Jesus wants the rose.

Josh Ritter covers Springsteen’s “The River”

It’s great to see one of my favorite artists covering one of my favorite songs by my favorite artist.

Check out The War on Drugs

No, not the government campaign or the Barenaked Ladies song.  They’re a really cool new band and I’ve been digging their album, Wagonwheel Blues.  Great stuff.  I’m excited to see them at the Festival of Faith and Music.  Here’s a video:

The Avett Brothers cover Springsteen’s “Glory Days”

This is awesome.  I had wanted to check these guys out for a while and this is a great cover.  You should check out some of the other videos on Springsteen’s site.

Words cannot describe this video.

These cats is supa-fly.

Carson, Keller, & Piper on Mercy + The Gospel

Good, gospel-centered stuff.

HT: Chris McElwee

Cardinology – Noun; The study of The Cardinals, Ryan Adams’ backing band.

After recording Cold Roses and Jacksonville City Nights with a shape-shifting group of musicians called The Cardinals, Ryan Adams finally found steady group of musicians for his band.  Although Easy Tiger was technically a Ryan Adams & The Cardinals project, it ended up getting billed as another solo album.  This past tuesday, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals released Cardinology, their most undeniably band-focused album to date.  While still wearing some of their Grateful Dead & Gram Parsons influences on their sleeves, U2 and Allman Brothers influences are also present.  Most importantly though, Cardinology shows the band really coming into their own.  Pick it up.  It’s a great album.

Watch Ryan Adams & The Cardinals perform the single “Fix It” on Letterman.

Mark Driscoll on Church Unity