What’s the difference between a great cover song and a banal cover song that brings little or nothing to the table? One is like tasting a delicious, unexpectedly creative version of your favorite dish ...

Music has a funny way of playing tricks on us. You think you know a song inside and out - its story, its artist, its soul - and then someone drops the bombshell: it was written by someone else ...

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 ...