Essential Covers

Pop essentials and a little bit more

Essential Covers: Sasha McVeigh – ‘I’ll Be The Moon’ (Dierks Bentley Cover)

June 8, 2016

Sasha McVeigh exclusively covers Dierks Bentley’s track, ‘I’ll Be The Moon’, from his latest album, ‘Black’, as part of our Essential Covers feature.

Steve Young – More Than a Troubadour

June 1, 2016

We introduced Steve Young to readers of Essentially Pop a few weeks back with his moving tribute to Prince. Now we’ve caught up with him about his forthcoming debut album, ‘Troubadour’ (watch out for our review as well).

Essential Covers: Sam And The Womp – ‘Light It Up’ (Major Lazer Cover)

May 18, 2016

Our Essential Cover is from Sam And The Womp, who’ve given us their take on Major Lazer’s ‘Light It Up’.

Essential Covers : Steve Young – ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ (Prince Cover)

April 22, 2016

British Country singer songwriter Steve Young covers Prince’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ in honour of the singer’s death yesterday.

Essential Covers: Pete Gardiner – ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ (Joni Mitchell Cover)

April 21, 2016

Our Essential Cover this week comes from Northern Irish singer songwriter, Pete Gardiner, who gives us his take on the Joni Mitchell classic, ‘Big Yellow Taxi’.

Essential Covers: Luke & Mel – ‘Today I Started Loving You Again’ (Merle Haggard Cover)

April 11, 2016

In honour of country legend Merle Haggard, who died on his birthday, April 6, comes our Essential Cover this week. Luke & Mel, an award-winning country duo from Manchester, sing their tribute to Haggard: ‘Today I Started Loving You Again’.