Crazy

Sarah Jarosz performing a cover of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy,"

Your Heart Is As Black As Night

Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa performing "Your Heart Is As Black As Night".

More Beth Hart videos.

Angel From Montgomery

Amos Lee's cover of "Angel From Montgomery".

Did You Hear the Rain?

George Ezra performing "Did You Hear the Rain?".

Pretty Little Girl

The Chieftains and the Carolina Chocolate Drops performing "Pretty Little Girls".

You Can't Be Told

Valerie June performing "You Can't Be Told".

God Bless the Child

Billie Holiday performing "God Bless the Child".

The Parting Glass

For something a cappella, the Wailin' Jennys performing "The Parting Glass".

I Loves You Porgy

Nina Simone's 1960 performance of "I loves You Porgy".

Sideways

Danielia Cotton's acoustic cover of Citizen Cope's "Sideways".

Landed

Ben Folds and the Contemporary Youth Orchestra performing "Landed". I love the way the conductor dances around as she conducts.

The Pretenders

Thirty-five years ago today the Pretenders released their first album.  From that album, here is a video of "Brass in Pocket".

The Way It Is

I didn't know what I would find that would be appropriate to post for MLK's Birthday, but then, by chance, I found this. Bruce Hornsby and Ricky Skaggs' somewhat bluegrassified version of "The Way It Is".

Sow Good Seeds

I can't find a live version of this song, so here is Mavis Staples' album recording of "Sow Good Seeds".

Little Jimmy Dickens (1920-2015)

A post to mark the passing of Little Jimmy Dickens at the beginning of the year. A member of the Grand Ole Opry for over 65 years, this celebration of his 94th birthday last December was his final performance.

Dimming of the Day

I posted three different versions of Richard Thompson's "Dimming of the Day" a couple years back. Here is yet another great version. This one by Emmylou Harris.

Glory

"Glory"—winner of the Golden Globe for best original song from a motion picture—performed by Common and John Legend.

A River Away

Julian Velard performing "A River Away", a song from his most recent album If you Don't Like It, You Can Leave.

No Hiding Place Down Here

June Carter Cash and Mother Maybelle performing "No Hiding Place Down Here".

Joe Cocker Tribute

A great tribute to Joe Cocker—Ed Turner and Number 9 perform "The Letter" with a little help from their friend Sharon Jones.

Reason To Believe

Given the dearth of pipe organ music on this blog, here is Neil Young performing "Reason To Believe" at Farm Aid 2013.

Linda Ronstadt & Johnny Cash

From almost 45 years ago, Linda Ronstadt's first appearance on the Johnny Cash Show.  Ronstadt covers Waylon Jennings' "The Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" then duets with Johnny on the Carter Family's "I Never Will Marry".

Luther Perkins

Elvis might have turned 80 today, but Luther Perkins would have turned 87. Perkins was Johnny Cash's original guitar player, and here he is playing the theme from Bonanza.

Suspicious MInds

My favorite Elvis Presley song—"Suspicious Minds"—to mark that today would have been his 80th birthday.

His Eye Is On The Sparrow

Gregory Porter sings his mother's favorite song—"His Eye Is On The Sparrow"—at the Royal Albert Hall.

What a Wonderful World

Dr. John and the Blind Boys of Alabama performing "What a Wonderful World".

Destination

"Destination"—From Nickel Creek's upcoming Austin City Limits appearance.

What's Going On

For the first song of the new year, Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" performed by John Legend and Sharon Jones.