Tag archive for ‘David Bowie’

Carter Tanton: The Joy Of A Musical Multitasker

Carter Tanton: The Joy Of A Musical Multitasker

Over the past five years, Carter Tanton has found himself in a variety of musical roles, proving to be a true musical jack-of-all-trades. While he’s primarily known as a songwriter under his own name as well as the now-defunct group Tulsa, he’s found himself immersed behind numerous other music projects. The Baltimore-native has toured with [...]

Listen: Brendan Benson Covers David Bowie’s “Candidate”

Listen: Brendan Benson Covers David Bowie’s “Candidate”

On Black Friday (11/25), 453 Music will drop Volumes 1 & 2 of Upstairs at United, a new series of vinyl albums recorded at the historic United Record Pressing plant in Nashville, Tennessee. Established in 1949, URP is the country’s oldest vinyl record plant. Volume 1 will feature solo artist and Raconteurs member Brendan Benson, [...]

Joe Jackson Trio: <em>Live Music (Europe 2010)</em>

Joe Jackson Trio: Live Music (Europe 2010)

Imaginative reworkings of both well known and under-the-radar material.

Can You Decipher These Bonnaroo Clues?

Can You Decipher These Bonnaroo Clues?

Video Premiere: Kesang Marstrand, “Bodega Rose”

Video Premiere: Kesang Marstrand, “Bodega Rose”

Kesang Marstrand in Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee. More photos below. Kesang Marstrand didn’t even know she had entered American Songwriter and Avid’s video contest last September. Her husband had secretly entered her song “Bodega Rose.” Marstrand’s ode to a New York bodega resonated with the judges, including Nashville film direction Jeff Wyatt Wilson. “When I first [...]

Something In The Way: A Q&A With My Chemical Romance

Something In The Way: A Q&A With My Chemical Romance

As the frontman of My Chemical Romance and the author of the comic series The Umbrella Academy, Gerard Way is a busy man. He certainly knows what it’s like to have too much on his plate. Following their 2006 rock opera album The Black Parade, the alt-rockers toured relentlessly, leading to well-publicized fatigue problems. Overworked, [...]

Lyric of the Day: “All The Young Dudes”

Lyric of the Day: “All The Young Dudes”

News Roundup: Arcade Fire, Freedy Johnston, David Bowie, Altamont

News Roundup: Arcade Fire, Freedy Johnston, David Bowie, Altamont

Peter Gabriel Takes On Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Regina Spektor

Peter Gabriel Takes On Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Regina Spektor

David Bowie Gets The “Storyteller” Treatment

David Bowie Gets The “Storyteller” Treatment

David Bowie Gets The “Storyteller” Treatment