Something Different, a duo composed of Gloucester natives Brad Sindle and his daughter Ashley Wenner, released a new album earlier this year, “The Cottage Recordings,” covering old favorites by the likes of Billy Joel, Elton John, The Carpenters, Fleetwood Mac, and others.
There are 15 easy-listening cover songs on the album consisting of just piano and vocals. One of the more popular selections, said Sindle, is a remake of Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” by Sara Bareilles.
The album is available for $20 on CD or thumb drive at two Gloucester outlets—Nuttall’s Store in Ware Neck and The Silver Box on Main Street. It is also available as an MP3 download for $15 at somethingdifferentduo.com.
Performing together for over a decade
Sindle said he and Wenner began performing together in 2013, when he quit his day job to help his mother care for his bedridden father at their home. An old cottage on his parents’ property where he practiced with rock bands as a teenager at Gloucester H...