Hosted by: Anthony DeCurtis
Sponsored by: RealArts@Penn
In an event hosted by Anthony DeCurtis, Richard Barone will discuss the music and career of David Bowie, and perform a number of his songs.
RICHARD BARONE is an acclaimed recording artist, performer, producer, and author. A lifelong fan, Barone has collaborated extensively with Bowie producer Tony Visconti and official photographer Mick Rock, and was invited by Visconti to sing backing vocals on two Bowie sessions in the late 1990s. He pioneered the indie rock scene in Hoboken, NJ as frontman of The Bongos and then helping to launch the chamber pop movement with his solo debut “cool blue halo”, His memoir Frontman: Surviving The Rock Star Myth was published by Hal Leonard Books. His album “Sorrows & Promises” and his current book project are celebrations of the 1960s music scene in Greenwich Village NYC, where Barone lives. He is affiliated with the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at NYU and The New School’s School of Jazz & Contemporary Music, serves on the Board of Governors of The Recording Academy (GRAMMYs), the Advisory Board of Anthology Film Archives, and hosts Folk Radio on WBAI FM, New York.
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