You never know who will turn up in an Oxfam shop. Shaun Ryder visited one of our shops in Manchester to give a shift, and helped out by volunteering his time. If […]
Mark E Smith on music, politics and refugees
They were the godfather of indie music John Peel’s favourite band. “The Fall.” he said, “Always different, Always the same.” The 59-year-old front man Mark E Smith still crafts the group around […]
JG Thirlwell on David Bowie
JG Thirlwell writes on Tumblr: I am devastated and so saddened about the passing of David Bowie. He had an immeasurable impact of my art and my life. His music and imagery […]
Mike Garson on David Bowie
My deepest condolences are with David’s family – Iman, Lexi and Duncan. The music we shared through the years is eternal and so is David and another beautiful spiritual phase awaits David. […]
Podcast: Tony Visconti about David Bowie and T. Rex
In an exclusive insight into the making of David Bowie album Blackstar (out 8th January), Grammy winning producer Tony Visconti joins The StageLeft Podcast. As well as revealing details of unheard songs […]
Nile Rodgers on David Bowie
David Bowie’s album Lets Dance turned out to be a huge commercial success – his best seller. It was produced by Nile Rodgers, one of the founders of the disco group, Chic. […]
Moby shares David Bowie playlist
Mute recording artist Moby just shared this Spotify playlist. i wanted to make a David Bowie playlist of the songs people might not know very well ♫ https://t.co/awqQ3IyJie — moby XⓋX (@thelittleidiot) […]
Adrian Belew on David Bowie
In 1978 I did my first tour of Europe as “stunt” guitarist and singer for Frank Zappa’s band. The night we played in Cologne, Germany unbeknownst to me Brian Eno was in […]
Martin Gore on David Bowie
David Bowie – Where does one start? Is it too obvious to state that he was the most influential artist for people of our generation and younger? Ziggy Stardust was the first […]
Rick Wakeman’s Tribute To David Bowie
Rick Wakeman, pianist on the original Life On Mars, performs the song at Radio 2’s piano in memory of David Bowie.