I originally posted this two years ago, but Bowie’s New Year’s Eve performance is so good I thought this would be a good time to repost it. I might do the same next year, too… — Bowie performed this version…
This week’s featured cover is a slightly mysterious, mostly instrumental rendition of “Heroes” by Scott Hinson and his band. It is slightly mysterious because the only note on the YouTube page is that this is for “a background track.” This…
Though David Bowie and Jimmy Carter moved in different spheres, both were emblematic of the turbulent 1970s—a decade of reckoning with societal and cultural shifts. Bowie’s 1975 song “Young Americans” reflected the disillusionment, identity struggles, and pursuit of the American…
Welcome to my weekly roundup of Bowie news! Click on the bolded article titles to read the originals. The Bowie-related story that got the most coverage this week is the news that Robert Eggers might direct a sequel or reboot…
Exploring David Bowie Through the Art of Arjan van Gent Click HERE for Arjan's website. Dutch artist Arjan van Gent’s portraits of David Bowie and his collaborators have captivated fans of both Bowie and art. A classically trained artist, Arjan…
Coming tomorrow on this blog: a special interview with Dutch artist Arjan van Gent, whose extraordinary portraits of David Bowie and his collaborators have captivated fans worldwide. The embedded video, created by Arjan, showcases some of his remarkable Bowie portraits,…
This post contains links to the original interviews mentioned within. Click on the bolded words to access them. In honor of DoM, my first interview subject, I have embedded his latest Bowie mashup above. This piece combines Bowie’s vocals from…
I typically don’t like to post the same video more than once in this blog, but I pretty much feel compelled to re-post Bowie’s bizarre Christmas duet with Bing Crosby today, and probably next year, too. I’m not sure what’s…
I am re-upping this (slightly revised) post from about a year ago for what should be obvious reasons… — The Snowman is a short, animated British Christmas special that initially seems to have nothing to do with David Bowie—except that…
This is a largely straightforward, if stripped-down, acoustic version of one of Bowie’s most familiar songs by Malaysian musician Suhaimi Suhaili, who goes by Haimi. The song is performed well and with joy, but a couple of aspects of this…