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Articles tagged "david byrne"News25 years later, ‘Stop Making Sense’ still makes plenty of senseby Bruce Dancis [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)][12.Oct.09] :. David Byrne had just flooded his hotel bathroom and needed some help. It was late 1980, and the idiosyncratic guitarist and front man of the rock band Talking Heads was staying at San...  NewsDavid Byrne rides and writes about it in ‘Bicycle Diaries’by Andres Viglucci [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][23.Sep.09] :. For 30 years, artist and musician — and, oh yes, former Talking Head — David Byrne has been getting around New York, his hometown, mainly on a bicycle. Nothing fancy, mind you. Just a...  Notes from the RoadBonnaroo Day 1 (Friday, 12 June 2009)by John Bohannon[13.Jun.09] :. Words by John Bohannon and Pictures by Karen Dunbar  Music ReviewThe Brighton Port Authority: I Think We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boatby Kyle Deas[3.Feb.09] :. The first album from The Brighton Port Authority (aka Fatboy Slim, aka Norman Cook) is pretty stupid. But also pretty fun.  Music ReviewDavid Byrne and Brian Eno: Everything That Happens Will Happen Todayby Chris Chafin[25.Nov.08] :. Two of pop's elder statesmen give you a big musical hug. You're welcome.  Events ReviewDavid Byrneby Kirstie Shanley[21.Nov.08] :. The choreographed spectacle was almost like watching a long artistic music video or a postmodern ballet with exceptionally good music. David Byrne explains how he and Brian Eno got their groove on after two decades apartby Greg Kot [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][28.Oct.08] :. When David Byrne and Brian Eno renewed their partnership recently after more than two decades apart, nothing was taken for granted. Eno (the famed producer of U2 and founding member of Roxy Music)... Rock savant turns abandoned Manhattan building into a musical statementby Stevenson Swanson [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][27.Jun.08] :. NEW YORK - “OK, how about ‘Living on a Prayer’?” the young man asked his friend as they sat down at the beat-up organ to play a duet. The sounds that filled the cavernous... David Byrne: The Knee Playsby Tal Rosenberg[4.Feb.08] :. Nonesuch reissues famous score by David Byrne, featuring the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and written for a section of Robert Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning (not really) the CIVIL WarS. Gone and Not Forgotten: The PopMatters DVD Wish Listby Bill Gibron[24.Jan.08] :. A lot of good movies are still missing from DVD. Here is a list of 25 that PopMatters feels have been unceremoniously left to simply fade away. Os Mutantes: Mutantes Liveby Michael Keefe[13.Nov.07] :. Nearly 40 years after the Brazilian psychedelic rock band helped spearhead the Tropicalista movement, Os Mutantes return with this double-live celebration. Forro in the Dark: Asa Brancaby Deanne Sole[14.Jun.07] :. None of the mixes are bad, none are exceptionally good, they're just sort of there. David Byrneby Lyra Pappin[26.Feb.07] :. PopMatters' Lyra Pappin grills David Byrne in an attempt to understand why "I don't have to prove that I am creative!" David Byrneby Tyler Wilcox[20.Sep.04] :. The song was unrecognizable at first. The five-piece string section began by playing high, staccato notes, sounding like a Bernard Hermann tribute band. The crowd waited in confused... David Byrne: Grown Backwardsby Brian James[30.Mar.04] :. Anyone rooting for David Byrne to finally fall into self-parody were sensing irony-drenched blood in the water after 1997’s Feelings. His practice of mocking the things most people... David Byrne: Lead Us Not into Temptation: Music from the Film Young Adamby Seth Limmer[29.Sep.03] :. David Byrne has spent more than 20 years wrestling with the connection between words and music. If on the first two Talking Heads albums, Byrne couldn’t cram enough of his quirky observations... David Byrne: Look into the Eyeballby Nicholas Taylor[7.May.01] :. Oh how far we’ve come, David Byrne. Byrne left an indelible mark on pop music with his first outfit (oversized), Talking Heads. In the late 1970s and 1980s, Byrne’s music was intelligent,... |
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