Back in December, I interviewed Pittsburgh duo Canary — Josh M. Slifkin and Helena Nichols — about their creative partnership, their annual Bowie cover tradition, and the enduring influence Bowie has on their work. This past week, Canary posted a…
In this interview I talk with Pittsburgh duo Canary – Josh M. Slifkin and Helena Nichols – about how they work, why Bowie sits at the center of their collaboration, and what it means to keep his songs alive in…
So that I don’t bury the lead, Canary, a band out of Pittsburgh, will be my interview guest this upcoming Saturday. I previously featured their “Fantastic Voyage” as “Cover of the Week,” and now I’m featuring their “Everyone Says Hi.”…
“Suffragette City” is an oddly under-covered Bowie song. It is certainly one of Bowie’s most energetic rockers— one of the reasons we think of Bowie as a rock musician in the first place. It’s naughty, subversive, features allusions to A…
The Sword is an American heavy metal band from Austin, Texas, formed in 2003 by John Cronise, Kyle Shutt, and Bryan Richie, with Santiago “Jimmy” Vela III joining as drummer in 2011. The band released its debut album Age of…