David Bowie Is Anna Calvi's Absolute Hero

And he could have married Anna with the red silk blouse…

I first stumbled upon Anna Calvi via her intriguing and minimalist cover of Sound And Vision some time last year. I made the quantum leap to the conclusion that she might be a bit of a Bowie fan and decided to keep an ear on her.

I bought her debut album back in January, but I have to admit that it wasn’t until I recently saw the delicious video for the brilliant new single, Blackout, that (leaving aside the title of the song) I thought she was at least visually quite Bowie-esque.

The full-page picture of her in the current edition of NME (dated April 9th) piqued my interest further for obvious reasons, (note pictorial comparison to still from Boys Keep Swinging video) and I thought the coincidence too great for it not to be a nod to David Bowie.

It seems my hunch wasn’t unfounded as Anna points out in the NME interview that David Bowie is her “absolute hero”. Here’s a bit from said probing…

Well, if that situation ever arose, I would hope that Anna would refrain from such internal foul-mouthed thoughts and not say those words in her head or anywhere else for that matter.

NME also has a two-part online interview with Calvi, wherein she announces that the first song she ever wrote was about imagining she was in David Bowie’s band!

Anyway, she’s a very cool lady and you should go check out her videos, including Blackout, at the official website and buy her stuff while you’re about it.