The 15 best cover songs of 2025

Marshall suits the Godfather of Soul’s groove well, because her songs always ride on instinct, never feeling mannered or ...
Salt Lake City Weekly

The music of the late Joe Ely will make a blues convert out of anyone.

Lloyd Maines, father of The Chicks’ Natalie Maines, played pedal steel guitar. Ely had an accordionist and piano and everyone ...

‘We Grew Up Together, Bro’: How Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan Blazed Their Way to ‘Sinners’

The two explain how their partnership yielded "Sinners," the critical and box office smash about the blues, the Jim Crow ...

Steve Cropper Dies: Revered Stax Guitarist With Booker T. & The MG’s, Blues Brothers Band Was 84

Steve Cropper has died at 84. The iconic, influential guitarist starred with Booker T. & The MGs, played on many Stax Records ...

Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records’ Booker T and the M.G.'s, has died at age 84

Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classic songs, including “(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay” and “In the Midnight Hour,” during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died.
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Steve Cropper, legendary Blues Brothers and Booker T & the MGs guitarist, dies aged 84

Steve Cropper, the legendary Blues Brothers member and Booker T. & the MG’s guitarist, has died at the age of 84, the ...
People

Sabrina Carpenter Says Controversial Album Cover Art Depicted Her Being 'Emotionally Yanked Around' in Past Relationships

The "Espresso" hitmaker revealed the 'Man's Best Friend' cover art in June Greg Swales for Variety; Island Records/UMG Recordings Sabrina Carpenter is sharing more context about her Man's Best Friend ...
American Songwriter

4 Amazing Moody Blues Songs Written and Sung by the Late John Lodge

The Moody Blues are an integral part of rock and roll history, and John Lodge was an integral part of The Moody Blues. Lodge passed away on October 10 at the age of 82, leaving behind an impressive ...
American Songwriter

3 Cover Songs That Might Have Surpassed the Originals in Popularity

Who doesn’t love a good cover song? Even if a cover song falls short of the original’s quality, it is still quite the treat when you see it performed live or hear it through your headphones. Although ...
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'In July, We Passed The Working Families Tax Cut': John Thune Scrambles To Cover Up Trump's Economic Failures In Senate Floor Remarks

On the Senate floor today, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) rambles about Working Families Tax Cut, formerly known as the "One Big Beautiful Bill," to distract from Donald Trump's economic ...
Rolling Stone

Buddy Guy: ‘I’m the Last Old Man Playing the Blues’

A t his regular spot — the stool with “BG” on the back, way at one end of the bar — the owner of Buddy Guy’s Legends scans the hundreds of people packing his club. Tugging off the pandemic-era mask he ...
Wall Street Journal

A Man’s Quest to Turn Sewer Covers Into Art Landed Him in Jail

SIOUX CITY, Iowa—Brandon Bradshaw eyed a manhole cover from different angles before bending his lanky frame to spray-paint a series of arcs in slashing strokes on the street around it. After about 30 ...