Written to introduce a session on my book A Philosophy of Cover Songs. Presented July 13, 2024 at the American Society for Aesthetics Rocky Mountain Division meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
A brief overview of A Philosophy of Cover Songs, highlighting some of the main themes in the book. The first part addresses the nature of covers and makes some important initial distinctions. The second part addresses the appreciation and evaluation of covers. The third part addresses covers as a clue to the ontology of songs.
The first on-line draft of this paper was posted 31may2024.