David Bowie would have turned 74 today (1/8), and to celebrate, British label BBE Music has announced a Bowie tribute album called Modern Love, which "offers a fresh look at David Bowie’s diverse and transcendent back catalogue, viewed through a contemporary Black music lens." It was curated by BBE founder Peter Adarkwah and music exec/DJ Drew McFadden, the latter of whom provides more context on the comp:
I felt that the connection between Bowie and R&B, jazz, funk, gospel and all things soulful, had never really been explored before — at least not so much in covers, which tend to lean more towards rock and pop. Certainly, there's been plenty of Bowie covers over the years, but none that have really tapped into what seems to have been a big part of his core musical style and direction.