The site's slug: "Folk covers of familiar songs. Reimagined versions of folk songs. Because in the folk tradition, music belongs to the community."
Heard of Cover Lay Down? Now you have.
For you lovers of folk out there, Cover Lay Down is a fantastic folk music blog that mostly posts covers by folk musicians. It's updated every few days or so, but each post is a thoughtful, essay-length delving into a corner of the genre. Here's the Weird Weeds' cover of Van Morrison's "Sweet Thing," off the iconic Astral Weeks.
Jason Gulledge