Acoustic Version of Iron Maiden’s “The Trooper”

On this battlefield no one wins.

Acoustic Version of Iron Maiden’s “The Trooper” Acoustic Version of Iron Maiden's "The Trooper"

What is Radiohead Thinking? A Review of The King of Limbs

Slowly we unfurl, as lotus flowers.

What is Radiohead Thinking? A Review of The King of Limbs What is Radiohead Thinking? A Review of The King of Limbs

Leo Kottke’s Acoustic Version of The Byrds’ “Eight Miles High”

Like geese farts on a muggy day?

Leo Kottke’s Acoustic Version of The Byrds’ “Eight Miles High” Leo Kottke's Acoustic Version of The Byrds' "Eight Miles High"

An Interview with James Lee Stanley: Part I, Songwriting

The artist discusses his craft.

An Interview with James Lee Stanley: Part I, Songwriting An Interview with James Lee Stanley: Part I, Songwriting

David Byrne’s Acoustic Performance of “Heaven”

Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.

David Byrne’s Acoustic Performance of “Heaven” David Byrne's Acoustic Performance of "Heaven"

John Dignam Performs His “Three Cliffs”

Acoustic Originals

We at The AV have learned a lot through this project: not only about the variety and quality of musicians endlessly challenging the defeatist notion that basically everything worth saying through the medium of popular music has been said already, but also about the people making this music, the audience listening to and watching it, [...]

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Acoustic Version of Iron Maiden’s “The Trooper”

Acoustic Covers

Since The AV’s inception, there have been a small handful of songs for which I’ve waited, with bated breath, to find interesting acoustic interpretations. At long last, it appears, I can exhale: The Lobby, an acoustic group from Greece, must have read my mind, because they recently submitted an acoustic version of one of these [...]

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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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