At least I think this is the fifth one of these I’ve done. Robert Smith turning 65 next week, and it’s time to listen to some more excellent cover of The Cure! (64 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy A Forest (feat. Chrystabell) Marc Collin 3:54 Strange as Angels (Deluxe Edition) [feat. Chrystabell] Cure iTunes Just Like Heaven Goh Nakamura 3:12 Songs to Make Out To Cure 21 iTunes Boys Don’t Cry The Baseballs 2:27 Hot Shots Cure 15 iTunes Amazon Close to Me Mariachi Rock-o 3:34 Sonidos De Jalisco, Vol. 2 Cure 13 Amazon Lovesong Th ..read more

For lead singer Dave Pirner’s 60th birthday, here are some covers of any by Soul Asylum! (47 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Runaway Train (feat. Gallant) Jamie N Commons & Skylar Grey 3:49 Runaway Train (feat. Gallant) - Single Soul Asylum Amazon Black Gold Mosaic Whispers 3:34 Throw Your Pennies at Someone Else Soul Asylum iTunes Sexual Healing Soul Asylum 4:45 No Alternative Marvin Gaye 11 Amazon Somebody to Shove Fallen Monuments 3:02 Wow! That's What They Called Music? Vol. 2 Soul Asylum Amazon School’s Out Soul Asy ..read more

Visiting the work of the amazing Richard Thompson, a songwriter’s songwriter, and a pretty damn talented singer to boot! Covers of and by the man for his 75th birthday! (70 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy 1952 Vincent Black Lightning Red Molly 5:10 The Red Album Richard Thompson 3 iTunes I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight Susanna Hoffs 3:12 Bright Lights Richard & Linda Thompson Amazon Waltzing’s For Dreamers Curtis Stigers 4:23 Let's Go Out Tonight Richard Thompson 2 iTunes Amazon Dimming of the Day Reptile Palace Orche ..read more

Celebrating his 75th birthday, one of my favorite artists (as if you couldn’t tell when listening to this episode), covers of and by Mr. Nick Lowe (62 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Cruel To Be Kind The Automatics 3:25 Good Melodies Brinsley Schwarz/Nick Lowe 3 Amazon Half a Boy and Half a Man FIVEHEAD 3:02 Superette Nick Lowe 3 iTunes Marie Provost Tipsy Jack 3:24 Lowe Profile: A Tribute To Nick Lowe Nick Lowe 3 Amazon Only A Fool Breaks His Own Heart Nick Lowe 3:39 The Convincer Long John Baldry iTunes Cracking Up Tom Gallo ..read more

Tributes to Steve Harley, leader of Cockney Rebel, and Karl Wallinger of The Waterboys and World Party today. And before you ask, “Zonder Woorden” is a cover of World Party’s “What Is Love All About”. (60 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) Duran Duran 4:58 The Singles 81-85 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel 4 iTunes Here Comes The Sun Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel 2:57 Why Don't We Do It In The Road? Beatles 15 Amazon She’s the One Jennifer Owens 4:04 Acoustic Covers - EP World Party 2 iTunes Ship ..read more

A tribute to Eric Carmen, excellent singer/songwriter with a string of solo hits and hits with his band, The Raspberries, and then a 80th Birthday Cover Story for Sly and the Family Stone! (63 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Go All The Way Trip Shakespeare 3:20 20 More Explosive Fantastic Rockin' Smash Hit Explosions! Raspberries 4 Amazon That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Billie Joe Armstrong 2:59 No Fun Mondays Eric Carmen iTunes Amazon I Wanna Be with You Nate Ruess 3:07 Vinyl: The Essentials (Best of Season 1) Raspberries 4 Amazon All By M ..read more

For birthday tributes for James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers), Mike Peters (The Alarm) and Corinne Bailey Rae, let’s hear a show mostly made up of their covers! With a few covers of their songs thrown in for good measure. (60 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Umbrella Manic Street Preachers 3:35 NME Awards Compilation Rihanna 20 Amazon If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next K.T.C 3:25 If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - Single Manic Street Preachers iTunes Let’s Stay Together (Live at the BBC) Manic St ..read more

Robbie Williams turned 50 this week, and so our eyes and ears turn to him for this week’s cover story subject. Cover of an by Robbie (and of the band he was part of for a while, Take That) on today’s show! (46 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Angels (triple j Like A Version) Circa Waves 2:53 Angels (triple j Like A Version) - Single Robbie Williams iTunes Kiss Me Robbie Williams 3:16 Rudebox [Explicit] Tin Tin Amazon Feel Dolapdere Big Gang 3:56 Local Strangers Robbie Williams iTunes Amazon Let Me Entertain You The Rocker Covers ..read more

A tribute to Melanie, who passed away last week, and a Cover Story for Norah Jones, who turns 45 next month! (66 minutes) Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Look What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma Lily Kershaw 3:38 The Music’s for the Sad Man - EP Melanie 2 iTunes Brand New Key Memphis Ukulele Band 3:37 Memphis Ukulele Band Melanie 3 iTunes Amazon Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) Marc Jonson 3:09 We All Shine on: Celebrating the Music of 1970 Melanie Amazon Beautiful People Pop In Wonderland 4:36 Barbarella Butterfly Melanie iTunes Ruby Tues ..read more

For Harry’s 30th birthday, a set of covers of and by him (as well has some band he was part of, called One Direction, maybe?) ? 54 minutes Featuring Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy What Makes You Beautiful Victims of Circumstance 2:44 Decades One Direction 3 Amazon Best Song Ever Gabrielle Aplin 3:28 BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2013 One Direction 2 Amazon Lights Up Switchfoot 4:08 Covers - EP Harry Styles iTunes One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks) One Direction 2:37 One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks) - Single Blondie/Undertones iTunes Watermelon S ..read more