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We confess to being infatuated with artists’ covers of others’ songs.\u00a0 And sometimes when you take the best artists from two dissimilar genres, magic can truly ensue.<\/p>\n
Check out Gillian’s and David’s folk-ish cover of Radiohead’s great rock song, Black Star, <\/strong><\/em>in which Welch and Rawlings take a great song and make it greater (though admittedly, in a dramatically different way).\u00a0 Welch seems to deliver the song with an acknowledgment that this world isn’t always a perfect place (and is oft-times imperfect).\u00a0 The truth sometimes hurts, but it’s good to know you’re in good company, and to move forward with eyes wide open.\u00a0 Check out a live video of that cover below.\u00a0 And below that is another version for the astronomically inclined.<\/p>\n And then listen in to a stunningly rendered cover by David Rawlings Machine (with Welch) of Bright Eye’s Method Acting <\/em>that segues into Neil Young’s Cortez the Killer <\/em>from a Daytrotter session that you can listen to and\/or download here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n We know it unlikely, but if you aren’t familiar with Daytrotter, then you are missing some great music and should check it out frequently here<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Daytrotter is that fine outfit that each day brings in artists, records their sessions, adds some frequently well-done illustrations and narrative of the performers and their songs, and then makes all of it available to the general public for streaming\/download.\u00a0 Very well done.<\/p>\n