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Article: Extended Analysis

Ryan Keberle & Catharsis: Azul Infinito

Read "Ryan Keberle & Catharsis: Azul Infinito" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

While the blues is a distinctly American creation, formed, fueled, and furthered by the African diaspora, the United States holds no ownership on blue-streaked sounds. They exist beyond our borders, and Azul Infinito makes that case in artful fashion by simultaneously tapping into various South American musical forms and cultures, reshaping them, and highlighting the color ...

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News: Music Industry

David Bowie's Legacy On Copyright: Did He See The Future?

David Bowie's Legacy On Copyright: Did He See The Future?

While all of David Bowie's predictions about copyright- like its no longer existing- may not have been one hundred percent accurate, he was correct about the panic the copyright industry would experience, causing them to enact policy which is now hurting, rather than incentivizing, the creative economy. Guest Post by Mike Godwin and Zach Graves on ...

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Article: Interview

Mike Garson: David Bowie Always Chose Good Musicians

Read "Mike Garson: David Bowie Always Chose Good Musicians" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski

By comparison, rarely anyone has ever had as diverse career within the music business as pianist Mike Garson. A jazz pianist and a teacher, he went to become one of singer David Bowie's most trusted and longest working sideman. At the start of the '70s, he was touted to Bowie and The Spiders from Mars who ...

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News: Music Industry

The Genius Behind Bowie’s Bonds

The Genius Behind Bowie’s Bonds

Although primarily famous for his work as a musician, David Bowie (with the help of a Wall Street investor) is also notable for being one of the first artists to use celebrity bonds as a means of extricating himself from his financial woes. Guest Post by  Eduardo Loret de Mola on the Berklee College of Music: Music Business Journal David Bowie is ...

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News: Video / DVD

Bowie Scores First Ever #1, Makes Vevo History With 51M Video Views In Single Day

Bowie Scores First Ever #1, Makes Vevo History With 51M Video Views In Single Day

Just a week after his death, iconic rocker David Bowie’s final album Blackstar debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, his first ever No. 1 album. Bowie reached a major video milestone, as well. Vevo announced that following the music icon's passing, David Bowie's catalog drew 51M views on January 11th, the most views for any ...

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News: Music Industry

David Bowie Was More Than A Music Visionary, But A Digital, Business Visionary Too

David Bowie Was More Than A Music Visionary, But A Digital, Business Visionary Too

David Bowie's musical genius is celebrated, but less well known is his acumen as a businessman and digital visionary.  "The internet carries the flag of being subversive and possibly rebellious and chaotic and nihilistic.... Forget about the Microsoft element. The monopolies do not have a monopoly," said Bowie in a 1999 interview. By Mick Masnik from ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

David Bowie and His Legacy

Read "David Bowie and His Legacy" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski

Very few musicians can boast to having an artistic career that changed the course of music history in the way singer David Bowie has had. A legend in his lifetime, he had a more varied and influential career than any other single performer in popular music. Bowie was an example of what an artist should be--brave, ...

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News: Obituary

David Bowie (1947-2016)

David Bowie (1947-2016)

David Bowie, a British singer-songwriter from South London who transformed rock into high art by combining the audacity of pop, the decadence and androgyny of Weimar cabaret, the melancholy of working class pubs and the flamboyance of the circus, died on Jan. 10. He was 69. His death came two days after his birthday and the ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Blackstar

Read "Blackstar" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski

The 10-year long absence from the limelight clearly didn't dim singer David Bowie's sense of guile or invention. That was clearly evident with the sudden reappearance with the utterly brilliant The Next Day which pilot single “Where Are We Now?" appeared from nowhere on his birthday and delighting many people along the way. In a career ...

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Article: Live Review

Joe Jackson at the Paramount Theater, Denver

Read "Joe Jackson at the Paramount Theater, Denver" reviewed by Geoff Anderson

by Geoff Anderson

Joe Jackson Paramount Theater Denver October 8, 2015 Joe Jackson has led a double (or maybe triple) life for most of his lengthy career. He hit the scene in 1979 with his debut album Look Sharp! (A&M 1979) rolling into the U.S. from England as part of the “New Wave," a ...


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