Cajon Cover

The cajon has become very popular in acoustic covers on YouTube. Although it has Afro-Peruvian origins, it can be heard in many American pop song covers on YouTube. In this version of Taylor Swift's "You Belong With Me," the cajon player adds her instrumental to the original vocal track. The video starts (and ends) with a cajon solo, but eventually transitions into Taylor's song. Although it's a country song, the cajon doesn't sound out of place. Sarah (the cajon player) uses both her hands and feet to get a mix of percussion sounds out of the instrument. Her rhythm is pretty awesome and she's able to get a wide variety of sounds using on the cajon.