{"id":5061,"date":"2018-10-05T05:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=5061"},"modified":"2021-12-13T06:30:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T14:30:51","slug":"cover-me-passenger-the-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/05\/cover-me-passenger-the-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Passenger: The River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Passenger broke through in 2012 with his global hit, &#8220;Let Her Go.&#8221; About two years later, he covered Bruce&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/04\/roll-of-the-dice-the-river\/\">The River<\/a>&#8221; during a promotional appearance at SiriusXM.<\/p>\n<p>Passenger&#8217;s gentle singer-songwriter vibe is well-suited for the quieter side of Bruce&#8217;s catalog, and his stripped-down, acoustic approach to &#8220;The River&#8221; captures its melancholia in sharp black and white.<\/p>\n<p>(Gotta admit, though, I&#8217;m a bit distracted by the checkered-shirt dude in the background. 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