An unusual number of solid Bowie covers were posted over the past seven days, making it particularly difficult for me to choose one to highlight. So, I’m taking the easy way out and featuring three, which happen to be by…
Welcome to my weekly roundup of Bowie news! Read on for summaries of Bowie-related stories that posted this past week, and click on the bolded story names to link to the original articles… — NEWS Springsteen, Bowie & Zeppelin dominated…
In this conversation, I speak with musician Julian Shah-Tayler about his new Bowie tribute album, Where Dreams Are Woven, created in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Station to Station. Julian previously released Bowie-related projects tied to Aladdin Sane and…
Welcome to my weekly roundup of Bowie news! Be forewarned that this week was light on actual news and heavy on content I call “churnalism” and similarly familiar, repackaged material. This extends to many of the “features and reflections” this…
At the time of this writing, I am preparing to interview Julian Shah-Tayler about his song-for-song interpretation of the 1976 album, Station to Station. I was thinking about how it seems like, as these Bowie albums start turning 50, it…
In a post I have drafted but won’t publish until later this week, I make a point that “David Bowie” is a character created by David Jones, but that David Bowie is not David Jones. In that some cover bands…
I never met David Bowie, but if I had, I might have thanked him first for introducing me to musicians I’d never have otherwise discovered—even before thanking him for his own music. Julian Shah-Tayler is just such an artist, and…
When I put together a list of ten songs featuring David Bowie as a guest (posted last week), I knew it wouldn’t be exhaustive. I received feedback from many who added their own favorites. Among those who weighed in was…