Fiona Apple has covered Sharon Van Etten‘s track “Love More” for Van Etten’s anniversary edition of her 2010 album Epic. Apple’s version of the tune brings in more percussion but stays fairly true to the original.
Van Etten previously teased the cover on Twitter, writing, “‘Love More’ is the last track from Epic, and I’m so honored to have Fiona Apple’s version of it coming out this Thursday.”
Epic, Van Etten’s debut album, will get a special anniversary release, Epic Ten, on April 16th. It contains the original 2010 record, as well as the tracks covered by Courtney Barnett, Vagabon, Shamir, Big Red Machine, and Lucinda Williams. The musician has shared several covers so far, including “Don’t Do It,” by Barnett and Vagabon, and “Save Yourself,” by Williams.
“Epic represents a crossroads for me as an artist,” Van Etten said of the release. “Going from intern to artist at Ba Da Bing, from solo folk singer to playing with a band for the first time and beginning to play shows on tour where people showed up. I am in awe of the artists who wanted to participate in celebrating my anniversary and reissue, from young inspiring musicians, to artists who took me under their wing, who I met on tour, and to artists I’ve looked up to since I was a teenager. Each one of these artists continue to influence my writing and provide a sense of camaraderie during this new era of sharing music.”
On April 16th and 17th, Van Etten will release a documentary on the making of the album, combined with a virtual concert where she’ll perform the LP in full with her band at Zebulon in Los Angeles. Proceeds will benefit the venue; tickets can be found here.
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P!nk was among the people watching at home on Sunday night helping to lift the 78th annual Tony Awards to their biggest broadcast audience since 2019. But the pop superstar seemed more keyed in on the action in her own living room than the best and brightest Broadway stars dancing and belting across the Radio City Music Hall stage.
That’s because her daughter and sometime musical companion Willow had cooked up her own homebrew tribute to the Great White Way. According to E! News, In a since-expired video on her Instagram Story on Monday, P!nk gushed about the teen hopping up on the coffee table in the family living room to sing her take on the Tony-nominated Boop! musical’s “Where I Wanna Be.”
Commenting on the impromptu performance, P!nk wrote, “I like when she sings at me.”
In an accompanying Instagram post, P!nk shared snaps of Willow watching the broadcast with rapt attention, standing on the coffee table in their living room in a costume of her own design. “This girl is where she wants to be,” the singer wrote of her 14-year-old first born. “Dressed up in her Great Gatsby the Musical costume (which she designed herself) watching the Tony’s!”
It’s not the first time P!nk has commented on Willow’s love of musical theater. In October, she shared a video of the teen losing it after getting to do some choreo with the cast of The Great Gatsby musical. “I am happy as long as my kids are being their authentic selves, and they’re not a–holes,” she wrote. “I am happy as long as there is a light in their eyes. I am under no illusion that any of this is easy. Parenting, being a kid, being on this earth, any of it. As long as we are doing ‘almost our best’, and allowing others to be their true selves- then I think we’re nailing it. But having a theater kid? Ultimate dream slash best case scenario. And being able to take her and expose her to this artform that lives? Great Gatsby? Jeremy Jordan? She is obsessed.”
