The Bird and the Bee
Tom Morello, Kathy Valentine and More Cover Eurythmics’ ‘Sweet Dreams’
A group of legendary artists including Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, Foo Fighters’ Rami Jaffee and The Go-Go’s Kathy Valentine joined Girl with a Guitar, a group of young female guitarists from Kabul, Afghanistan to cover Eurythmics’ 1983 hit “Sweet Dreams.” [embedded content] Guitarist Vicki Peterson of The Bangles, singer Cherie Currie of The Runaways, guitarist Wayne Kramer of MC5, drummer Kris Myers of Umphrey’s McGee, The Bird and the Bee’s Greg Kurstin and singer Inara George also contributed their talents to the rendition. The new cover not only sheds light on the hardships children, particularly girls, are facing in war-torn countries, but also hopes to raise money for The Miraculous Love Kids, an organization that raises awareness, resources and funds for some of the mos...
The Bird and the Bee Cover ‘Little Drummer Boy’ With Dave Grohl
The Bird and The Bee are gearing up for the holiday season. The group will release Put Up The Lights, a collection of the duo’s favorite holiday songs featured alongside new original compositions. From that, the group released their new song, “You and I At Christmas Time,” as well as a version of the classic “Little Drummer Boy (feat. Dave Grohl).” The album, due out Oct. 23rd via No Expectation/Release Me Records, also includes covers of “Deck the Halls” and “Christmas Time is Here.” You can listen to Grohl’s playing on “The Little Drummer Boy” here and “You and I At Christmas Time” here. The initial idea for Put Up The Lights dates back to 2007 but it wasn’t until they released Interpreting the Masters Volume 2: A Tribute to Van Halen in 2019 that they committed to making the a...
Hear Dave Grohl and Inara George Duet on New Rendition of ‘Sex in Cars’
Inara George of the Bird and the Bee has recruited Dave Grohl for a new duet rendition of her track, “Sex in Cars.” Originally appearing in George’s latest solo three-song project, The Youth of Angst, “Sex in Cars” is part of a series of releases for her “Road Angel Project, which is raising money for the Sweet Relief’s COVID-19 fund aimed at helping musicians and music industry professionals who have been financially impacted by the global pandemic. “I always knew I wanted this version of ‘Sex In Cars’ with Dave to benefit some amazing non-profit,” George said in a statement. “As the pandemic hit and it became very clear that live music would not resume for many, many months, I immediately thought of Sweet Relief, not only because they help so man...
