Legions of fans and musicians voiced shock Monday as David Bowie died at 69 following a secret battle with cancer, in a surprise final chapter for one of the most influential artists of his time. Brian Eno, who worked with Bowie on his legendary Berlin Trilogy of albums, said that Bowie sent him an email […]
Following the death of David Bowie, Lorde penned a touching tribute to the rocker who she met early on in her career and had a lasting impact on her life. “He was a piece of bright pleated silk we could stretch out or fold up small inside ourselves when we needed to,”… Source: RollingStone Link: Read Lorde's […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Natalie Cole was remembered as a loyal friend, "the best and bossiest big sister," and a worthy successor to her famous father's legacy in a joyous and music-filled funeral highlighting her Baptist faith on Monday. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Natalie Cole remembered with mix of music and laughter
Alice Cooper, David Bowie’s glam rock peer in the early half of the Seventies, paid tribute to the rock legend who passed away Sunday at the age of 69. “The loss of David Bowie will be hard to swallow for everyone,” Cooper said. “He leaves behind a rich history of musical… Source: RollingStone Link: Alice Cooper: […]
Tim Lefebvre, a member of Tedeschi Trucks Band, played bass on every song of David Bowie’s last album Blackstar. Here he shares his initial reaction to Bowie’s passing and what it was like to spend time in the studio with a rock & roll legend. You can now better understand what the album Blackstar is about. I knew that David was… Source: RollingStone Link: 'Blackstar' […]
Blondie’s Debbie Harry has released a statement regarding the death of David Bowie, who passed away on Sunday following a private 18-month battle with cancer. “In NYC there is a yearly Bowie Ball when local musicians all perform a Bowie song,” Harry said, referencing the yearly event at Le Poisson Rouge hosted… Source: RollingStone Link: Debbie […]
With a career that dated nearly 48 years and a reputation as rock’s greatest chameleon, David Bowie has managed to team with the best and brightest of every generation’s rising underground — glammers, punkers, art-proggers, disco masters, rappers, R&B stars, industrial brooders, electronica blippers and contemporary indie rockers. But that doesn’t… Source: RollingStone Link: 30 Wild […]
Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters will hit the road this March for an 11-date trek that will focus on the southern half of the United States. Dubbed Blues…Roots and Hollers (A Southern Journey), the tour comes as Plant and company work on the follow-up to 2014’s Lullaby and …. Source: RollingStone Link: Robert Plant […]
Carlos Alomar has been playing guitar professionally since he was 16, backing the likes of James Brown, Chuck Berry and Luther Vandross at various points of his formative years. In the mid-Seventies, he met David Bowie, who recruited Alomar to play on his funk- and soul-influenced 1975 album Young Americans. It would… Source: RollingStone Link: David Bowie […]
Adele’s 25 continued its charts dominance, compiling its seventh straight week atop the Billboard 200. While the singer’s new album might not be enjoying the same platinum-selling weeks she was accumulating in 2015, 25 conjured up another 194,000 in total album sales to make Adele the first female singer since Whitney… Source: RollingStone Link: On the […]