Wye Oak covers The Kinks One of our favorite Kinks songs sung fist here by Wye Oak featuring Jonathan of Shearwater (above) for AV Undercover. We recently caught them on tour in Portland. Wye Oak impressed us with her amazing vocals matched with her awesome electric guitar skills. Jonathan is just a multi talented artist whose vocal range is above and beyond and must be seen to be appreciated. We reported on Bonnaroo's set by Norah Jones last weekend and how amazing she was even with her style mismatch on a [...]

Festival gigs tend to better fit rock bands and insanely anticipated reunion events the most, but every now and then a low-key set resonates with the restless, sweaty throngs. At this weekend’s Bonnaroo Festival, singer/songwriter/ Ryan Adams collaborator Norah Jones stole the massive Tennessee crowd’s attention by employing her distinguished vocal talents for a 19-song set of singles, covers, and other recognizable tunes. Sure, the Kinks’ “Strangers” might be too well written to screw up, but add Neil Young’s Zuma track “Barstool Blues,” Johnny Cash’s “Cry, Cry, Cry” and [...]
Man, if you're a little bummed that you couldn't make it to Bonnaroo for the first time in years and you really love the Kinks song "Strangers"... maybe don't watch this video. Norah Jones does such a great job with this cover that it's making me even sadder that I couldn't attend this year. [...]