Teddy Swims is the stage name of Jaten Collin Dimsdale, an American musician who became popular in 2019 and 2020 for his soulful song covers, like the song “Valerie.” Initially written by the indie rock band the Zutons with a garage-pop sound, Mark Ronson and Amy popularized it as a Motownesque crowd favorite. How Teddy […]
Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” (from their 1975 album with the same name) is a meditation on absence that has resonated with listeners for the last 50 years, becoming a regular staple on most classic rock stations in the United States. The studio version opens with a ghostly radio effect, as if the listener
Dan Vasc has done it again with this iconic cover of Amazing Grace. Amazing Grace has lived a long time in public memory. It entered the folk canon through services and street singing, then returned to the charts when Judy Collins recorded a folk and gospel reading in the 1970s. The Library of Congress later
There are moments in music history when two worlds that seem lightyears apart collide and create something startlingly human. Charles Bradley covering Black Sabbath’s Changes is one of those moments. On paper, it sounds almost like a novelty: a soul singer reimagining a heavy rock ballad. But once you hear Bradley’s trembling voice wrap itself
When Radiohead first released “Creep” in 1992, the song was messy, raw, and a little uncomfortable. Thom Yorke’s distressed voice created an unforgettable sense of tension. Decades later, the track found itself reincarnated through the unlikely collaboration of Postmodern Jukebox and vocalist Haley Reinhart. What was once grunge-inflected alienation suddenly sounded like it belonged in
A routine flight from Indianapolis to New Orleans turned into a long hold on the runway, five hours that felt like an eternity. Even practiced travelers know that kind of delay wears thin; time stretches, tempers shorten, and the cabin air starts to feel heavier than it is. People checked their watches, exchanged tired smiles,
A single detail may lift your day into local lore. In County Meath, that detail was a voice. The couple had come from different corners of Ireland. Leah grew up in Dublin, while Chris hailed from Cookstown in County Tyrone. They chose a church about ten miles from their reception, a practical decision on paper
Two years ago, Ye-lim Kim transformed Christina Perri’s “A Thousand Years” from a simple pop ballad into a stunning masterpiece on ice. Viewers became captivated by the gentle movements and clean transitions that fans will recognize only when the skater has total control, yet the mood was warm and familiar. That blend of control and
Some songs feel carved in stone. Historians of pop tend to treat them like monuments, admired at a distance. Then a singer walks up, brushes the dust, and the statue moves. Sara Bareilles did that with Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.” She sang it at the Kennedy Center in 2024, and the room changed
Few bands in rock history have seamlessly fused soulful rock with classical sophistication quite like Procol Harum. Founded in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in 1967, the group not only helped define the era’s progressive sound but was also responsible for one of the most iconic songs of the era, “A Whiter Shade of Pale.” A Band Born