Ryan Adams really takes Taylor Swift seriously. Swift’s infectious, critically beloved 1989 is a pop triumph, so Adams’s choice to cover the album in its entirety seems a little baffling at first. But ...

Last year, the Emerald enlisted Taylor Swift superfan (Mike Mendoza) and a first-time listener (Craig Wright) to review her album 1989 in our Double Takes series, in which two writers go head-to-head ...

First things first: Ryan Adams’s “1989,” his album of Taylor Swift covers, is really good. The record, highly anticipated by Swift and her legions of Twitter fans, dropped Sunday. That means we’ve had ...

A longing dark and restless Morrissey-infusion, sung and produced by the well-traveled heartfelt Ryan Adams might be just the second life that 1989 needs nine months after its release. This time the ...

Ryan Adams has finally released his take on Taylor Swift’s 1989 album, covering all 12 of the LP’s tracks and putting his own unique twist on them. The album had been highly anticipated, with no one ...

“1989” (2014) was perhaps Taylor Swift’s biggest step away from her country singer-songwriter roots and toward the world of pop. She collaborated with high-profile pop producers like Max Martin and ...

Adams handles Swift's music with care and respect, to the point where his version of 1989 can feel positively dour. Ryan Adams Locates The Dark Underbelly Of Taylor Swift's '1989' This week, ...

On this festive music edition of the Scene Podcast, host Craig Lyndall chatted with contributing writer Annie Zaleski (you can also find her at the AV Club, Salon and other places) about Ryan Adams’ ...

The parallels between the two artists are actually pretty striking. Both owe their careers, in part, to the country scene (she, Nashville; he, North Carolina); both later developed an association with ...

All week, we at The Daily Beast’s Obsessed have been revisiting Taylor Swift’s 1989 era: a pivotal time in her career where she was the biggest pop star. She was the moment; she was “the man,” years ...

Ryan Adams is apparently hanging around somewhere, recording covers of every song on Taylor Swift’s album 1989. This is great news to those of us who love Ryan Adams and also would like Taylor Swift’s ...