name:SoundCloud
Genre:Alt

Laura Cortese Moves Into The Dark with exclusive covers of Laura Veirs, Emmylou Harris, and more!

Apr 23, 6:49pm Cover Lay Down
Laura Cortese Moves Into The Dark with exclusive covers of Laura Veirs, Emmylou Harris, and more! Although she's only been recording for a decade, Boston-based fiddler, singer-songwriter, Berklee College of Music graduate and Boston Celtic Music Fest co-founder Laura Cortese has earned our respect and fandom dozens of times over, thanks to vibrant, voracious, and versatile output we described back in 2011 as "grounded in the lush, joyous, gleeful sound of the collaborative at work and play, and built around Cortese’s full-bodied, percussive, lusty fiddlework, her hearty yet oh-so-feminine vocals, and her playful, surprisingly deep songwriting." Indeed, one of Cortese's great strengths as an artist is her [...]
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Link Text:Laura Cortese & Jefferson Hamer: A Song For You
File Name:song4.mp3
Link Text:Laura Cortese: Greasy Heart
File Name:greasy.mp3
Link Text:Laura Cortese: I Feel It All
File Name:ifeelit.mp3
Link Text:Laura Cortese: Just Like Heaven
File Name:jlik.mp3
Link Text:The Poison Oaks: Tragedy
File Name:trag.mp3
Artist:Laura Cortese
Title:Boulder to Birmingham (Emmylou Harris cover)
Link Text:Laura Cortese: Boulder To Birmingham
File Name:boulder.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Laura Cortese
Title:Life is Good Blues (Laura Veirs cover)
Link Text:Laura Cortese: Life Is Good Blues
File Name:lifeis.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2013
Artist:Laura Cortese
Title:Take It Easy (Don Henley cover)
Link Text:Laura Cortese: Take It Easy
File Name:takeit.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Session Americana w/ Laura Cortese
Title:Love Changes Everything (Amy Correia cover)
Link Text:Session Americana w/ Laura Cortese: Love Changes Everything
File Name:lovechang.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2012

Carolina Coverfolk, Volume 6: James Taylor covers Sam Cooke, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Louvin Brothers & more!

Apr 21, 8:41pm Cover Lay Down
Carolina Coverfolk, Volume 6: James Taylor covers Sam Cooke, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Louvin Brothers & more! As in past years, I'm a bit woozy today after yesterday’s all-day drive up the East Coast from North Carolina. My head still swims with the sights of barbecue joints and crabcake stands, and roadside shacks where one can get smoked ham and sausages, local peanuts, and fireworks to celebrate it all. But it’s good to be home, where the daffodils are in full blown bloom, even if the lawn still struggles against the moss and hemlock. The American South is a wonderful place to visit; I like seeing the world, and though I've been to more [...]
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Link Text:James Taylor, Mark O’Connor et al.: Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier
File Name:johnny.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Alison Krauss & James Taylor
Title:How's The World Treating You (Louvin Brothers cover)
Link Text:James Taylor & Allison Krauss: How’s The World Treating You
File Name:howworld.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Country
Year:2003
Artist:Bonnie Raitt
Title:Close Your Eyes
Link Text:Bonnie Raitt: You Can Close Your Eyes
File Name:cyebr.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Bootleg
Year:1971
Artist:Brooke Fraser
Title:You Can Close Your Eyes
Link Text:Brooke Fraser ft. William Fitzsimmons: You Can Close Your Eyes
File Name:cyebf.mp3
Artist:Carly Simon
Title:You Can Close Your Eyes (Carly Simon,Ben Taylor & Sally Taylor)
Link Text:Carly Simon, Ben Taylor, Sally Taylor: You Can Close Your Eyes
File Name:cyecs.mp3
Bitrate:186 kbps
Artist:James Taylor
Title:A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke cover)
Link Text:James Taylor: A Change is Gonna Come
File Name:achange.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Other
Artist:James Taylor
Title:Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha
Link Text:James Taylor: Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
File Name:chacha.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Rock
Year:1991
Artist:James Taylor
Title:Greensleeves
Link Text:James Taylor: Greensleeves
File Name:greens.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:1972
Artist:James Taylor
Title:Handy Man
Link Text:James Taylor: Handy Man
File Name:handyman.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Rock
Year:1993
Artist:James Taylor
Title:In My Life (Beatles cover)
Link Text:James Taylor: In My Life
File Name:inmyl.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:James Taylor
Title:On Broadway
Link Text:James Taylor: On Broadway
File Name:onbro.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:1972
Artist:James Taylor
Title:Second Star To The Right
Link Text:James Taylor: Second Star To The Right
File Name:second.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Children's Music
Year:1988
Artist:James Taylor
Title:She Thinks I Still Care
Link Text:James Taylor: She Thinks I Still Care
File Name:shethinks.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Rock
Year:1993
Artist:James Taylor
Title:Suzanne (Leonard Cohen cover)
Link Text:James Taylor: Suzanne
File Name:suzanne.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Other
Year:2008
Artist:James Taylor
Title:The Water Is Wide
Link Text:James Taylor: The Water Is Wide
File Name:waterwide.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:James Taylor
Title:Walking My Baby Back Home
Link Text:James Taylor: Walkin’ My Baby Back Home
File Name:walking.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Rock
Year:1997
Artist:James Taylor
Title:Wasn't That a Mighty Storm (trad.)
Link Text:James Taylor: Wasn’t That A Mighty Storm
File Name:mighty.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:James Taylor
Title:You've Got A Friend
Link Text:James Taylor: You’ve Got A Friend
File Name:youfri.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Rock
Year:2007
Artist:James Taylor, Carly Simon, Graham Nash
Title:The Times They Are A-Changin'
Link Text:James Taylor, Carly Simon, and Graham Nash: The Times They Are A-Changin’
File Name:thetimes.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Rock
Year:1979
Artist:Kate & James Taylor
Title:Auld Lang Syne
Link Text:James & Kate Taylor: Auld Lang Syne
File Name:auldl.mp3
Genre:Miscellaneous
Year:2010
Artist:Mae Robertson
Title:You Can Close Your Eyes
Link Text:Mae Robertson: You Can Close Your Eyes
File Name:cyemr.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2007
Artist:Mark Erelli
Title:Close Your Eyes (James Taylor cover)
Link Text:Mark Erelli: You Can Close Your Eyes
File Name:cyeme.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Country & Folk
Year:2006
Artist:Mark O'Connor and James Taylor
Title:Ol' Blue
Link Text:Mark O’Connor & James Taylor: Old Blue
File Name:olblue.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Mark O'Connor, Yo Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer w/ James Taylor
Title:Hard Times Come Again No More
Link Text:James Taylor, Yo Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O’Connor: Hard Times Come Again No More
File Name:hardtim.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Other
Artist:Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
Title:You Can Close Your Eyes (James Taylor cover)
Link Text:Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs: You Can Close Your Eyes
File Name:cyems.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Shannon Whitworth & Barrett Smith
Title:You Can Close Your Eyes
Link Text:Shannon Whitworth and Barrett Smith: You Can Close Your Eyes
File Name:cyesw.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Rock
Year:2012
Artist:Sheryl Crow
Title:You Can Close Your Eyes (James Taylor cover)
Link Text:Sheryl Crow: You Can Close Your Eyes
File Name:cyesc.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Pop
Year:2006
Artist:The Young'uns
Title:You Can Close Your Eyes (James Taylor cover)
Link Text:The Young’uns: You Can Close Your Eyes
File Name:cyey.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2012
Artist:William Fitzsimmons
Title:You Can Close Your Eyes
Link Text:William Fitzsimmons: You Can Close Your Eyes
File Name:cyewf.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Children's
Year:2011

Carolina Coverfolk, Volume 5: The Avett Brothers take on Jason Molina, Jim Croce, Paul Simon, Elliott Smith & more!

Apr 19, 4:40pm Cover Lay Down
The Avett Brothers Sing, "Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad"
For the first four volumes of our Vacation Coverfolk series, we pulled from the archives to bring you features on the songs and coverage of Elizabeth Cotten , Carolina Chocolate Drops , and Doc Watson , and a mixtape of coverfolk songs with Carolina in the title . Today, we turn to a new subject: Concord, North Carolina natives The Avett Brothers , whose rise to fame over the past decade has represented a coalescing of neo-traditional elements from the region and beyond. Read on for a look at one of [...]
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Artist:Avett Brothers
Title:In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel cover)
Link Text:The Avett Brothers: In The Aeroplane Under The Sea
File Name:aerop.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Avett Brothers
Title:One Too Many Mornings (Bob Dylan cover)
Link Text:The Avett Brothers: One Too Many Mornings
File Name:1toomany.mp3
Bitrate:184 kbps
Genre:folk
Artist:G. Love w/ The Avett Brothers
Title:Pale Blue Eyes (Velvet Underground cover)
Link Text:G. Love & The Avett Brothers: Pale Blue Eyes
File Name:paleblue.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Scott Avett
Title:The Coo Coo Song
Link Text:Scott Avett: The Coo Coo Bird
File Name:coocoo.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Seth Avett
Title:Angeles (Elliott Smith cover)
Link Text:Seth Avett: Angeles
File Name:angeles.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Seth Avett w/ Bob Crawford
Title:Operator (JIm Croce cover)
Link Text:Seth Avett w/ Bob Crawford: Operator
File Name:operator.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:The Avett Brothers
Title:Hammer Down (Jason Molina cover)
Link Text:The Avett Brothers: Hammer Down
File Name:hammerd.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:The Avett Brothers
Title:I Love
Link Text:The Avett Brothers: I Love
File Name:ilove.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Alternative
Year:2010
Artist:The Avett Brothers
Title:I'll Fly Away
Link Text:The Avett Brothers: I’ll Fly Away
File Name:flyaway.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Artist:The Avett Brothers
Title:Spanish Pipedream (John Prine cover)
Link Text:The Avett Brothers: Spanish Pipedream
File Name:spanish.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:The Avett Brothers
Title:The Prettiest Thing (David Childers cover)
Link Text:The Avett Brothers: The Prettiest Thing
File Name:prettiest.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:The Avett Brothers
Title:Will the circle by unbroken
Link Text:The Avett Brothers: Will The Circle Be Unbroken
File Name:circlebe.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Genre:Alt Country
Year:2002

Carolina Coverfolk, Volume 4: The Traditional Songs (and Beyond) of Doc Watson

Apr 17, 4:57pm Cover Lay Down
Carolina Coverfolk, Volume 4: The Traditional Songs (and Beyond) of Doc Watson We've covered Doc Watson twice here at Cover Lay Down: through his interpretation of the traditional songs of the Carolinian Appalachians in our original Vacation Coverfolk 2008 feature, and via his coverage of more popular tunes in tribute last June, when the inimitable picker passed on to the great band in the sky. Today, as part of our week-long Carolina Coverfolk compendium, we revive both, collapsing both features and over 30 songs into a single omnibus that shows both sides of Doc's legacy - as an interpreter of the folkways, and as an active member of [...]
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Link Text:Del McCoury, Doc Watson, And Mac Wiseman: Live And Let Live
File Name:lall.mp3
Link Text:Doc & Merle Watson: All I Have To Do Is Dream
File Name:allih.mp3
Link Text:Doc & Merle Watson: Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
File Name:dontth.mp3
Link Text:Doc & Merle Watson: Got The Blues (Can’t Be Satisfied)
File Name:gotth.mp3
Link Text:Doc & Merle Watson: If I Needed You
File Name:ifin.mp3
Link Text:Doc & Merle Watson: Snowbird
File Name:snwbrd.mp3
Link Text:Doc & Merle Watson: St. Louis Blues
File Name:stlou.mp3
Link Text:Doc & Merle Watson: Stormy Weather
File Name:storw.mp3
Link Text:Doc & Merle Watson: The Last Thing On My Mind
File Name:lastth.mp3
Link Text:Doc Watson & David Grisman: Summertime
File Name:summerti.mp3
Link Text:Doc Watson Family: A Tiny Broken Heart
File Name:atiny.mp3
Link Text:Doc Watson Family: Anniversary Blue Yodel
File Name:annivb.mp3
Link Text:Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Scaggs: The Storms Are On The Ocean
File Name:stormsr.mp3
Link Text:Doc Watson: Heartbreak Hotel
File Name:heaho.mp3
Link Text:Doc Watson: My Little Buckaroo
File Name:bucka.mp3
Link Text:Doc Watson: My Rough and Rowdy Ways
File Name:myrough.mp3
Link Text:Doc Watson: Nashville Blues
File Name:nashv.mp3
Link Text:Doc Watson: Peach Pickin’ Time In Georgia
File Name:peachp.mp3
Link Text:Doc Watson: Prairie Lullaby
File Name:prair.mp3
Link Text:Doc Watson: Sitting On Top Of The World
File Name:sittin.mp3
Link Text:Doc Watson: Tennessee Stud
File Name:tennstu.mp3
Link Text:Doc Watson: Walking After Midnight
File Name:walmid.mp3
Artist:Bill Monroe; Doc Watson
Title:What Does The Deep Sea Say? (Where Is My Sailor Boy?)
Link Text:Doc Watson & Bill Monroe: Where is My Sailor Boy?
File Name:deepsea.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Genre:Country
Year:1963
Artist:Chieftains
Title:Fisherman's Hornpipe, The Devil's Dream (With Doc Watson +)
Link Text:Doc Watson & The Chieftains: Fisherman’s Hornpipe / Devil’s Dream
File Name:fishhor.mp3
Bitrate:177 kbps
Genre:Folk (Ireland)
Year:2003
Artist:Doc & Merle Watson
Title:Cuckoo Bird
Link Text:Doc and Merle Watson: Cuckoo Bird
File Name:cuckoo.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Artist:Doc & Merle Watson
Title:Train That Carried My Girl From Town
Link Text:Doc and Merle Watson: The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
File Name:traint.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Doc Watson
Title:Little Maggie
Link Text:Doc Watson: Little Maggie
File Name:litmag.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Bluegrass
Year:1976
Artist:Doc Watson
Title:Little Sadie
Link Text:Doc Watson: Little Sadie
File Name:litsad.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Doc Watson
Title:Shady Grove
Link Text:Doc Watson: Shady Grove
File Name:shadgro.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:1975
Artist:Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley
Title:Crawdad Song
Link Text:Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley: Crawdad Song
File Name:crawd.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Doc Watson Family
Title:Grandfather's Clock
Link Text:Doc Watson Family: My Grandfather’s Clock
File Name:grandc.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:1994
Artist:Doc Watson Family
Title:Ground Hog
Link Text:Doc Watson Family: Ground Hog
File Name:groundh.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:1990
Artist:Nitty Gritty Dirt Band w/ Doc Watson
Title:Tennessee Stud
Link Text:Doc Watson w/ The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Tennessee Stud
File Name:tenstu.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps

Carolina Coverfolk, Volume 3: Carolina Chocolate Drops (An African American String Band recreates the Piedmont blues)

Apr 15, 9:53pm Cover Lay Down
Carolina Coverfolk, Volume 3: Carolina Chocolate Drops (An African American String Band recreates the Piedmont blues) As noted previously (and as made obvious by the fact that this post is Volume 3 in a series), in recognition of our return to the Outer Banks for the fourth time since 2008, we're in the midst of a set of Vacation Coverfolk features pulled from the archives of past trips to the North Carolina coast with a newly penned post on The Avett Brothers scheduled for the end of the week as a triumphant finale to our collected survey of music of, from, and about the region. Earlier this week, Volumes 1 and [...]
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Artist:Carolina Chocolate Drops
Title:Cornbread And Butter Beans
Link Text:Carolina Chocolate Drops: Cornbread and Butter Beans
File Name:cornold.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Carolina Chocolate Drops
Title:Cornbread and Butterbeans (trad.)
Link Text:Carolina Chocolate Drops: Cornbread and Butterbeans
File Name:cornnew.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Carolina Chocolate Drops
Title:Got Blood In My Eyes For You
Link Text:Carolina Chocolate Drops: I Got Blood In My Eyes For You
File Name:gotblood.mp3
Bitrate:96 kbps
Artist:Carolina Chocolate Drops
Title:Hit 'Em Up Style (Blu Cantrell cover)
Link Text:Carolina Chocolate Drops: Hit ‘Em Up Style
File Name:hitemnew.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Carolina Chocolate Drops
Title:Hit 'em Up Style (Blu Cantrell cover)
Link Text:Carolina Chocolate Drops: Hit ‘em Up Style
File Name:hitemold.mp3
Bitrate:64 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Carolina Chocolate Drops
Title:In The Jailhouse Now
Link Text:Carolina Chocolate Drops: In the Jailhouse Now
File Name:jailhouse.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Carolina Chocolate Drops
Title:Leaving Eden (Laurelyn Dossett cover)
Link Text:Carolina Chocolate Drops: Leaving Eden
File Name:leden.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:On The Road Again (trad.)
Link Text:Carolina Chocolate Drops: On The Road Again
File Name:roadagain.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Carolina Chocolate Drops
Title:Political Words (Bob Dylan cover)
Link Text:Carolina Chocolate Drops: Political Words
File Name:pwords.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2012
Artist:Carolina Chocolate Drops
Title:Sitting on Top of the World (Mississippi Sheiks cover)
Link Text:Carolina Chocolate Drops: Sitting On Top Of The World
File Name:sittin.mp3
Bitrate:203 kbps
Genre:Rock
Year:2009
Artist:Carolina Chocolate Drops
Title:Starry Crown
Link Text:Carolina Chocolate Drops: Starry Crown
File Name:starry.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Bluegrass
Year:2007
Artist:Carolina Chocolate Drops
Title:Tom Dula
Link Text:Carolina Chocolate Drops: Tom Dula
File Name:tomdula.mp3
Bitrate:123 kbps
Genre:Bluegrass
Year:2007

Carolina Coverfolk, Volume 2: The Songs of Elizabeth Cotten

Apr 14, 4:56pm Cover Lay Down
Carolina Coverfolk, Volume 2: The Songs of Elizabeth Cotten North Carolina is rich in history and broad in geography, stretching from warm beachfront majesty to the base of Appalachia. That it holds a dominant place in the history of folk music is due in part to its cultural diversity, and in part to its situation midway up the coast, along the route that folk strands might have once traveled from North to South and back again. This combination of factors has made it an influential locus and crossroads for several southern folk movements of the last century, including branches of the blues, appalachian music, strains of bluegrass, and other [...]
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Artist:Brianna Lea Pruett
Title:Freight Train (Elizabeth Cotten cover)
Link Text:Brianna Lea Pruett: Freight Train
File Name:ftblp.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Davy Graham
Title:Babe, It Ain't No Lie
Link Text:Davy Graham: Babe, It Ain’t No Lie
File Name:obdg.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:World
Year:1969
Artist:Elizabeth Mitchell
Title:Freight Train
Link Text:Elizabeth Mitchell: Freight Train
File Name:ftem.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2002
Artist:Jerry Garcia And David Grisman
Title:Freight Train
Link Text:Jerry Garcia and David Grisman: Freight Train
File Name:ftjg.mp3
Bitrate:203 kbps
Genre:(2)
Year:1993
Artist:Joe Walsh
Title:Oh, Babe It Ain't No Lie
Link Text:Joe Walsh: Oh Babe, It Ain’t No Lie
File Name:objw.mp3
Year:2011
Artist:Laura Gibson
Title:Freight Train
Link Text:Laura Gibson: Freight Train
File Name:ftlg.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2008
Artist:Laura Gibson
Title:Shake Sugaree
Link Text:Laura Gibson: Shake Sugaree
File Name:sslg.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2007
Artist:Laura Veirs
Title:Freight Train
Link Text:Laura Veirs: Freight Train
File Name:ftlv.mp3
Genre:Indie Folk-Pop
Year:2008
Artist:Mary Lou Lord
Title:Shake Sugaree (Elizabeth Cotten cover)
Link Text:Mary Lou Lord: Shake Sugaree
File Name:ssmll.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:1998
Artist:Smither Chris
Title:Shake Sugaree
Link Text:Chris Smither: Shake Sugaree
File Name:sscs.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:1991
Artist:Taj Mahal
Title:Shake Sugaree
Link Text:Taj Mahal: Shake Sugaree
File Name:sstm.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:1989
Artist:The Deep Dark Woods
Title:Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
Link Text:The Deep Dark Woods: Oh Babe, It Ain’t No Lie
File Name:obddw.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:The Grateful Dead
Title:Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
Link Text:The Grateful Dead: Oh Babe, It Ain’t No Lie
File Name:obgd.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Psychrock / Bluesrock
Year:1981
Artist:Thomas Fox
Title:Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie
Link Text:Thomas Fox: Oh Babe, It Ain’t No Lie
File Name:obtf.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2011

Carolina Coverfolk 2013, Volume 1: Songs of the South, As Place and Metaphor

Apr 13, 3:26pm Cover Lay Down
Carolina Coverfolk 2013, Volume 1: Songs of the South, As Place and Metaphor Apologies for the long gap between posts - with rehearsals for an impending production of The Sound Of Music, long nights interviewing Superintendent candidates for our local school system, and both end-of-term grades and my yearly professional evaluation due in a single week, it was all I could do to keep my head above water. But through it all, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and this is it: the view from the balcony overlooking the lagoon and the sound beyond, where the turtles lounge on sunny banks, the geese protect [...]
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Link Text:Red Molly: Oh My Sweet Carolina
File Name:ohmysweet.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Cris Williamson / Tret Fure
Title:Carolina Pines (Kate Wolf cover)
Link Text:Cris Williamson and Tret Fure: Carolina Pines
File Name:cpines.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Folk
Artist:Doc & Merle Watson
Title:Kinfolks in Carolina (Merle Travis cover)
Link Text:Doc & Merle Watson: Kinfolks In Carolina
File Name:kinfolks.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:1972
Artist:Grace Cheng
Title:Carolina (Ben Gibbard cover)
Link Text:Grace Cheng: Carolina
File Name:carolina.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Mike Seeger & Paul Brown
Title:Way Down In North Carolina
Link Text:Mike Seeger and Paul Brown: Way Down in North Carolina
File Name:waydown.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:1996
Artist:Mud Acres (Happy Traum, Bill Keith, Roly Salley, Larry Campbell, Caroline Dutton and Andy Robinson)
Title:Carolina In My Mind (James Taylor cover)
Link Text:Mud Acres: Carolina in My Mind
File Name:inmymind.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Folk
Artist:Nicky Needle
Title:Boys From North Carolina (John Hartford cover)
Link Text:Nicky Needle: The Boys From North Carolina
File Name:boys.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Steve Forbert
Title:My Carolina Sunshine Girl (Jimmie Rodgers cover)
Link Text:Steve Forbert: My Carolina Sunshine Girl
File Name:sunshinegirl.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Folk
Artist:Trocadero
Title:Carolina In The Morning (cover)
Link Text:Trocadero: Carolina In The Morning
File Name:cinthemorn.mp3
Bitrate:129 kbps

Spring 2013: New & Impending Tributes Part 3: Tim Hardin & Nick Drake, Revisited

Apr 3, 11:06pm Cover Lay Down
Spring 2013: New & Impending Tributes Part 3: Tim Hardin & Nick Drake, Revisited Last week, we kicked off our exploration of this year's new and impending tribute albums with feature-length posts on John Denver and The Everly Brothers, both of whom are enjoying strong homage in 2013. Today we continue our series, moving on to tributes to Nick Drake and Tim Hardin, a pair of artists who lived in the shadows and died young, leaving legacies of pain and poetics still open to interpretation. Although it sports a cutting-edge roster of both British and American indie talent, at first glance, [...]
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Link Text:Kathryn Williams: Hang On To A Dream
File Name:hangon.mp3
Link Text:Mark Lanegan: Shiloh Town
File Name:shiloh.mp3
Link Text:Okkervil River: Black Sheep Boy
File Name:bsb.mp3
Link Text:Ron Sexsmith: Reason To Believe
File Name:rtobrs.mp3
Artist:Alela Diane
Title:How Can We Hang On to a Dream (Tim Hardin cover)
Link Text:Alela Diane: How Can We Hang On to a Dream
File Name:howcanwe.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2013
Artist:Denison Witmer
Link Text:Denison Witmer: Northern Sky
File Name:northern.mp3
Genre:Folk
Year:2006
Artist:Josienne Clarke
Title:Day is Done (Nick Drake cover)
Link Text:Josienne Clarke: Day Is Done
File Name:dayis.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Lamya
Title:Pink Moon
Link Text:Lamya: Pink Moon
File Name:pinkmoon.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Electronica/Dance
Year:2002
Artist:Lucinda Williams
Title:Which Will (Nick Drake cover)
Link Text:Lucinda Williams: Which Will
File Name:whichwill.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Country
Year:1992
Artist:Mark Lanegan
Title:Red Balloon (Tim Hardin cover)
Link Text:Mark Lanegan: Red Balloon
File Name:redballoon.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2013
Artist:Rickie Lee Jones
Title:Reason to Believe
Link Text:Rickie Lee Jones: Reason To Believe
File Name:reasonto.mp3
Genre:Pop
Year:2012
Artist:Robyn Hitchcock
Title:Parasite (from 'Way to Blue: The Songs of Nick Drake')
File Name:SoundCloud
Artist:The Books and Jose Gonzalez
Title:Cello Song (Nick Drake cover)
Link Text:The Books w/ Jose Gonzalez: Cello Song
File Name:cellosong.mp3
Bitrate:96 kbps

All Folked Up: Gangsta Rap (Sincere, Streetsmart, and Straight Up Folk)

Apr 1, 12:26am Cover Lay Down
All Folked Up: Gangsta Rap (Sincere, Streetsmart, and Straight Up Folk) We interrupt our ongoing series on early 2013 Tribute albums to bring you this specially re-heated feature, originally posted April 1, 2008. As a culture vulture, I have a particular fondness for the iconography of Hip Hop and Hardcore Rap; as a fan of trope and politic, I've always admired the complex rhyme and rhythm they bring to the table. But I never really made a connection with hardcore rap as a cultural form. I'm an outsider on the streets; I can [...]
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Artist:Barenaked Ladies
Title:Fight The Power (Public Enemy cover)
Link Text:Barenaked Ladies: Fight The Power
File Name:fight.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Soundtrack
Year:1993
Artist:Ben Folds
Title:Bitches Ain't S**t (Dr. Dre cover)
Link Text:Ben Folds: Bitches Ain’t Shit
File Name:bitches.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Alternative
Year:2005
Artist:Dynamite Hack
Title:Boyz In The Hood (NWA Cover)
Link Text:Dynamite Hack: Boyz in the Hood
File Name:boyz.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Artist:Gramnegative17
Title:Gangsta's Paradise (Coolio cover)
Link Text:gramnegative17: Gangsta’s Paradise
File Name:gangsta.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Gunter Voelker
Title:Drop It Like It's Hot (Snoop Dogg cover)
Link Text:Gunter Voelker: Drop It Like It’s Hot
File Name:dropit.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Country
Artist:Kevin Davis
Title:Fuck Tha Police (N.W.A. cover)
Link Text:Kevin Davis: Fuck Tha Police
File Name:fuck.mp3
Bitrate:271 kbps
Genre:Covers
Artist:Nina Gordon
Title:Straight Out Of Compton (NWA cover)
Link Text:Nina Gordon: Straight Out Of Compton
File Name:compton.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Rap
Year:2004
Artist:The Gourds
Title:Gin N' Juice (Snoop Dogg cover)
Link Text:The Gourds: Gin ‘n Juice
File Name:gin.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Unholy Trinity
Title:Bring the Noise
Link Text:Unholy Trinity: Bring The Noise
File Name:bring.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Rock/Pop
Artist:Zach Heckendorf
Title:Forgot About Dre (Dr. Dre ft. Eminem cover)
Link Text:Zach Heckendorf: Forgot About Dre
File Name:forgot.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps

Spring 2013: New & Impending Tributes Part 2: Two tributes to The Everly Brothers

Mar 31, 5:00pm Cover Lay Down
Spring 2013: New & Impending Tributes Part 2: Two tributes to The Everly Brothers We're in the midst of a short Spring series featuring this year's early tributes and cover compilations, thanks to an unusually strong crop of those full-album sets which so often stand as the coverlover's archival foundation. Last Friday, we kicked off our series with a look at The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver , sharing three tracks from the album and a Covered In Folk mixtape of relatively recent folk homage for comparison; today, we explore two different approaches to The Everly Brothers from The Chapin Sisters and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Dawn McCarthy, [...]
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Artist:Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Title:Christmas Eve Can Kill You (The Everly Brothers)
Link Text:Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Dawn McCarthy: Christmas Eve Can Kill You
File Name:xmaseve.mp3
Artist:Dawn McCarthy And Bonnie 'Prin
Title:Devoted To You
Link Text:Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Dawn McCarthy: Devoted To You
File Name:devoted.mp3
Genre:131
Year:2013
Artist:Dawn McCarthy And Bonnie 'Prin
Title:So Sad
Link Text:Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Dawn McCarthy: So Sad
File Name:sosad.mp3
Genre:131
Year:2013
Artist:Doc & Merle Watson
Title:All I Have to do is Dream (Everly Brothers cover)
Link Text:Doc & Merle Watson: All I Have To Do Is Dream
File Name:dream.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Other
Artist:jenny lewis
Title:love hurts (live)
Link Text:Jenny Lewis w/ Jonathan Rice: Love Hurts
File Name:lovehurts.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Artist:Pharis & Jason Romero
Title:I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail (Everly Brothers cover)
Link Text:Pharis & Jason Romero: I’m Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail
File Name:justhere.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Country & Folk
Artist:Rosie Thomas w/ Ed Harcourt
Title:Let It Be Me (Becaud cover)
Link Text:Rosie Thomas w/ Ed Harcourt: Let It Be Me
File Name:letitbe.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Genre:Pop
Year:2005
Artist:Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion
Title:Like Strangers (Everly Brothers cover)
Link Text:Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion: Like Strangers
File Name:likestra.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Teddy Thompson
Title:Take A Message To Mary (Everly Brothers cover, feat. Linda Thompson)
Link Text:Teddy & Linda Thompson: Take A Message To Mary
File Name:message.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Club
Artist:The Bee Eaters
Title:Crying In the Rain
Link Text:The Bee Eaters: Crying In The Rain
File Name:crying.mp3
Genre:Folk
Year:2009
Artist:The Ditty Bops
Title:Bye Bye Love
Link Text:The Ditty Bops: Bye Bye Love
File Name:byebye.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Folk

Spring 2013: New & Impending Tributes Part 1: The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver

Mar 29, 1:01pm Cover Lay Down
Spring 2013: New & Impending Tributes Part 1: The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver It's shaping up to be another stellar year for album-length coverage, with pickings so strong we're hard pressed to take them all on in a single feature without burying the lead. Indeed, in the few short months since the year turned, we've already featured close exploration of Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer's Child Ballads EP, touted Levi Weaver's free-to-fans covers EP as a "darling indie set" well worth your time, and helped Slowcoustic's double-length tribute to J. Tillman's Long May You Run take flight. But the hits just keep on coming, and we're [...]
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Artist:Amos Lee
Title:Some Days Are Diamonds (John Denver cover)
Link Text:Amos Lee: Some Days Are Diamonds
File Name:somedays.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:ATO Records
Title:"Annie's Song" by Brett Dennen and Milow
File Name:SoundCloud
Artist:ATO Records
Title:"Some Days are Diamonds" by Amos Lee
File Name:SoundCloud
Artist:ATO Records
Title:Leaving on a Jet Plane (by My Morning Jacket)
File Name:SoundCloud
Artist:Chantal Kreviazuk
Title:Leaving on a Jet Plane (John Denver cover)
Link Text:Chantal Kreviazuk: Leaving On A Jet Plane
File Name:leaving.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Damien Jurado & Richard Swift
Link Text:Damien Jurado & Richard Swift: Follow Me
File Name:followme.mp3
Artist:Gypsy Soul
Title:Take Me Home Country Roads
Link Text:Gypsy Soul: Take Me Home, Country Roads
File Name:takeme.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:James William Hindle
Title:Whispering Jesse (John Denver cover)
Link Text:James William Hindle: Whispering Jesse
File Name:whisper.mp3
Bitrate:224 kbps
Genre:Alternative
Year:2000
Artist:Rachel Haden
Title:Poems, Prayers And Promises
Link Text:Rachel Haden: Poems, Prayers & Promises
File Name:poems.mp3
Genre:Alternative Rock
Year:2000
Artist:Simone Vitale feat. Teuranoa
Link Text:Simone Vitale feat. Teuranoa: Sunshine on My Shoulders
File Name:sunshine.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:The Decemberists
Title:Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas) (John Denver cover)
Link Text:The Decemberists: Please Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas)
File Name:pleasedaddy.mp3
Bitrate:129 kbps
Artist:Youth Lagoon
Title:Goodbye Again (John Denver Cover)
Link Text:Youth Lagoon: Goodbye Again
File Name:goodbye.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

(Re)Covered: New Coverfolk from Tift Merritt, Shovels & Rope, Jones Street Station & CXCW!

Mar 24, 9:48am Cover Lay Down
(Re)Covered: New Coverfolk from Tift Merritt, Shovels & Rope, Jones Street Station & CXCW! Though our archives remain in limbo after our recent server troubles , new works and projects from artists previously celebrated here on Cover Lay Down continue to spring forth into the ether and into our ears. Today, we add to the growing canon of delights with news of ongoing and newly-released projects from several yesteryear favorites, starting with an exclusive label-approved stream from Tift Merritt and Simone Dinnerstein's classical-meets-folk collaboration Night. The lush, layered take on gospel tune Swing Low, Sweet Chariot from North Carolina-bred/NYC-based singer-songwriter [...]
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Link Text:Tift Merritt: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
File Name:swing.mp3
Year:2012
Artist:Jones Street Station
Title:Wayfaring Stranger (trad.)
Link Text:Jones Street Station: Wayfaring Stranger
File Name:wayf.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:SHOVELS & ROPE
Title:Johnny 99
File Name:SoundCloud
Year:2013
Artist:Simone Dinnerstein & Tift Merritt
Title:I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash cover)
File Name:icanseeclearly.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Rock
Year:2013
Artist:The Jones Street Boys
Title:Tall Buildings (John Hartford cover)
Link Text:Jones Street Station: Tall Buildings
File Name:tall.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Country
Year:2007
Artist:The Jones Street Boys
Title:Twilight (The Band cover)
Link Text:Jones Street Station: Twilight
File Name:twilight.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Country
Year:2007
Artist:The Jones Street Boys
Title:Walls Of Time (Bill Monroe cover)
Link Text:Jones Street Station: Walls of Time
File Name:walls.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Country
Year:2007
Artist:Tift Merritt
Title:Danny’s Song (Kenny Loggins cover)
Link Text:Tift Merritt: Danny’s Song
File Name:dannys.mp3
Bitrate:129 kbps
Artist:Tift Merritt
Title:The Long and Winding Road
Link Text:Tift Merritt: The Long and Winding Road
File Name:long.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Metal
Year:2000

Spring Has Sprung: Soft Coversongs of Hope and Renewal

Mar 19, 9:28pm Cover Lay Down
Spring Has Sprung: Soft Coversongs of Hope and Renewal Tomorrow is the first day of Spring, and someone forgot to tell the sky. In the morning, says the weatherman, the world will turn to slush. And if we are truly blessed, all our sins will be washed away. Outside the snow sulks in great mounds where the plows have pushed it aside. Hard ice falls on three-inch shoots and tufts of new grass. We stay up late, and sit by the window together, and wait for the rains that do not come. Send rain, O Lord. For it has been [...]
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Link Text:Mary Chapin Carpenter: Spring and All
File Name:springall.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Ann Percival
Title:Tide And The River Rising (Cindy Kallet cover)
Link Text:Ann Percival: Tide and the River Rising
File Name:tidea.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2005
Artist:CJ Rich
Title:A Father's First Spring (Avett Brothers cover)
Link Text:CJ Rich: A Father’s First Spring
File Name:fathers.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Damien Rice w/ Lisa Hannigan
Title:Waters Of March (Antonio Carlos Jobim Cover)
Link Text:Damien Rice w/ Lisa Hannigan: Waters Of March
File Name:waters.mp3
Bitrate:191 kbps
Artist:Elizabeth Mitchell
Title:Winter's Come & Gone (Gillian Welch cover)
Link Text:Elizabeth Mitchell: Winter’s Come and Gone
File Name:comegone.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Alternative & Punk
Year:2006
Artist:Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, Dolly Parton
Title:Green Pastures
Link Text:Emmylou Harris w/ Ricky Skaggs and Dolly Parton: Green Pastures
File Name:gpast.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:ladlane
Title:The Snow Is Gone
Link Text:Ladlane: Snow Is Gone
File Name:snowgone.mp3
Genre:Folk
Year:2010
Artist:Mara Levine
Title:April Come She Will (Simon & Garfunkel cover)
Link Text:Mara Levine: April Come She Will
File Name:aprilcome.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Country & Folk
Year:2013
Artist:Mel Watson
Title:Here Comes the Sun
Link Text:Mel Watson: Here Comes The Sun
File Name:comessun.mp3
Genre:Folk
Year:2012
Artist:Roger McGuinn
Title:So Early In The Spring (trad.)
Link Text:Roger McGuinn: So Early In The Spring
File Name:soearly.mp3
Bitrate:132 kbps
Artist:Salamander Crossing
Title:5 Days In May
Link Text:Salamander Crossing: Five Days In May
File Name:5days.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Folk
Artist:schöne Töne von Mine
Link Text:schöne Töne von Mine: I Am The Spring
File Name:iamthe.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Waitswatcher
Title:You Can Never Hold Back Spring
Link Text:Waitswatcher: You Can Never Hold Back Spring
File Name:holdback.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps

An Intimate Evening with Mike and Ruthy (April 6 @ Carriage House Concerts in Monson, MA)

Mar 17, 11:43pm Cover Lay Down
An Intimate Evening with Mike and Ruthy (April 6 @ Carriage House Concerts in Monson, MA) Our little house concert series here in rural Massachusetts has grown since we first presented Danny Schmidt in our living room in the Spring of 2009, and so has its reputation. Our current performing space, a restored hundred year old carriage house just up the road, has room for 50, and we’re eager to fill the house, the better to support artists and fans alike. So read on for a closer look and listen to Mike + Ruthy , who we're excited to announce will be kicking off our 2013 season. And [...]
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Artist:AC Newman w/ Mike + Ruthy
Title:Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye (Leonard Cohen cover)
Link Text:AC Newman w/ Mike and Ruthy: Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye
File Name:saygoodbye.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Family Band
Title:The Blackest Crow (trad.)
Link Text:Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Family Band: The Blackest Crow
File Name:blackest.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Mike + Ruthy
Title:Red Rocking Chair (trad.)
Link Text:Mike and Ruthy: Red Rocking Chair
File Name:rrc.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Mike + Ruthy
Title:Romance In The Dark (Lil Green cover)
Link Text:Mike and Ruthy: Romance In The Dark
File Name:romance.mp3
Bitrate:165 kbps
Year:2012
Artist:Mike and Ruthy
Title:Dust Bowl Blues (Woody Guthrie cover)
Link Text:Mike and Ruthy: Dust Bowl Blues
File Name:dustbowl.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2009
Artist:Mike and Ruthy
Title:Hang Me (trad.)
Link Text:Mike and Ruthy: Hang Me
File Name:hangme.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2009
Artist:Mike and Ruthy
Title:I'll Keep It with Mine (Nico cover)
Link Text:Mike and Ruthy: I’ll Keep It With Mine
File Name:keepit.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Folk
Artist:Mike and Ruthy
Title:Long Way Home (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Mike and Ruthy: Long Way Home
File Name:longway.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Folk
Artist:Mike and Ruthy
Title:My New York City (Woody Guthrie cover)
Link Text:Mike and Ruthy: My New York City
File Name:mynyc.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Ruth Ungar
Title:As Time Goes By
Link Text:Ruth Ungar: As Time Goes By
File Name:astime.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Folk
Artist:Sometymes Why
Title:Joey (Concrete Blonde cover)
Link Text:Sometymes Why: Joey
File Name:joey.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Folk
Artist:The Mammals
Title:1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Richard Thompson cover)
Link Text:The Mammals: 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
File Name:1952.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Folk
Artist:The Mammals
Title:Chan Chan
Link Text:The Mammals: Chan Chan
File Name:chan.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2004
Artist:The Mammals
Title:Quite Early Morning (Pete Seeger cover)
Link Text:The Mammals: Quite Early Morning
File Name:quite.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2004
Artist:Wayfaring Strangers
Title:Lazy John
Link Text:Wayfaring Strangers ft. Ruth Ungar: Lazy John
File Name:lazyjohn.mp3
Genre:Country
Year:2003

Feminist Anthems, Covered In Folk for International Women’s Day / International Women’s Month

Mar 8, 1:18pm Cover Lay Down
Feminist Anthems, Covered In Folk for International Women’s Day / International Women’s Month It's International Women's Day, and International Woman's Month: important markers of how far we've come in our ongoing struggle towards true gender equality, and important reminders that exploring history through the lens of the other is a key component of our ongoing growth as a humanity. But the very fact of International Women's Day is also an indicator of just how deeply we still suffer, and how much we still need to pause, thoughtfully, in order to explore the hidden and not-so-silent assumptions which keep us from being who we should be. And so, as [...]
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Artist:3 West
Title:Born This Way / Express Yourself (Lady Gaga / Madonna cover)
Link Text:3 West: Born This Way/Express Yourself
File Name:bornthis.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Alana Davis
Title:32 Flavors (Ani DiFranco cover)
Link Text:Alana Davis: 32 Flavors
File Name:32flavors.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Rock
Year:1997
Artist:Eef Barzelay
Title:Beautiful (Christina Aguilera cover)
Link Text:Eef Barzelay: Beautiful
File Name:beaut.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Little Birdy
Title:These Boots Were Made For Walking (Nancy Sinatra cover)
Link Text:Little Birdy: These Boots Were Made For Walking
File Name:theseboots.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Alt. Rock
Year:2012
Artist:Lucy Schwartz
Title:Respect (otis redding)
Link Text:Lucy Schwartz: Respect
File Name:respect.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Pop
Year:2009
Artist:Martha Wainwright
Title:I Am Woman (Helen Reddy cover)
Link Text:Martha Wainwright: I Am Woman
File Name:iamwo.mp3
Bitrate:129 kbps
Artist:Porcelain Doll Collection
Title:Rebel Girl - The Porcelain Doll Collection (Acoustic Cover)
File Name:SoundCloud
Genre:punk pop
Artist:Sarah Cook
Title:I Will Survive
Link Text:Sarah Cook: I Will Survive
File Name:iwillsu.mp3
Genre:Folk
Year:2010
Artist:The Debutante Hour
Title:No Scrubs (TLC cover)
Link Text:The Debutante Hour: No Scrubs
File Name:noscrubs.mp3
Genre:Covers
Year:2011
Artist:The Porcelain Doll Collection
Title:Rebel Girl (Bikini Kill cover)
Link Text:The Porcelain Doll Collection: Rebel Girl
File Name:rebel.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps

Covered In Folk: Fred Eaglesmith (12 roots and countryfolk artists interpret a Canadian storyteller)

Mar 3, 4:34pm Cover Lay Down
Covered In Folk: Fred Eaglesmith (12 roots and countryfolk artists interpret a Canadian storyteller) Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter Fred Eaglesmith 's down-to-earth approach to the universe comes from a rural farmstead childhood and a train-hopping past. And so, where other folk artists walk with their fans, Eaglesmith takes trains: both literally - Eaglesmith is known for his rail tours - and as a dominant subject, setting, and metaphor for a narrative approach more broadly grounded in engines, their various rural incarnations, and the escape they embody. Eaglesmith's delivery is raw as the bawdy stories her tells between songs in live performance: couched in a voice that [...]
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Artist:Blackie & The Rodeo Kings
Title:49 Tons
Link Text:Blackie & The Rodeo Kings: 49 Tons
File Name:49tons.mp3
Genre:Folk
Year:2008
Artist:Cowboy Junkies
Title:Carmelita (Fred Eaglesmith cover)
Link Text:Cowboy Junkies: Carmelita
File Name:carmelita.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Dar Williams
Title:Wilder Than Her
Link Text:Dar Williams: Wilder Than Her
File Name:wilder.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Heather Waters
Title:Freight Train (Fred Eaglesmith cover)
Link Text:Heather Waters: Freight Train
File Name:freighthw.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Kasey Chambers
Title:Freight Train (Fred Eaglesmith cover)
Link Text:Kasey Chambers: Freight Train
File Name:freightkc.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2000
Artist:Kasey Chambers
Title:Water in the Fuel (Fred Eaglesmith cover)
Link Text:Kasey Chambers: Water In The Fuel
File Name:waterkc.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2000
Artist:Mary Gauthier
Title:Cigarette Machine (Fred Eaglesmith cover)
Link Text:Mary Gauthier: Cigarette Machine
File Name:cigarette.mp3
Bitrate:117 kbps
Artist:Mary Gauthier
Title:Your Sister Cried (Fred Eaglesmith cover)
Link Text:Mary Gauthier: Your Sister Cried
File Name:yoursis.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Country
Year:2004
Artist:Miranda Lambert
Title:Time to Get a Gun (Fred Eaglesmith Cover)
Link Text:Miranda Lambert: Time To Get A Gun
File Name:getagun.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Country
Year:2009
Artist:Slaid Cleaves
Title:White Rose [Fred Eaglesmith cover]
Link Text:Slaid Cleaves: White Rose
File Name:whiterose.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Alt Country
Year:2003
Artist:Tamara Williamson
Title:Spookin the Horses
Link Text:Tamara Williamson: Spookin’ The Horses
File Name:spookin.mp3
Genre:Folk
Year:2008
Artist:Todd Snider
Title:Alcohol and Pills
Link Text:Todd Snider: Alcohol & Pills
File Name:alcohol.mp3
Genre:Rock
Year:2004
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