Coverville
Coverville is a podcast featuring cover versions of pop, rock and country songs by new and established performers. The show is produced and hosted by Brian Ibbott out of his home in Arvada, Colorado. "Coverville" was also part of the programming of the experimental KYCY-AM "open source radio" station San Francisco during the mid-2000s. History. Ibbott, who wanted to be a disc jockey as a child, began his DJ career at weddings, though was bored with the music selection such venues permitted. A TechTV story he saw in August 2004 got him interested in podcasting. The first "Coverville  podcast was launched on September 28, 2004. Coverville" passed episode #300 on March 4, 2007 and episode #500 on August 26, 2008, which was celebrated with a "gala" in Las Vegas where fans could meet with artists featured on the show. As one of the early music-based podcasts, "Coverville" contributed to the legal podcasting of copyrighted music in the US. One month after beginning the podcase, Ibbott contacted major performance rights organisations (initially ASCAP and BMI) to explain the technology and delivery methods behind podcasting and to license music for "Coverville". The licensing organizations adapted their non-interactive license  to include podcast licensing shortly thereafter. Ibbott was active in publicizing this information among other podcasters. "Coverville" has been discussed in articles appearing in print and online publications such as "Rolling Stone" and BusinessWeek Online, and recommended by the BBC. In 2005, 2011, 2012, and 2013, "Coverville" won Podcast Connect's People's Choice Podcast Award in the "Podcast Safe Music" category. In 2005, Ibbott estimated 5000 subscribers for "Coverville", which grew by 2007 to an estimated 35,000 listeners. Features. A typical episode of "Coverville" has about six cover songs, and they are generally released on a three-per-week  schedule. Weekly features typically include a Sunday all-request show, trivia challenges (where Brian, with help from his wife, try to solve various name-that-tune type challenges), and the Uncovered Gem Of The Week, a track that isn't a cover, but that the host likes. It is common for an episode of "Coverville" to have a theme. Frequent themes include: Countdown. At the end of the year, "Coverville" does a countdown of listeners' favorite cover versions. The following is a list of the top five from 2005 to 2011: