Coverville: The Cover Music Show (AAC Edition)

From her amazing Bond song, “Nobody Does It Better”, to TWO covers of “You’re So Vain”, we’re celebrating Carly’s 80th birthday with some covers of and by her! (71 minutes) Go to https://surfshark.com/ibbott or use code IBBOTT at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN!

Transcribed - Published: 26 June 2025

Celebrating Graham Russell and Rod Argent’s birthdays with cover of and by their bands: Air Supply, The Zombies and Argent! (60 minutes) Go to https://surfshark.com/ibbott or use code IBBOTT at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN!

Transcribed - Published: 19 June 2025

A tribute to two amazing songwriters and performers that we lost in the last few days: Sly Stone and Brian Wilson. (71 minutes) Go to https://surfshark.com/ibbott or use code IBBOTT at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN!

Transcribed - Published: 12 June 2025

Let’s hop into the old Time Machine for a trip back 40 years and see what amazing albums came out in June 1985! (69 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 5 June 2025

A tribute to an amazing guitariest and musician, as well as a long-overdue Spandau Ballet Cover Story! All wrapped up into one episode! (61 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 29 May 2025

Celebrating 40 years of the Dire Straits album Brothers in Arms, and 75 years of Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh! (62 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 15 May 2025

A tribute to Mike Peters, lead vocalist of The Alarm, who we lost over the weekend, and a Captain & Tennille Cover Story for Toni Tennille, who turns 85 today (60 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 8 May 2025

For Lou Gramm’s 75th, coming up next month – Foreigner Covers (and one Led Zeppelin cover for good measure)

Transcribed - Published: 24 April 2025

On what would have been his 70th birthday, let’s celebrate the music of Pete Shelley and his band The Buzzcocks, as we do, with covers! (60 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 17 April 2025

For Agnetha’s 75th birthday earlier this month, and long-overdue ABBA Cover Story! (71 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 10 April 2025

For Frank Black/Black Francis’ 60th, here’s a great collection of covers of and by the Pixies! (58 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 3 April 2025

For Angus Young’s 70th birthday this weekend, let’s go back to a whole lotta AC/DC tracks and find some covers! (74 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 27 March 2025

For what would have been Solomon’s 85th birthday, a long-overdue episode showcasing his amazing music! (42 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 20 March 2025

With two members of Black Eyed Peas (will.i.am and Fergie) celebrating birthdays this month, and Twisted Sister’s frontman Dee Snyder also celebrating a birthday, it’s time for a double cover story! (64 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 13 March 2025

For Dale Bozzio and Eli Brickell’s birthdays, cover stories for there amazing bands they fronted! (59 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 6 March 2025

A tribute to the music of Roberta Flack, and a Cover Story for, now 80, Mitch Ryder! (53 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 27 February 2025

Birthday cover stories on today’s show – for Howard Jones (70), Walter Becker of Steely Dan (would have been 75), and Smokey Robinson (85)! Enjoy! (63 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 20 February 2025

For his 75th birthday, which is today, some artists show how they see Peter Gabriel’s music, in their eyes. (82 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 13 February 2025

For what would have been Michael Hutchence’s 65th birthday, a set of INXS covers! (63 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 30 January 2025

This week, a salute to Billy Ocean, who turned 75 a couple days ago, and a Patron-submitted set from JD Friedland! (70 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 23 January 2025

Every once in a while, I have to do a cover story for the OTHER Elvis! (54 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 16 January 2025

The music of R.E.M., for Michael Stipe’s 65th birthday! (72 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 9 January 2025

Here is it, the last episode of the year, and the biggest! Counting down the top 20 covers of the year, all the way down to number one! And as always, a special bonus. (84 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 26 December 2024

Time to start counting down the 40 best covers of 2024, and this is part one! (88 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 23 December 2024

As we do every year, it’s time for a collection of great Christmas songs, featuring requests from you and me! (69 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 12 December 2024

Since her birthday usually falls right in the middle of the big Coverville end-of-year shows, we don’t always get a cover story episode for her, but let’s fix that right now! Annie Lennox and Eurythmics covers today on the show! (73 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 5 December 2024

It’s time once again for the annual Thanksgiving tradition of presenting an extra-long episode of Coverville, filled with Beatles covers! (79 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 27 November 2024

When you turn 70, you get a Coverville episode. That’s just the way it is. (59 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 21 November 2024

For his 80th birthday, covers of things he wrote for Disney (Lion King and Aladdin), Broadway (Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, and Chess), and Bond (James Bond). (58 minutes) I call this episode 1510 at the beginning of the show – but it’s really 1511!

Transcribed - Published: 14 November 2024

Paying tribute to the incredible songwriter, composer, arranger and producer, who just passed away this last weekend at the age of 91. (49 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 7 November 2024

For no reason. (63 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 31 October 2024

For Jon Anderson’s 80th birthday – some Yes covers, and some surprises! (65 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 24 October 2024

Born Kate Hudson almost 40 years ago, today we’ll celebrate the music of Katy Perry (whose birthday is coming up next week) as told with cover songs! (52 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 17 October 2024

Van Halen and (Dixie) Chicks covers for the birthdays of David Lee Roth and Natalie Maines! (60 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 10 October 2024

Celebrating 20 years of Coverville with an emerald-green episode! (56 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 26 September 2024

For his 75th birthday this weekend, a great collection of covers of the Boss! (67 minutes) And if you’re a Patron, look for something extra in your feed too!

Transcribed - Published: 19 September 2024

For what would have been the birthdays of guitarists Ed King and Steve Gaines on Saturday (they both would have been 75!), a Lynyrd Skynyrd Cover Story! (55 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 12 September 2024

For Pink and Jack Black’s 45th and 55th birthdays! A Black/Pink Cover story! (66 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 5 September 2024

A couple 50th birthday sets of music for Nina Persson of The Cardigans and A Camp, and a tribute to Greg Kihn! (55 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 29 August 2024

For his 70th birthday, and for my 1500th show, it’s time to do another tribute to one of my favorite artists, Elvis Costello! (65 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 22 August 2024

An artist whose music I’ve been wanting to get more familiar with – and what better way than to listen to her originals and the covers she inspired! Plus, she’s turning 30 this week. (52 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 15 August 2024

For Adam Duritz’ 60th birthday, a few sets of Counting Crows covers! (59 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 12 August 2024

For Rick Davies’ 80th birthday, a collection of Supertramp Covers! (46 minutes) For a free download of the Coverville Supertramp tribute, click here

Transcribed - Published: 1 August 2024

Responsible for so much of the great music we heard in the 80s, 90s and more recent, Trevor Horn is turning 75, and is so so worthy of another Cover Story. So let’s hear some more covers of and by Trevor Horn! (74 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 18 July 2024

65th birthdays for Marc Cohn and Jim Kerr of Simple Minds mean cover stories for both of them! Let’s hear it! (62 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 11 July 2024

For Ray Davies’ 80th birthday, a (late) cake filled with amazing Kinks covers!

Transcribed - Published: 4 July 2024

For the 40th anniversary of the Prince album, I’m doing it again: Covers of every track on the album (and one bonus)! (47 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 20 June 2024

You know his music. He has been with bands like King Crimson, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, and the terrific Asia, John would have turned 75 this week. Covers of and by John on this episode! (56 minutes)

Transcribed - Published: 13 June 2024