VOLUME UP! SERIES: Issue 05 :: Volume 01

Here are the 11 tracks we have at 11 this week. Listen on Apple Music or Spotify There is no method to the order this week. “Is This How You Speak” by Safari GoldThis is the latest track from their upcoming album The Years Between Dog and Wolf. More here. “Spoiler Alert” by Cosmic CroonerThis is the latest from his upcoming album The Perks of … Continue reading VOLUME UP! SERIES: Issue 05 :: Volume 01

Review: Bowie’s Piano Man – Live at The Sun Rose by Mike Garson with Mason Alexander Park

I have 1 complaint about Mike Garson and Mason Alexander Park‘s EP, Bowie’s Piano Man – Live at The Sun Rose – it is only 3 songs. 😭 For those that do not know who pianist Mike Garson is, he has only played piano with the likes of David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Duran Duran, and The Smashing Pumpkins to name a few and if … Continue reading Review: Bowie’s Piano Man – Live at The Sun Rose by Mike Garson with Mason Alexander Park

Duran Duran: “Five Years” (Bowie Cover)

The iconic “Wild Boys” of the 80s, Duran Duran, released an amazing cover of Bowie’s “Five Years” from his the 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders Mars. Simon Le Bon says this of recording, “Five Years”: “When we got the Ziggy Stardust LP and put the needle in the groove, our first taste of its perfection was the song Five … Continue reading Duran Duran: “Five Years” (Bowie Cover)

David Bowie: Tryin’ to Get to Heaven / Mother

On what would have been his 74th birthday (January 8th), the Bowie Estate released two previously unreleased covers. One of “TRYIN’ TO GET TO HEAVEN” by Bob Dylan and the other of “MOTHER” by John Lennon. Whew boy, I was not emotionally ready for those two songs. Separately, they are a gut punch, but together on a single, they brought me to my knees.. According … Continue reading David Bowie: Tryin’ to Get to Heaven / Mother