Lauv visited the BBC Live Lounge and performed an intimate and sombre rendition of The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights”. It almost felt like a different song, Lauv honed in on the song’s emotion perfectly. Nice. Previously: Lauv – Modern Loneliness (Video)
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Hayley Williams – Don’t Start Now (Dua Lipa cover)
Last month Paramore’s lead vocalist Hayley Williams released her debut single “Simmer”. She recently visited the BBC Live Lounge and performed that aswell a funky and soulful rendition of Dua Lipa’s “Don’t Start Now”. You can watch both performances below. Hayley Williams – Don’t Start Now (Dua Lipa cover) .embedtool {position: Continue Reading
Foxes – Photograph (Ed Sheeran Cover)
Foxes dropped by BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge today and performed a cover of Ed Sheeran’s “Photograph”. Besides adding a different instrumental arrangement, Foxes rendition retained the emotion of Ed Sheeran’s original. It’s hard to out do some one as brilliant as Sheeran, but Foxes certainly did the song justice. Continue Reading
Years & Years – Earned It (The Weeknd Cover)
Years & Years dropped by BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge today and performed a cover of The Weeknd’s 50 Shades of Grey soundtrack “Earned It”. It was interesting to hear the band performing something at a slower tempo than usual and Olly gave the song a touch of soul. Olly even Continue Reading
Meridian Dan – Blinded By The Lights ft JME & Bossman (Video)
Following a performance of Meridian Dan’s new single “German Whip”, Meridian Dan, JME and Bossman performed a cover of The Streets’ “Blinded By The Lights”. I’m loving the shine that this tune is getting, hopefully it’s the first of many Grime bangers to get main stream appreciation. “German Whip” will Continue Reading
Foxes – Hold On We’re Going Home/The Monster
Foxes covered not one but two tracks on Dermot O’Leary’s BBC Radio 2 show; Drake’s “Hold On We’re Going Home” and Eminem and Rihanna’s “The Monster”. If only her singles were this good..
Ella Eyre – Black and Gold (Sam Sparro Cover)
Ella Eyre performed a stunning cover of Sam Sparro’s “Black and Gold” in the BBC Live Lounge recently and you can watch it below. It’s further evidence of this young lady’s talent and I know that I;m not alone when I say that I can’t wait to hear her album! Previously: Ella Eyre Continue Reading
Gorgon City – Doing It Wrong feat Liv and MNEK (Drake Cover)
Drake’s “Doing It Wrong” was given a touch of some UK Garage vibes thanks to Gorgon City, Liv and MNEK. Check out their rendition of Drake’s “Doing It Wrong” from their recent visit to the BBC Live Lounge below. Previously: Gorgon City – Ready For Your Love ft. MNEK (Video)
Crystal Fighters – Waiting All Night (Rudimental Cover)
In their recent visit to the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, Crystal Fighters covered Rudimental’s latest single “Waiting All Night”. It was a slightly more mellow version than Rudimental’s Drum N Bass original, but the alternative interpretation was quite nice. Previously: Crystal Fighters – Cave Rave (Album Sampler)
Disclosure – Need U (100%) feat. Sam Smith (Duke Dumont Cover)
Disclosure were joined by a number of special guests in their visit to the BBC’s Live Lounge last week. Sam Smith joined the boys for a cover of Duke Dumont’s “Need U (100%)” and you can watch that above. Eliza Doolittle was also on hand to perform Disclosure’s latest single Continue Reading