Back in 1999 it was easy to view the World Wide Web as a passing fad. Google was a year old, Facebook was about five years down the road, and most people were still using noisy dial-up to get online. But as this video shows, the internet had an early advocate in David Bowie The … Read more
A brand new video of David Bowie’s ‘No Plan’ has been released to mark the first anniversary of the singer’s death this week, as well as what would have been his 70th birthday. ‘No Plan’ is one of three new Bowie songs released in 2016 on the ‘Lazarus’ soundtrack. The songs were recorded during the … Read more
BBC Arts (6 January 2017): David Bowie inspired and challenged his musicians. But what did they think of him? Here, some of the star’s longest-serving players – Earl Slick, Mike Garson, Gerry Leonard, Catherine Russell and Sterling Campbell – get together over a meal to discuss their old boss.
Ava Cherry made music her life. She has sung with some of the biggest names in the industry – Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Chaka Khan, Robert Palmer, and David Bowie. Not only did she work with Bowie, she also had a romantic relationship with her friend. Their adventures together last several years. We are excited … Read more
As the anniversary of his death approaches, collaborators on the music icon’s off-Broadway show ‘Lazarus’ share accounts of a cancer-stricken artist productive and engaged until the end. Says one, “He never let it define him.” Henry Hey, musical director of the off-Broadway show Lazarus, was struggling late last year to find a date to record … Read more
“Heroes” was originally released as a single in September 1977 and was then subsequently a track on David Bowie’s “Heroes” album, released in October 1977. The “Heroes” material was remarkably quickly recorded (usually in one take) and mixed in August 1977. Then the album and the single were released equally swiftly, in September and October … Read more
The rehearsal of Under Pressure which was performed by Annie Lennox, David Bowie and Queen for the Freddie Mercury tribute concert (1992)
