Bartees Strange has dropped a cover of Bon Iver‘s “Skinny Love,” recorded for SiriusXMU Sessions. Recorded in his basement on vocals and electric guitar, the sparse cover stays pretty true to the original, with Strange’s vocals lending a new level of emotion to the track. “Justin Vernon lowkey shook my …
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Bon Iver and EarthGang teamed up to remix Brittany Howard‘s “Goat Head” and “Short and Sweet,” off of her recent solo debut,Jaime. The songs originally featured just Howard and her guitar, but Bon Iver added lush, swirling instrumentation to “Short and Sweet,” while “Goat Head” got an additional two verses …
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“What’s the name of that fantastic Netflix series about hip-hop?” Bruce Hornsby asks. “You’re going to have to make a plea for my inclusion!” Hornsby is joking, of course, but this summer has brought another reminder of the keyboardist-singer’s unexpected impact on the genre. Nearly 35 years ago, Hornsby had …
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