{"id":10925,"date":"2019-07-09T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=10925"},"modified":"2023-01-01T10:56:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T18:56:49","slug":"cover-me-little-mazarn-dancing-in-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/09\/cover-me-little-mazarn-dancing-in-the-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Little Mazarn: Dancing in the Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not sure how to describe Little Mazarn&#8217;s sound; &#8220;new age\/Appalachian&#8221; may be as close as I can get.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not worth getting hung up on categories, though, because no matter where you assign it, Little Mazarn&#8217;s cover of Bruce&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/25\/roll-of-the-dice-dancing-in-the-dark\/\">Dancing in the Dark<\/a>&#8221; is gorgeous, haunting, and unique. It&#8217;ll stick with you long after the first listen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wap9nrhyEJw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>You can find her version on her new 2019 album, <em>Io<\/em>, released mere weeks ago (as I write this, anyway).<\/p>\n<p>Bonus: here&#8217;s a live performance from a few months before the album&#8217;s release. It&#8217;s not quite as stunning as the album version, but the context perfectly captures the isolation and loneliness in Bruce&#8217;s lyrics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I81h30D5mJ0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little Mazarn&#8217;s brand-new cover of Bruce&#8217;s biggest hit is one of my favorite &#8220;Dancing in the Dark&#8221; covers yet. Take a listen inside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[187,2392],"class_list":["post-10925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","tag-dancing-in-the-dark","tag-little-mazarn"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mazarn.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-2Qd","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10185,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/05\/cover-me-sara-mcleod-dancing-in-the-dark\/","url_meta":{"origin":10925,"position":0},"title":"Cover Me, Sara McLeod: Dancing in the Dark","author":"Ken","date":"June 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Daring, edgy, and absolutely fantastic: watch Sara McLeod nail the spirit of Bruce's greatest hit in an amazing cover performance.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Sarah-2BMcLeod.jpg?fit=605%2C605&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Sarah-2BMcLeod.jpg?fit=605%2C605&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Sarah-2BMcLeod.jpg?fit=605%2C605&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":68336,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1984\/02\/04\/cover-me-round-up-dancing-in-the-dark-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":10925,"position":1},"title":"Cover Me Round-Up: Dancing in the Dark","author":"Ken","date":"February 4, 1984","format":false,"excerpt":"This one's even harder. 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