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The question that looms over 2013 is, “Who put out the most Bowie-esque album?” This would seemingly be settled by the fact that David Bowie himself put out an album in 2013 that very deliberately hearkened back to his Berlin Trilogy era, but he wasn’t alone.
Ha! You thought this blog was done for. Surprise! I’m back. (Fair warning, though: There might not be another post until New Year’s Eve 2016.…
I only did a countdown of five albums this year, rather than what has been the customary 15. Beyond these five, I wasn’t convinced that…
Once again, I’m turning this in a few days past deadline. No matter! It’s still not too late to celebrate 2013, which in my musical…
Weird, right? The year’s already half over. I say this every July, but this year really and truly has been zipping by even faster than…
Robert Plant’s arrangement lends the song an earthy, mystical quality that makes the song seem as timeless as the titular river.