BerkleeCollegeofMusic Archives

I heard the news today…* Lexi posts Snowman image; Bowie tribute events announced, KillerStar talks new album; Gretchen Shae on Diamond Dogs, Sword’s metal “Oddity;” plus reflections, profiles, lists AND MORE!

Welcome to my weekly roundup of Bowie news! — NEWS The next few stories are “original” news stories in that they do not link to source material: Lexi posts another Bowie related image. Lexi Jones, daughter of David Bowie, recently…

Prof. Gretchen Shae’s Year of the Diamond Dogs

November 29, 2025
John Maggiore
Interviews

I first "met" Berklee College of Music Professor Gretchen Shae when I discovered that she teaches a course on Bowie at one of the most prestigious music schools in the United States, and indeed the only institution to award Bowie…

Lesson Learned: Earl Slick joins Berklee Students for a night of Bowie

Normally, when I hear the term “student performance,” I think back to my middle school, where the student band always—always—played the theme from MASH. They weren’t especially good, but what do you want? They were students. Intellectually, I knew this…