2016 was a cruel year that claimed the lives of Leonard Cohen and David Bowie, two musicians of iconic stature. Both men knew they were dying and each chose to record a final album to express the experience. YouTuber Polyphonic analyzed how each man faced this challenge. Cohen took a … Read more
Investigate these seven intriguing facts about Bowie’s spacey first hit single Earlier this year, the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame officially announced its 2018 class of inductees. The list includes classic recordings such as Public Enemy’s “Fight The Power,” Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You,” and the Rolling Stones‘ “Paint It … Read more
David Bowie died in 2016, but he is still on tour, selling out shows around the world. An exhibition of audio, video, costumes, and a remarkable trove of personal mementos from the archives of the late-musician’s career, assembled under the title David Bowie Is landed in the late-musicians’ adopted hometown … Read more
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] A British filmmaker is hoping a new documentary on the life of late guitarist Mick Ronson will shed light on the artist who helped David Bowie achieve superstardom. A British filmmaker is hoping a new documentary on the life of late guitarist … Read more
Released 42 years ago this week, the album conjured the Thin White Duke from an Aryan alter-ego, cocaine, a mental breakdown, and a desperate search for meaning. David Bowie’s grandest masterpiece, Station to Station, was released 42 years ago this week, its creation fueled by “astronomic” cocaine, peppers and milk, … Read more
Last week marked two years since the death of David Bowie. Today, we turn to some of his key collaborative moments. Throughout his career David Bowie was constantly reinventing himself, magpie-picking and absorbing the shiny trinkets of influence and reworking them into his very own sound, look and orbit reassembling … Read more
