April 2011

Chloe Swaby’s Acoustic Version of “Racing Car”

Acoustic Originals

Chloe Swaby‘s label, London’s Downtown Artists, describes her as “a young woman of contrasts.” More than merely a reference to her childhood love for both soccer (forgive us, Chloe, we’re American – “football” means something else here) and ballet, this polarity is reflected also in her effective mixture of English and American folk musicians/songwriters with [...]

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Introducing CoverStruck: the Next Big Thing in Cyber-performance

Reviews and Interviews

Within the YouTube universe, there is a world of musicians, amateur and professional, who are constantly busy covering, interpreting, and reinventing sounds. This world of cyber-performance has spawned a new species of success – that of the viral artist, who is thrust from the anonymity of his or her bedroom and, brushing away the world [...]

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Metallica’s Nothing Else Matters – Tijana, Sarah and Branko

Acoustic Covers

Now, don’t get me wrong, I love Metallica. I am not going to get into a flame war of “new Metallica” vs “old Metallica,” or anything like that. However, I absolutely loved The Unforiven and Nothing Else Matters. This acoustic cover, by Tijana, Sarah & Branko, positively exudes emotion – the sense of longing, of [...]

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Thom Yorke’s Acoustic Version of Morning Mr. Magpie

Acoustic Originals

Until my pal and fellow AV enthusiast Julz directed me to this video, I was woefully ignorant of the fact that one of the tracks on Radiohead’s new album, The King of Limbs, was around for the better part of a decade before receiving the studio treatment. Whichever version of Morning Mr. Magpie you prefer, [...]

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Don Ross’ Tappin’, Slappin’, Acoustic Version of Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy”

AV of the Day

Although it must be admitted that, as Aaron pointed out in his post on Rodrigo y Gabriela’s interpretation of Metallica’s “Orion”, using a guitar for percussion has become something of an “overused gimmick,” it is also true that for every cliche there is one who defines it, for every trend a -setter. And few recent [...]

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