Regina Spektor, Ain't No Cover (live), San Francisco, March 5, 2023 (4K)

Regina Spektor plays her song "Ain't No Cover" live in concert before a sold-out crowd at The Warfield in San Francisco, California on March 5, 2023. Ain't No Cover remains unreleased in studio form though it frequently appears in Spektor's live sets and a live version was released on the Live At Bull Moose EP (2005). That same live version appeared as the B-side of the On The Radio single (2006). Regina Spektor is a Russian-American singer, songwriter, and classically-trained pianist who grew up in Moscow and New York City. This was the fourth night of Spektor's Feeling Better Spring Solo Piano Tour, which had to be rescheduled from the fall after her bout with Covid.
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Regina Spektor - Feeling Better Spring Solo Tour dates (2023):
March 1 - Ithaca, NY @ State Theater
March 2 - Toronto, Ontario @ Massey Hall
March 3 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Michigan Theater
March 5 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
March 7 - Los Angeles, CA @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
March 8 - San Diego, CA @ The Magnolia
March 11 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
March 13 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
March 15 - Washington DC @ Warner Theater
March 16 - Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theater
March 18 - Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theater
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Regina Spektor - Summer Tour dates (2023):
July 15-16 - London, UK @ Royal Festival Hall
July 18 - Rättvik, Sweden @ Dalhalla
July 28 - Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater
July 29 - Evanston, IL @ Out Of Space
July 30 - Cincinnati, OH @ Brady Music
Aug. 1 - Rochester, NY @ Kodak Center
Aug. 2 - Philadelphia, PA @ Keswick Theatre
Aug. 3 - Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap
Aug. 5 - Woodinville, WA @ Chateau Ste. Michelle
Aug. 7 - Saratoga, CA @ Mountain Winery
Aug. 8 - Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues
Aug. 10 - Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre
Aug. 24 - New York, NY @ Central Park SummerStage
Aug. 25 - West Hampton, NY @ WHBPAC
Aug. 27 - Martha’s Vineyard, MA @ Beach Road Festival
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Regina Spektor official bio:
Born in the Soviet Union, Regina Spektor (Регина Спектор) began studying classical piano when she was six. Her family emigrated in 1989, landing in New York City, where she continued her classical training. Spektor eventually studied composition at the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College where she graduated with honors. She began writing pop songs in her late teens and made her recorded debut in 2001 with the self-released 11:11, a collection of songs heavily influenced by jazz and blues. Songs followed in 2002 and Soviet Kitsch in 2004. Spektor’s commercial breakthrough came in 2006 on her fourth LP, Begin to Hope. The gold-certified album included the singles “On the Radio,” “Better” and “Fidelity,” which climbed the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Spektor’s fifth album, Far released in 2009, and sixth album, What We Saw From the Cheap Seats released in 2012, both debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Spektor’s songs have appeared in TV shows and movies including Orange Is The New Black, Grey’s Anatomy, Weeds, How I Met Your Mother, Veronica Mars, The Good Wife and (500) Days of Summer. Spektor played for the Obamas and guests at the White House and performed as part of philanthropic campaigns for Tibet, Doctors Without Borders, and many more. Her most recent tours included her first concerts in her native Russia plus sold out shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, The Royal Albert Hall in London and two nights at Sydney Opera House in Australia.
Spektor’s most recent album, her seventh, is entitled Remember Us To Life. The album has received extensive critical praise. Rolling Stone declared that Remember Us To Life wraps underdog storytelling in brilliant songcraft” and Esquire described Regina as “our generation’s Joni Mitchell” adding that “[Spektor] has long made a habit of spinning fictional, winding tales into songs that utilize humor and absurdity for the purpose of pointed social commentary. Her new LP is no different.”
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Ain't No Cover lyrics:
It ain't no cover
It ain't no style
I shouldn't bother
He's eight miles high
But I adore him
And I implore him
Saying I love a mother
But this ain't no style
He sits there smoking
His breath away
He sits there choking
On what they say
But I adore him
And I implore him
Saying one of these mornings
I'm going away
The sun is setting
The day is done
Good night, my lover
Good night, my son
I shouldn't bother
He's eight miles high
But I'll love a mother
Till the day that I die
Written by Regina Ilyinichna Spektor
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Typo catcher: Regina Spector, Regena Specktor, Ragina Specter, Regina Spectre
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I just love her voice.. hauntingly beautiful.