covers

Last month, we reported that perpetually-dope singer/songwriter Neneh Cherry had linked with the three-man band known as The Thing and was making a comeback with an album full of covers called The Cherry Thing. Now, just over a week before the album’s release, the Swedish songstress and her new rhythm section have decided to stream [...]

Ever since she hit the scene in the late 80s, Neneh Cherry has been a hard artist to peg. Sometimes she’s Hip-Hop, sometimes she’s punk, sometimes she’s revolutionary, sometimes she’s a little bit country and other times she’s a little bit rock & roll. (OK, the “country” part was a joke, but it sounded good.) [...]

British Soul singer/songwriter Michael Kiwanuka, who recently took home BBC’s coveted Sound of 2012 award, added to many incredible performances seen under the roof of the legendary Maida Vale studios with a live performance of Led Zeppelin‘s 1969 timeless record “Whole Lotta Love.” Assisted by an acoustic guitar, an electric guitar and a Sitar, the silky smooth vocals the North London native of Ugandan decent more than does the classic justice. Watch the [...]

Since wrapping her U.S. tour with Joe Jonas and the UK’s Jay Sean in early October, JoJo has been on her very own tour, performing on a string of dates which have been free to the public, to help promote her long awaited album, Jumping Trains and to raise awareness for breast cancer. The short run, [...]

While in Sydney, Australia performing at the Parklife Festival, Swedish Pop sensation Lykke Li and her band stopped over at Triple J with Tom and Alex to take part in their Like A Version series where she performed this beautiful cover of the classic “Unchained Melody” originally made popular by the likes of Righteous Brothers, [...]

So, I know I’m probably a bit late in flagging up cover band extraordinaire Pomplamoose since they appear to have been knocking around for a good while. However up until a few days ago, when I heard another artist recommend them on TV5′s live music show ‘Acoustique’, I was unaware of them. The band are [...]

Vibe have unveiled the Official covers for the first issue of the magazine’s new run. Peep the covers below. (Click covers to enlarge) Watch the behind the scenes of the cover photo shoots after the jump. [...]