This song is finally starting to slow down on the radio, and as refreshing as it initially was, it did start to wear out it’s welcome. But that’s not to say I’m not opposed to hearing some new takes on the song, which is exactly what the following 6 videos give us. They each take […]
Read More The “Royals” Youtube Covers Round-Up – 10/29/13Youtube is holding the Youtube Music Awards (#YTMA) and a number of Asian/Asian-American artists have landed as finalist nominees. For the record, I think this is a great way to recognize leaders of the new medium known as streaming video, but I think the voting process is kind of clunky and confusing. Either way, Psy, […]
Read More Psy, Girls Generation, Toro Y Moi, and Jayesslee Are Nominees for the Youtube Music AwardsI know that it’s been a long, long time since our last showdown, and at first I was reserving the covers of this song for that feature but I didn’t realize we had 12 renditions to share! So instead, I’ve compiled all of these Drake remixes and covers into this tidy little round-up for you […]
Read More The “Hold On, We’re Going Home” Covers Round-Up – 10/17/13Sometimes, you see and hear a performance that just makes you scrunch up your face and be somehow disgusted at how talented people can be. This is what happened for me when watching Tessanne Chin battle Donna Allen for a spot on NBC’s The Voice this past week. The two duked it out for Team […]
Read More Tessanne Chin Advances Past Donna Allen on The VoiceGrowing up, many of us spent hours laboring over some type of musical instrument, perhaps under the insistence of a parental figure. Piano, guitar, clarinet, flute, violin, perhaps even the saxophone were often heard being practiced within the walls of our humble domains, but how many of us have learned to rock out on a […]
Read More Just ‘Cause: The Sweetest Sweet Child o’ Mine Cover You’ll Ever HearIt’s been a while since we had round-up of cover videos, so we aim to address that with today’s post. This time around, we have a batch of songs that have been altered enough from their originals to be considered a completely different genre. In a number of the following cases, the argument could be […]
Read More The Genre Flip Youtube Covers Round-Up – 9/23/13If you frequent our fair site, there’s a very good chance you’re already familiar with Kollaboration. It’s a staple of the Asian-American entertainment community and has had so much talent run through it’s stage, it’s immeasurable. There are shows all over the nation, and hopefully you’ve had a chance to catch one near you, but […]
Read More All of the DMV Should Be at Kollaboration DC 2013 (9/28)So what do we mean when we say a-Tunes Meta Covers? These are songs and videos of a-Tunes artists covering other a-Tunes artists. In other words, it’s a double dip. It’s an ode to the community, a tip of the hat to other artists in the scene. It’s artists showing love to other like-minded artists, […]
Read More The a-Tunes Meta Covers Youtube Round-Up – 8/26/13For this cover round-up, we adhered strictly to the criteria that the artists in question are not using the original instrumentals or simply doing a one-take acoustic cover in front of the camera. In the following songs, you’ll hear songs that you probably recognize, only they’ve been taken apart completely and pieced together by the […]
Read More The Reconstructed Covers Round-Up – 8/16/13Happy Thursday, everyone. Of course, you know what that means – it’s almost Friday! But before the weekend hits why don’t you take a load off and check out the following cover songs/videos of R&B artists. Of course, some of the songs are more faithful to the original than others, but all in all they […]
Read More The R&B/Pop Youtube Covers Round-Up – 8/8/13
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