Music that, whether intentionally or not, has similarities to that of David Bowie
I recently interviewed BBC World Service presenter and reporter Tom Hagler, who wrote two books about Bowie, including We Could Be…Bowie and His Heroes, which is biography-via-vignette—300 stories of Bowie’s intersections with other famous people. The book is immensely fun…
I had the great pleasure last week of seeing James Taylor play at Bethel Woods, which is a performing arts center at the site of the 1969 Woodstock festival (and, coincidentally, near the Catskills house of Bowie and Iman). Other…
Yesterday I interviewed Carl Ewens, author of the On Track book on Bowie’s albums and songs from 1964-1982 (watch for that interview in coming weeks). Carl mentioned a song about Bowie that I didn’t know— Adrian Belew’s “Animal Grace” (1982)…
This blog and its affiliated YouTube channel are centered around David Bowie, but my conversation with Maria 'Masha' Alyokhina of Pussy Riot is a departure—one that feels urgent and necessary. While Bowie and Pussy Riot never crossed paths, their work…
I'm late to the game in acknowledging that Lady Gaga’s latest album, Mayhem, is full of Bowie references. Actually, she’s been pretty open about it herself. Mayhem is one of three albums I’m listening to right now, and I might…
By way of a coming attraction, I recently conducted an interview with Glenn Hendler, who wrote the 33 1/3 book about Diamond Dogs. Glenn manages to pack an enormous amount of information into a pretty small book and the interview…
As a teaser for what’s to come in a few weeks, I’m pleased to share that I recently interviewed Nacho of Nacho Videos, well known among Bowie fans for restoring and creating videos for Bowie songs—and others—that never had official…
OK, OK, the title of this post is more than a little unfair. I'm actually making fun of myself—the middle-aged fuddy-duddy who prefers music of the past over what's hot today. That said, 2025 Best New Artist Grammy winner Chappell…
All Mixed Up: Bowie, Covers, Mash-ups, Remixes, and Borrowing My blog includes a weekly feature, “Cover of the Week,” which, as the name suggests, highlights a cover of a Bowie song that I particularly enjoyed from the previous seven days…
Although I would describe myself as a casual Cure fan, the new album I’ve been listening to most over the past month is the band’s new album, Songs of a Lost World. In what might seem blasphemous to truly dedicated…