Coverville: The Cover Music Show

She’s influenced other musicians far and wide, acted, and contributed to some amazing humanitarian causes. For her 40th birthday, let’s listen to covers of and by Lady Gaga! (70 minutes) This episode is brought to you by Squarespace!

On what would have been his 85th birthday, a set of covers of (and a couple covers of covers by) Wilson Pickett! (58 minutes)

The slate of nominees for the 2026 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have been announced, and while the voting is going on, let’s celebrate the nominees! A cover of each of the artists and bands in the nomination slate in today’s show! (85 minutes) This episode is sponsored by Squarespace!  

Tomorrow will be David Gilmour’s 80th birthday, and because I like any excuse to play amazing Pink Floyd covers, that’s just what we’re doing today! (74 minutes)

Birthdays for Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, J. Geils and Peter Wolf all have birthdays this month and next, and since I’ve never done a cover story for TLC or The J. Geils Band, it seemed like the right time! (58 minutes)

You might not know his name, but you definitely know his music – Otis Blackwell, who wrote or co-wrote so many of the songs you know and love from the 50s and 60s, would have turned 95 this month. And I’ve never done a cover story for MGMT, so let’s do those together! (66 minutes)

He’s turning 35 next week, so it’s about time! (75 minutes) Check out https://www.squarespace.com/COVERVILLE to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code COVERVILLE!  

A tribute to lead vocalist and co-founder of Three Dog Night, Chuck Negron, who passed away earlier this week. (48 minutes)

Between his work with Genesis and his solo releases, Phil Collins has given us a ton of songs, and inspired a lot of artists to cover them – let listen to some! (72 minutes)

For Bob Weir, co-founder of The Grateful Dead, who passed away last week. (81 minutes) Check out https://www.squarespace.com/COVERVILLE to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code COVERVILLE!

For Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, who just turned 65 and has those cool Dr. Strange gray spots on his temples! (50 minutes)

For founding member (and lead singer) Bernard Sumner’s 70th, let’s listen to some New Order covers, as well as some Electronic and Joy Division for good measure! (66 minutes) Check out https://www.squarespace.com/COVERVILLE to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code COVERVILLE!

It’s all come down to this – the last show of the year, and the 20 best cover songs of 2025. Which do you like? And which do you love? (87 minutes)

Here we go! The last two episodes for the year, and you know what means – it’s time to listen to the top 40 covers of 2025! This is part one – next week is part 2! (92 minutes)

Once again, it’s time to dip into the Christmas Cover Bag and find some new great stuff to introduce you to! (57 minutes)

As we do every year, it’s time for a full episode of nothing but Beatles covers to get you into the holidays! This year, we’ve got a tribute to Rubber Soul, which turns 60 next month. Enjoy! (65 minutes)

Neil Young just turned 80 – don’t let THAT bring you down. Today on the show we’ll listen to some amazing covers of his work, since he inspires so many artists, who love to record their own versions of his music. (76 minutes) This episode brought to you by Rula and GigSalad!

For what would have been cofounder Dan Peek’s 75th birthday, a collection of covers of the band America! Yay, America! (48 minutes)

In tribute to David Ball, who passed away on October 22, a cover story for the band that he shared with Marc Almond, Soft Cell (62 minutes)