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On bowies urging, mccaslins quartet, aided by guitarist ben monder with. Blackstar is the 25th studio album from david bowie and features seven brandnew tracks, including the nineminute titletrack first single. The cover to the cd edition of bowies new album photograph. Es erschien weltweit bei bowies label iso records am 8. Respected music journalist and biographer lesleyann jones knew david jones from the days before fame, when he was a young musician starting out, frustrated by an industry that wouldnt give him a break and determined to succeed at. The occult universe of david bowie and the meaning of. A unique, moving, and dazzlingly researched exploration of the places, people, musicians, writers, and filmmakers that inspired david jones to become david bowie, what we can learn from his. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Has the pioneer of the art of the music video done it again, or is this just 10 minutes of standardissue pop promo. Blackstar was recorded in new york citys magic shop and will be. The band bowie assembled on blackstar performs his futuristic final music with creativity, intelligence, and daring. It was released worldwide through iso, rca, columbia, and sony on 8 january 2016, coinciding with bowie s 69th birthday.
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