She frequently does covers, like half of Vagabond Ways is covers.

Anyways, I'm excited for her version of Down From Dover.

yeah i know my faithfull, thank you very much. but to say that majority of her material are covers is just pushing it.

well a lot of her more recent work is cover-heavy ... how about that? that seems a bit more accurate.

personally, im stoked for this. i just listened to broken english on vinyl last night and i almost lost my mind.

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recent work? you mean this new album? sure. but her last two albums consisted entirely of original material (you know your faithfull as well, im sure). i don't know, after the sheer brilliance of Before the Poison, i was hoping she would have cramed inside a studio with the people she's collaborating with on covers, and wrote a handful of new. i do, however, look forward to hearing the Neko Case cover.

i was thinking more post-broken english ... which i guess isnt so recent ... but she's done a pretty wide array of covers. i think the term "covers" is used for too liberally, anyway. she's an interpreter of song, like emmylou harris or linda ronstadt ... i know you know what i mean. i've personally enjoyed a lot of the songs she's chosen that have been written by others, espcially "working class hero" (which, sorry lennon-heads, sounds truer than the original) and "Lola Rastaquouere" from the serge tribute album (which you got me hooked on, thank you very much).

I figure the old gal has paid her dues, anything with any substance is worth waiting for. Im kinda curious about the doc thats coming along with it. I hope its more than some shitty EPK.

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Pastor: No one is born gay.
Bill Maher: Really? Have you met Little Richard?