{"id":37160,"date":"2022-08-23T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=37160"},"modified":"2022-10-23T14:49:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T21:49:24","slug":"cover-me-the-descendants-land-of-hope-and-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/23\/cover-me-the-descendants-land-of-hope-and-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, The Descendants: Land of Hope and Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They may be a folk trio, but this cover rocks.<\/p>\n<p>The Descendants hail from South Africa&#8217;s Eastern Cape. With twelve studio albums under their belts, Ingrid Potgieter (piano), Nicky Wilson (bass), and Melissa Larter (guitar and lead vocals) have amassed a considerable catalog of inspirational songs.<\/p>\n<p>And when it comes to covers, they don&#8217;t get more inspirational than Bruce Springsteen&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/05\/roll-of-the-dice-land-of-hope-and-dreams\/\">Land of Hope and Dreams<\/a>.&#8221;<\/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\/ofXAxQ8Dsmc?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>Their version (recorded live) starts simply and acoustically, but just past the halfway point the song opens up, and the band takes off and never looks back. It&#8217;s a fine addition to the collection of covers of one of Bruce&#8217;s very best songs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African folk combo The Descendants turn in an inspirational cover of one of Bruce&#8217;s very best 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