See St. Vincent Cover David Bowie’s ‘Young Americans’ at Love Rocks NYC – Rolling Stone

St. Vincent delivered a trustworthy rendition of David Bowie’s “Younger Individuals” as a part of Thursday’s Love Rocks NYC profit, an all-star live performance staged at New York’s Beacon Theater to profit God’s Love We Ship.

Backed by a large band that included backup singers and a horn part, Annie Clark echoed blue-eyed soul-era Bowie, working the gang and singing with a really Skinny White Duke inflection.

St. Vincent’s look got here one evening after she lined Portishead’s “Glory Field” alongside the Roots on The Tonight Present.

The Love Rocks NYC 2023 gig additionally featured Stephen Colbert, the John Mayer Trio, Sheryl Crow, James Taylor, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Warren Haynes, Stephen Marley, Gary Clark, Jr., Rufus Wainwright, Jim James, Mavis Staples, and lots of extra.

The present — which was additionally livestreamed — showcased a home band stacked with legendary session and touring musicians, together with drummer Steve Gadd, guitarist Larry Campbell, and percussionist Pedrito Martinez.

“Producing this annual profit live performance is a labor of affection,” the present’s co-executive producer Greg Williamson beforehand mentioned in an announcement. “We’re dedicated to supporting God’s Love and New York Metropolis over the long run. Giving again is what makes us the happiest, and to have the ability to achieve this by the ability of music is as gratifying because it will get.”

Every year, the Love Rocks NYC present raises cash for God’s Love We Ship, a non-profit based within the mid-Eighties throughout the AIDS Disaster that cooks and delivers meals to individuals too sick to buy or cook dinner for themselves.