One of the more original Bowie-related projects to come to my attention recently is And We’ll Travel On, which (perhaps ironically) is a mashup album by Lydia Valentino inspired by Bowie’s play, Lazarus. The album combines popular songs drawn from…
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So, who was that one artist Bowie said kept rock and roll alive? Turns out he said that at some point about Neil Young. And what was the one album he rushed? Well, that would be Lodger, at least according…
The “Same Old Thing” series reposts my earlier YouTube interviews. The text of the blog post is new content summarizing the interview. --- Back in early 2024 I spoke with Pete Farrugia, a professional guitarist and guitar teacher from the…
One of the things I admire about Keanan Duffty is that he does not feel confined to doing one type of thing. He’s a fashion designer, he’s a musician, he’s an educator, he’s an author. On one level, the one…
John and Jesse Malloy hosted the Fantastic Voyage podcast for 89 episodes, wrapping up last year. The podcast featured the brothers discussing every Bowie album and more, and concluded with their countdown of their top 100 Bowie songs. It was…
This is not a cover I would have found by myself. A reader sent me the YouTube video, with the explanation that it is a group of Finnish teenagers performing the song. According to the reader, “this performance … was…
My weekly interview, which will go live tomorrow, will feature members of the Bowie tribute band, Modern Love. Modern Love is a terrific band— a supergroup of sorts— that seeks to recreate the experience of going to a Bowie concert…
Today's interview features Carl Ewens, author of On Track: David Bowie 1964–1982, a song-by-song account of Bowie's output from his earliest recordings through the Scary Monsters era. Carl described his book as a way to guide readers through Bowie's development…
From 2021 until earlier this year, Bowie fans were treated to an excellent podcast called Fantastic Voyage. Hosted by brothers John and Jesse Malloy out of Winnipeg, the show featured discussions about every Bowie album in chronological order, plus episodes…