Created by Efram Wolff, the cover to Stevie Wonder’s sixteenth studio LP showcased the artist as a purebred visionary. Wonder is looking toward the heavens, with a beam stretching from his eyes (of added importance considering his blindness). It’s an uber-artistic way of showing perspective,...
Chance the Rapper Shares New Poem and Covers Stevie Wonder for NPR's Tiny Desk Concert Series Chance the Rapper stopped by NPR recently to share a new poem and cover Stevie Wonder as part of the Tiny Desk concert series. Chance the Rapperstopped by NPR in June to take pa...
“Out of all Nirvana’s songs, ‘Heart-Shaped Box’ is my favorite,” Fraites said. “I remember listening to this song in the car while riding to middle school with my mom. I think it has one of the strongest melodies ever written. I did my best to honor this song, especially on...
Stevie Wonder’s 1968 recording of the hit is not the joyous romp you might expect. He veers the other way, sings the pain more than the relief, leans on the minor-chord vibe more than the major. This partly-cloudy “Sunny” didn’t chart; it wasn’t even released as a single. Two...
Renditions of theBeatles’ “Hey Jude,”Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child” andStevie Wonder’s “I Believe” are among the songs on the LP. Schon also coversPrince’s iconic “Purple Rain,” which you can listen to below. Universeisn’t entirely made up of covers, however, as original mat...
"The Ghost of Tom Joad" by Bruce Springsteen (114 times) Rammstein Getty Images Rammstein "Stripped" by Depeche Mode (176 times) Red Hot Chili Peppers Arturo Holmes, Getty Images Red Hot Chili Peppers "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder (363 times) ...
It also spotlights the eight-time Grammy winner’s innate talent for adding rhythmic nuances and other colorful arrangements to songs he covered during the course of his career. Those include Stevie Wonder’s “Creepin’”; “A House Is Not a Home,” originally covered by Dionne Warwick; and...
It’s not all strictly blues; Neal sings lead vocals on a cover of Stevie Wonder’s Living For The City. Slash closes the album out with an all-original composition titled Metal Chestnut. (Image credit: Austin Nelson) But it makes sense that Killing Floor is the fir...
"The Ghost of Tom Joad" by Bruce Springsteen (114 times) Rammstein Getty Images Rammstein "Stripped" by Depeche Mode (176 times) Red Hot Chili Peppers Arturo Holmes, Getty Images Red Hot Chili Peppers "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder (363 times) ...
Released 40 years after Stevie Wonder’s 1972 classic, her start-to-finish recreation of his game-changing LP deserves far more attention than it got upon its 2012 release. Her smoky, lilting voice lends itself perfectly to a faithful rendition of opener “You Are the Sunshine of My Life,”...