Catherine Ringer obituary French performer who found fame in her homeland as lead singer with the avant-garde pop duo Les Rita Mitsouko The Guardian - UK · Sep 25
Tony Visconti says Bowie would have tried AI but he thinks it is ‘disgusting’ David Bowie’s former producer is embarking on his final tour with Holy Holy. Evening Standard · Sep 3
“Artists who use AI should step to the side and let real artists do their thing. There is too much amateur music being released that clogs the arteries of the music business”: Tony Visconti on why human musicians will never be replaced Bowie’s chief collaborator told MusicRadar in no uncertain terms his position on the AI debate MusicRadar · Aug 12
"Once we realised the guys with guns pointed to our heads were cops, we were relieved." The night that armed police gatecrashed David Bowie's end-of-tour party "A bunch of guys broke down the door, shouting with handguns drawn" Louder · Jul 10
"She was looking at her pill bottles. I knew she was going to die so I was like, 'Put it down. Live right now.'" Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher wrote songs for Emperor Of Sand at his mum’s deathbed A cancer tragedy and other real-life dramas inspired Mastodon’s seventh album Emperor Of Sand, which they believe was 17 years in the making Louder · Jun 1
“David's completely focused on the space ahead of him... the hairs on Brandon’s arm were standing straight up. Then the hairs on the back of my neck went up”: We get new insight into the making of an eerily prophetic David Bowie song Our recent interview with Bowie guitarist David Torn gave us a fascinating window into Bowie’s process when making his latter-era classic Heathen MusicRadar · May 26
"It was one of the most emotional performances I've ever done. I was in tears." How David Bowie's Heroes became his most life-changing single Although David Bowie's Berlin-period anthem Heroes was initially something ofacommercial failure, it became a classic for the ages Louder · Apr 17
“He struck it big, and we were all green with envy. It was terrible: we fell out for about six months. It was ‘He’s doing much better than I am.’”: When T. Rex opened the floodgates of glam rock with the riff-driven groove of Get It On T. Rex's signature song was written and recorded while on a hectic US tour, and would be their only stateside hit MusicRadar · Apr 9
“David didn’t seem happy about it.I told him he could come with us but he declined”: Tony Visconti reveals Bowie's reaction to Holy Holy, the supergroup that would be performing his songs Visconti joins us to talk Holy Holy's farewell tour, working with Paul McCartney and why AI is "clogging the arteries" of the music business MusicRadar · Mar 31
"Heathen finds Bowie settling into his role as elder statesman of the post-punk art rock movement." David Bowie successfully charts a path into his later years with the help of a returning friend David Bowie transforms once again, this time into himself Louder · Mar 16
BBC reportedly planning televised David Bowie tribute concert to air in the place of Glastonbury this summer Glastonbury's void will reportedly be filled with a full-scale tribute to David Bowie aired on the BBC. BANG Premier · Mar 9
“Afterwards he sent David an invoice for $10,000. I don’t know if David actually paid him that much”: Tony Visconti on Dave Grohl’s “ludicrious” Bowie session fee He guested on the Heathen album MusicRadar · Mar 4
Tucker Zimmerman death: Folk singer adored by David Bowie dies with wife in fire aged 84 Zimmerman and his wife Marie-Claire Lambert died together in a fire at their home in Belgium The Independent UK · Jan 19
“If you’re talking dazzling sleight of mind, radical ideas and a willingness to create shock-art for the masses, there was no one more brilliant”: Revisiting David Bowie’s career from a prog perspective Beyond his work with Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Rick Wakeman and others, plus comparisons to Rush, ELP and krautrock, a commitment to audacious experimentation ran through the true icon’s entire life Louder · Jan 9
MusicRadar · Jan 6 “His death was no different from his life - a work of art”: A decade on, we remember how David Bowie rose above his impending end to create his most poignant work Bowie’s heartbreaking Lazarus was a rumination on the imminent end of a life lived to the full - and a lesson in how to channel the bleakest situation into enduring music
The Independent UK · Dec 25, 2025 ‘He seemed creatively unstoppable’: A new Bowie documentary reassesses one of his most maligned periods IN FOCUS: A new Channel 4 documentary aims to provide a fresh perspective on the most critically and commercially tumultuous period of Bowie’s career, and reflect on how this led to his swansong, ‘Blackstar’. Roisin O’Connor speaks with director Jonathan Stiasny
The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2025 Bowie: The Final Act review – moving and enjoyable tribute to music legend’s last stand Singer’s final decades can’t really be called his creative golden years but there are touching contributions from his collaborators
MusicRadar · Dec 19, 2025 “He was told it was over”: 10 years ago, David Bowie’s final and most poignant single saw him turn his own death into art Bowie’s heartbreaking Lazarus was a rumination on the imminent end of a life lived to the full - and a lesson in how to channel the bleakest situation into enduring music
MusicRadar · Dec 17, 2025 “David was a nice guy, obviously with a certain amount of talent, but never a superstar”: 54 years on, how Hunky Dory rebooted Bowie’s career The album’s creation and release marked a turning point in Bowie’s talent and trajectory
MusicRadar · Nov 15, 2025 “Marc is criminally underrated as a guitarist. All rock ’n’ rollers love T. Rex, and there’s a little bit of T. Rex in every rock ’n’ roll band”: When T. Rex opened the floodgates of glam rock with the riff-driven groove of Get It On T. Rex's signature song was written and recorded while on a hectic US tour, and would be their only stateside hit
Louder · Oct 22, 2025 “I was just getting my sound when David shouted: ‘OK, done!’ I was like: ‘But I haven’t actually started yet!’”: The future Motörhead guitarist who recorded a last-minute guitar solo for David Bowie Two worlds collided for a British TV show
MusicRadar · Oct 13, 2025 “Before we knew it we had a sound no one had ever heard before”: How David Bowie created one of the greatest songs of all time via a range of innovative recording techniques One of Bowie’s highest watermarks, Heroes continues to sound utterly timeless due to its layered production and passionate vocal performance
Guitar World · Oct 12, 2025 “Even if you learn to play bass from YouTube videos, you’re still not self-taught. Autodidactic learning is awesome, but everyone needs a teacher”: How Esperanza Spalding created the most complex music of her career under the guidance of an alter ego With help from producer Tony Visconti, one of the brightest stars of 21st century bass found a brand-new source of inspiration
Guitar World · Oct 2, 2025 “I was attracted to melodic bass players like Carol Kaye. Why should a rock bassist play dumb notes all the time?” How Tony Visconti rethought rock bass for David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World The legendary producer revisits his ground-shaking bass work on Bowie’s 1970 breakthrough album
MusicRadar · Sep 25, 2025 “His body of work is unparalleled in its quality and also in the incredibly varied number of musicians he worked with”: Danny Thompson, Pentangle bassist supreme, who played for Kate Bush, Roy Orbison, Nick Drake, and more has died Tributes have come in from Tony Visconti, Graham Coxon and others