Count Five: Gentleman Reg's Favorite Cover Songs

When a songwriter records someone else's tune -- effectively making the song their own -- it's the ... Read More »

Sinead O'Connor Rerecords Song to Fight Sex Trafficking

Though she hasn't produced any new material since 2007's 'Theology,' Sinead O'Connor will be ... Read More »

Ian Brown Gives Thanks Every Day For Solo Career

The café on west London's genteel Holland Park Avenue is busy with patrons, the clatter of ... Read More »

I Hate My Hit! 10 Songs Disowned by the People Who Made Them Famous

Nobody made you go around wearing UFO pants and sucking a pacifier after you got smart enough to ... Read More »

Stars' Amy Millan Follows Death Cab for Cutie Into the Dark

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, covering another artist's song is the music world's ... Read More »

Bettye LaVette Brings Change to Central Park

"It's been a good year!" an exuberant Bettye LaVette told the crowd at Central Park's Summerstage as ... Read More »

Twisted Tales: Sinead O'Connor Figuratively Rips National Anthem, Literally Rips Pope

"This must be one stupid broad," Frank Sinatra said in the summer of 1990, headlining the Garden ... Read More »

Rock Almanac: October 3, 2008

On This Date in 1992: Sinéad O'Connor sparks a controversy when she rips up a portrait of ... Read More »

Sinead O'Connor Calls Bush, Blair 'Wankers'

Sinead O'Connor, who infamously ripped up a picture of the pope live on 'SNL,' is clearly no ... Read More »