Stream Benjamin Tod's New Covers Album 'Country Is Dead'

(IVPR) "My general take on covers is they either need to be done differently, or done better," says recording artist Benjamin Tod, who just released a brand new album made up entirely of cover tunes, Country Is Dead, via Thirty Tigers.

"There's a few that are impossible to do either with, but I think we hit that mark on most of this record. I wanted to take on the challenge of making new arrangements, and in some cases, reinventing old standards in completely different ways."

The twelve songs of this new collection mesh so well together not just because of the sonic revamp each received, but also because they're at the foundation of what makes the Lost Dog Street Band frontman tick. From the father of country music, Jimmie Rodgers, to the traditionalist wave of the late Keith Whitley, to the fringe California movement of The Byrds-not to mention the unmissable greats like Hank Williams, George Jones, and Merle Haggard-Tod has tapped into every corner of his influences while piecing together this album.

"Some of these songs I started playing on the streets of Nashville when I was a teenager, and shaped who I am as a writer and a musician," Tod says of Country Is Dead's tracklist. "This was a full-circle kind of moment, and really a means of insight into who I am."

Fans can now stream or purchase Country Is Dead in its entirety right here.

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