Nottingham Post published Review: David Bowie's Blackstar is 'not your usual dad-rock'

David Bowie is 69 today. By the usual rock star rules, he should be putting his feet up, playing golf, writing his memoirs or planning a greatest hits tour. But he's not yer usual rock star. And this isn't your usual dad-rock album. There are only seven tracks and it's just 42 minutes long. His new "backing band" is a white-hot team of young New York jazz musicians, none of whom has appeared on a Bowie album before (indeed, the only real link with the past is co-producer Tony...