Jan 11 Watch 5:07 Remembering David Bowie, constantly changing icon who inspired By PBS News Hour David Bowie appeared in many guises, shapes and forms, as music legend, fashion icon and performer, standing out as a heroic cultural figure for decades. After releasing his final album last week, he died of cancer Monday, just two days… Continue watching
Jan 11 PHOTOS: How David Bowie transformed into a cultural icon By Abbey Oldham From David Robert Jones to Davie Jones to David Bowie to Ziggy Stardust and back, transformative British rocker David Bowie was a counterculture icon with a following that transcended music, fashion and beyond. Continue reading
Jan 11 David Bowie, the man who fell to earth, dies at 69 By Joshua Barajas David Bowie, legendary pop singer-songwriter, died at the age of 69, following a months-long battle with cancer, a rep confirmed Monday to The Hollywood Reporter. Continue reading
Jan 08 It’s David Bowie Day! Listen to this all-day marathon of his music By Joshua Barajas From 12 hours Friday, Seattle-based KEXP will pay tribute to pop music’s favorite saxophone-wielding androgynous alien with an all-day broadcast that runs through David Bowie’s storied career. Continue reading
Jan 01 ‘Unforgettable’ singer Natalie Cole dies at 65 By Joshua Barajas Singer Natalie Cole, the daughter of jazz great Nat “King” Cole, died Thursday night, her family confirmed. Cole’s family said in a statement that the singer died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from complications from long-standing health… Continue reading
Dec 29 How living as an undocumented immigrant inspired musician Diana Gameros By Kelly Whalen Her music is rooted in her own coming-of-age story as an undocumented immigrant in America. Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch 7:24 In Mongolia, a new generation’s rock ‘n’ roll rooted in history By PBS News Hour In Mongolia, rock 'n' roll music symbolized the revolution of the early 1990s that broke the country free from decades of Soviet-style rule. Now, 25 years later, the first generation to grow up in the new society is making its… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch 6:37 No one dreamed of a ‘White Christmas’ before this song By PBS News Hour "White Christmas," the holiday classic penned by Irving Berlin and most famously crooned by Bing Crosby, helped to create the very idea of the American holiday we hold dear today. Composer and pianist Rob Kapilow joins Jeffrey Brown to examine… Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch 4:44 Lera Lynn makes her music dark with a Texas twang In our series My Music, singer-songwriter Lera Lynn talks about gaining fans from the HBO show "True Detective" and channeling her Texas roots. Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch 7:37 Steve Martin and Edie Brickell team up for Broadway-bound musical By PBS News Hour "Bright Star," a new musical set in North Carolina in 1920s and '40s, involves hidden identities, tragedy, love lost and found and a bluegrass-style band, complete with banjo. Its creators, famed entertainer Steve Martin and veteran singer-songwriter Edie Brickell, join… Continue watching