Coverville

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Coverville is a podcast, focusing on cover songs. The show is produced and hosted by Brian Ibbott, in Arvada, Colorado. The show started in September 2004 and had episode #200 on April 30, 2006.

Coverville is produced using a Macintosh PowerBook G4 12", using Audio Hijack Pro, and WireTap Pro. The microphone used is a Shure SM-58S, the mixer is a Behringer Eurorack and it is hosted by BlueHost.

[edit] Features

A typical episode of Coverville has about six cover songs, and they are generally released on a three-per-week schedule. Weekly features typically include a Sunday all-request show, trivia challenges (where Brian, with help from his wife Tina, try to solve various name-that-tune type challenges), and the Uncovered Gem Of The Week, a track that isn't a cover, but that the host likes. It is common for an episode of Coverville to have a central theme. Common themes include:

Cover Story - An entire episode devoted to a single prominent artist, with a number of totally different covers of songs all originally by the same artist, sometimes also including the artist covering someone else in return. For example, the Depeche Mode Cover Story included six other artists covering Depeche Mode, but also included Depeche Mode lead singer David Gahan covering Roxy Music.
Originalville - An episode dedicated to playing the original versions of songs whose covers became famous, but whose original versions are relatively poorly known.
A Cappella - An entire show dedicated to a cappella cover songs.
Lost In Translation - An entire episode based on cover songs performed in a different language than the original.
Cover To Cover Interview - A show-length interview with someone, interspersed with their favourite covers or cover songs they've performed.
Coverville Countdown - A year-end countdown of all-time favourite covers, as voted on by listeners of Coverville. The 2005 top five were:
1. Hurt, covered by Johnny Cash, originally by Nine Inch Nails
2. Baby Got Back, covered by Jonathan Coulton, originally by Sir Mix-A-Lot
3. Common People, covered by William Shatner with Ben Folds and Joe Jackson, originally by Pulp
4. Hallelujah, covered by Jeff Buckley, originally by Leonard Cohen
5. I Will Survive, covered by Cake, originally by Gloria Gaynor