88. The People Are Starving: What "Fast Car" Says About Music in 2023

Maybe together, we can get somewhere! In the season three premiere of Earbuddies, Mat and Tim consider the state of country music – and heck, all of music – and heck, all of art, maybe! – by examining the massive success of Luke Combs's cover of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car".

SONGS PLAYED:

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (performed by Cover Orchestra)

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

Luke Combs - Fast Car

Cole Swindell - She Had Me At Heads Carolina

Jo Dee Messina - Heads Carolina, Tails California

Jake Owen - On the Boat Again

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (piano arrangement by heavypiano on YouTube)

Zach Bryan - I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves)

Tiny Habits - Landslide

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