Fifty years ago, the United States had never seen anything quite like David Bowie. In the early ’70s, the Londoner gained fame in his home country with his flamboyant alter ego Ziggy Stardust, an ...

In 1975, David Bowie moved away from his glam rock persona with the song “Fame.” The funk rock classic from Bowie’s ninth studio album, Young Americans, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

From glam-rock breakthroughs via chilly Berlin ambient to poignant farewells, we celebrate Bowie’s fearless reinventions and ...

David Bowie famously sang about “Changes” in 1971, and true to his word, he turned and faced the strange on his 1975 LP “Young Americans.” Making a galactic journey from glam-rock to his ...

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Apparently, “Fame” does in fact make a man think things over. In his first-ever U.S. No. 1 hit, David Bowie mused, Fame, not your brain, it’s just the flame / That burns your change to keep you insane ...

On this day 50 years ago, an iconic song that was created thanks to an unusual musical collaboration involving a former member of The Beatles was first released. While that fact is largely forgotten, ...

When Carlos Alomar talks about the 50th anniversary of “Young Americans” — David Bowie’s self-defined ode to “plastic soul,” released March 7, 1975, and re-released today by Rhino/Parlophone — it’s ...

Fifty years ago, in 1975, David Bowie hit a new high with his first US number one single, “Fame.” The single came from his ninth studio album, Young Americans, which explored a funk-driven sound. But ...