Why it works: Great White frontman Jack Russell had one of the most powerful and distinctive voices of the hair metal era. He ...

Most cover songs aim to honor the source material. The artist learns the chords, finds their own vocal take, maybe adjusts ...

Here are the best cover songs from 11 big pop-punk bands. When it comes to pop-punk bands playing cover songs, things typically go one of two ways. They either stay too true to the original as they ...

Ben Platt’s recent cover of Addison Rae’s “Diet Pepsi” has gone viral on social media. The appeal was the song choice and change in performance style – an unexpected crossover between Platt’s musical ...

"Torn" was an earworm stuck in the collective heads of anyone near a radio in the late '90s thanks to Australian singer and ...

Another song list! This one is a personal favorite of mine, because it means I get to spend a lot of time with artists I like covering other artist’s songs. Last December, Paste crowned Merce Lemon’s ...

The best country music cover songs convince fans that they're originals. Darius Rucker did it in 2013 with "Wagon Wheel," and Chris Stapleton did too, in 2015. Miranda Lambert did it a few years ...

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