Reflections on Blackstar and David Bowie’s jazz-rock noir
Friday, January 22, 2016
This article was already underway – at least in what Tony Hancock called ‘the lying in bed thinking about it stage’ – when the news was announced on 10 January that David Bowie had died two days after his 69th birthday; and I’m pleased I was able to experience his new album with innocent ears – before the sad truth emerged that Bowie had consciously designed Blackstar as his farewell to a life well lived: as his own Four Last Songs.
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