There is no platonic definition of a good cover version of a well-loved song. A good cover can be an enthusiastic celebration of the original, a rendition that highlights the very things that stir ...

The best country music cover songs convince fans that they're originals. Darius Rucker did it in 2013 with "Wagon Wheel," and Chris Stapleton did too, in 2015. Miranda Lambert did it a few years ...

Recording a cover song is an exercise fraught with risks, specifically that you might not live up to the original—especially if it’s a well-known song. But there are also those times when an artist ...

Making a good cover song isn’t easy, and most bands are lucky if they can simply do justice to the original. However, there's a short list of bands and musicians that have outdone the original song ...

Another song list! This one is a personal favorite of mine, because it means I get to spend a lot of time with artists I like covering other artist’s songs. Last December, Paste crowned Merce Lemon’s ...