According to the BBC, Reed himself called the Canadian band's 1988 version "the best and most authentic version I have ever heard." By William Goodman It’s no secret: Lou Reed, the inimitable Velvet ...

The group’s melancholy, laid-back style is exemplified by its popular 1989 reading of Lou Reed’s “Sweet Jane,” where the Junkies covered the first-draft version before The Velvet Underground rocked it ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Todd Litton emails a “haunting and hypnotic” cover song from Cowboy ...

Cowboy Junkies lead singer Margo Timmins smiles as she greets the crowd at Sunday’s Denver Botanic Gardens show. Photos by Candace Horgan. Two decades have passed since Canada’s Cowboy Junkies ...

In 1992, in the back of a tour bus, Townes Van Zandt, the late Texas singer-songwriter, serenaded Margo Timmins with an impromptu take on his song, “Flyin’ Shoes.” The song is no sweet pick-me-up. The ...