THE ICONIC EASY STAR ALL-STARS CALL ON NAOMI COWAN & ALEX LIFESON
FOR THEIR LATEST REGGAE SINGLE "MOONAGE DAYDREAM"
The ground-breaking reggae group Easy Star All-Stars shared "Moonage Daydream", the newest single from their upcoming album "Ziggy Stardub" a reggae reimagining of David Bowie’s "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars" out April 21 via Easy Star Records.
First premiered via Consequence, the hypnotic track is a sultry rendition of the classic version. Featuring vocals by Naomi Cowan, the track closes with a fittingly cosmic guitar solo by Alex Lifeson of Rush. The result is a hazy, dub-leaning homage while also making nods to David Bowie’s signature baroque glam, with a full string section and a flute solo from Jenny Hill replacing Bowie’s recorder from the original track. Michael Goldwasser, producer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist of the band says, "This has been my favorite tune on the Bowie album since I first started listening as a teenager. In light of that, it’s interesting that it’s the song that I changed most radically by simplifying the chord progression and pedaling on one bass line for the entire track, which gives it somewhat of a hypnotic effect and roots it in reggae tradition". Noami Cowan expands, "David Bowie is an artist that set many trends for artists of today, musically and energetically so it was an honor to be approached for this project. His journey reminds us that we're all limitless beings who can be free to be ourselves".
Easy Star All-Stars are set to take to the stage in the UK later this year in August at Cropredy Festival, Beautiful Days Festival and Camper Calling. The "Ziggy Stardub" album will feature guest performances by Macy Gray, Steel Pulse, Maxi Priest, Fishbone, Vernon Reid (Living Colour), The Skints, Mortimer, The Expanders, Samory I, and many others.
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