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Caetano Veloso and David Byrne: Live at Carnegie Hall – review

4875 days ago

Guardian Music — (Nonesuch)One result of David Byrne's love affair with Brazilian music was a friendship with veteran singer and activist Caetano Veloso, who, like Byrne, mixes catchy tunes with ironic, sometimes surreal lyrics. This 2004 acoustic show is an entranci... more info

Kindness :: Swinging Party

4876 days ago

Aquarium Drunkard — I wrote about this 7″ a few years back – UK artist Kindness taking on the mats’ “Swinging Party.” Completely reinvented, the track ditches its original lounge vibe and comes off like a lost David Byrne cover. Full-length debut, World, You N... more info

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Delicate Steve – “Afria Talks To You”

4876 days ago

Stereogum — David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label has Stereogum CMJ party alum Delicate Steve down for a new album this May. It’s called Positive Force, which is a fair LP name coming from someone calling himself Delicate Steve. For the record, Steve does it all, wr... more info

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Caetano Veloso & David Byrne: Live at Carnegie Hall – review

4877 days ago

Guardian Music — (Nonesuch)David Byrne's world music label Luaka Bop introduced the likes of Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil to a new western audience in 1989. Fifteen years later, Veloso invited "my favourite American artist" to appear with him in New York, and now ... more info

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Jonathan Richman – review

4887 days ago

Guardian Music — Brudenell Social Club, LeedsThe last time Jonathan Richman played this venue, his "rider" consisted of only a glass into which to pour his own water, and he spent the afternoon telling drinkers about his other job, installing pizza ovens. This i... more info

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Pop stars working the web

4888 days ago

Guardian Music — Rihanna is the queen of Twitter. David Byrne's psychedelic radio show is a global hit. And Tim Burgess has his own virtual caffAs recently as the mid-1990s, when record companies still sent postcards to fans alerting them to new releases, a few reall... more info

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Alabama Shakes, live in London

4889 days ago

Guardian Music — Boston Arms, LondonThe woman shaking her corkscrew curls and bawling into the microphone doesn't much look like the music industry's usual idea of a star. Brittany Howard is, nonetheless, riding a thermal of acclaim so fast and so high it could be gr... more info

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Bright Moments – “Tourists” (Stereogum Premiere)

4894 days ago

Stereogum — Kelly Pratt is a multi-instrumentalist who’s worked with a seriously impressive list of artists that includes Arcade Fire, Beirut, St. Vincent, and David Byrne. He also records his own music under the name Bright Moments, and his album Natives is a... more info

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Talking Heads - Chris Frantz Refuses To Give Up On Talking Heads Reunion Dream

4900 days ago

ContactMusic — Former Talking Heads star Chris Frantz refuses to give up on a reunion and hopes frontman David Byrne wakes up to the idea one day The drummer tells Billboard com that he his wife and bandmate Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison would be interested in a... more info

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Jherek Bischoff, Wordless Orchestra, David Byrne, Mirah & more guests opened the Ecstatic Music Festival (pics, review)

4908 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by David Andrako, words by Andrew Frisicano Jherek Bischoff & some of his guests It wasn't the marathon that opened the inaugural Ecstatic Music Fest in 2011, but this year's opening show on Saturday (2/4) had some of that... more info

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Caetano Veloso and David Byrne: Live at Carnegie Hall – review

Kindness :: Swinging Party

Delicate Steve – “Afria Talks To You”

Caetano Veloso & David Byrne: Live at Carnegie Hall – review

Jonathan Richman – review

Pop stars working the web

Alabama Shakes, live in London

Bright Moments – “Tourists” (Stereogum Premiere)

Talking Heads - Chris Frantz Refuses To Give Up On Talking Heads Reunion Dream

Jherek Bischoff, Wordless Orchestra, David Byrne, Mirah & more guests opened the Ecstatic Music Festival (pics, review)

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