Previously Unreleased David Bowie Covers Of John Lennon & Bob Dylan Songs Drop To Mark Late Legend’s Birthday

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Karen Dalton: In My Own Time, the feature documentary from Richard Peete and Robert Yapkowitz about the folk singer Karen Dalton, whose 1960s sphere in the 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene included Bob Dylan. Wim Wenders is executive producer of the pic, which had its world premiere at DOC NYC.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTom Stevens, bassist for the Los Angeles rock band the Long Ryders, a key group in the so-called “Paisley Underground” scene of the 1980s, died on January 24, according to an announcement from the band.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

Chris Willman Music WriterBob Dylan and Universal Music Group have been sued by the estate of Jacques Levy, who co-wrote seven of the nine songs on Dylan’s chart-topping 1976 album “Desire,” over the estates contention that it should have been compensated as part of Universal’s reported $300 million acquisition of the entire Dylan publishing catalog.An attorney for Dylan, Orin Snyder, has responded, saying in a statement given to Variety, “This lawsuit is a sad attempt to unfairly profit off of

Bob Dylan has been sued by the estate of a former collaborator which argues that it is due a cut of the reported $300 million he received when he sold his songs catalogue to Universal Music Publishing late last year.

blockbuster sale of his song catalogue, new court papers show.

David Bowie‘s ex-wife Angie has criticised new biopic Stardust, calling the film “total waste of time”.In a new interview with The Mirror, Angie Bowie, who was married to David Bowie between 1970 and 1980, shared her dislike for the film and said “David would have never watched it.”“It should be called the Ron Oberman Whingeing and Whining story,” Bowie said, adding: “It was boring. I didn’t find it entertaining at all.

Johnny Flynn as David Bowie in Stardust has just been released exclusively for NME – check it out below.The clip sees Flynn as Bowie confront his manager Ron Oberman (GLOW star Marc Maron in the film) about their lack of success in America.Stardust is released this week (January 15) on digital platforms in the UK, and sees Flynn writing original songs for the film.Check out the new clip here: Recently reflecting on Bowie fans’ response to the film, Flynn told NME he received “homophobic abuse”

Also Read: Talking Life, Death and 'Jackass' With 'Dick Johnson Is Dead' Director Kirsten JohnsonAt the beginning of the film, he’s established as a charming, amusing figure: a “hippie businessman” who made work calls on an early mobile phone from the ski slopes of Park City and lived by Nietzsche’s quote, “Don’t trust the flatlanders,” a man for whom every Thursday was “Bob Dylan Day,” and a big spender who owned two Cadillac convertibles but painted them both the same shade of red so his

NEW YORK -- Neil Young has become the latest musician to strike gold with his song catalogue, selling a 50 percent stake in his music to a British investment company in a deal announced on Wednesday.The Hipgnosis Songs Fund said it had acquired half of the copyright and income interests in some 1,180 songs written by the 75-year-old rock star, composer of “Heart of Gold,” “Rockin' in the Free World” and “Cinnamon Girl.”Terms were not disclosed.The deal comes a month after Bob Dylan sold

Today would have been David Bowie‘s 674th birthday (Jan. 8), and so the legendary singer-songwriter’s daughter, Alexandria “Lexi” Zahra Jones, shared a sweet tribute. Lexi, whom David shared with supermodel Iman, took to her Instagram Story and posted a throwback photo with her rockstar dad. It was a childhood photo of Lexi, holding a birthday cake that adorably read, “Happy Birthday Dad.”

Iman has remembered her late husband David Bowie on what would have been his 74th birthday. The 'Starman' singer - who passed away in January 2016 after a battle with cancer - would have marked the milestone on Friday (08.

Iman paid tribute to her beloved late husband, David Bowie, on what would have been his 74th birthday, taking to Instagram to share a stunning, haunting black and white photo of the singer as a tribute. The image featured the “Heroes” singer with his back turned to the camera as he looked out to the spotlight outlining his figure and hair. It was a gorgeous image, captured by French photographer Hedi Slimane. But Iman’s message truly struck a chord.

Gallery: Where are the Jackson family now? (BANG Showbiz)Fans have been invited to dress up like Bowie's glam alter ego Ziggy Stardust and use 'Starman' from his 1972 album 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders' as the soundtrack. Paul Hourican, Head of UK Music Operations at TikTok said: "We are truly honoured to welcome David Bowie and his music to TikTok.

Johnny Flynn has said he received “homophobic abuse” for playing David Bowie in Stardust.The actor, speaking to NME in a new interview, detailed the “hate mail” he received from fans regarding his depiction of the beloved musician.“I’m not big into social media, but I was getting a lot of violent hate mail and stuff from people saying: ‘You played him like he’s insecure,'” Flynn said. “And then homophobic abuse: ‘You’re playing him all fey.

David Bowie‘s previously unreleased covers of John Lennon‘s ‘Mother’ and Bob Dylan‘s ‘Tryin’ to Get to Heaven’ have been released for the first time, to mark what would have been the music icon’s 74th birthday.The new take on Lennon’s 1970 track was originally recorded by Bowie in 1998 with longtime producer Tony Visconti.