David Byrne

New Wave Rock 

Tentative Decisions: How Talking Heads Grew up in Public

March 13, 2026March 13, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1976, CBS Records, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Max's Kansas City, Rhino, Talking Heads, Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live, Tina Weymouth

Hear New Wave being invented on a box of early live and demo tracks 

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Folk Funk Fusion Gospel Hip Hop Indie Rock Pop 

David Byrne Hits the Zeitgeist in Boston

October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2025, Boch-Wang Theater, David Byrne, Matador Records, Talking Heads, Who Is The Sky?

A dispatch from the Who Is The Sky? Tour at the Boch-Wang Theater

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New Wave Post-Punk Rock 

Talking Heads Release Super Deluxe Edition of More Songs About Buildings and Food

July 25, 2025July 25, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1978, 2025, Box Set, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, More Songs About Buildings and Food, Rhino, Super Deluxe Edition, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth

Goodies galore adorn four-disc upgrade of band’s 1978 sophomore classic 

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Films New Wave Rock 

Found a Job: Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense at 40

September 11, 2024September 12, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1984, 40th Anniversary, Bernie Worrell, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth

Looking back on the band’s groundbreaking concert film and soundtrack

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Electronic Electronics Films Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Brian Eno Announces Soundtrack to New Documentary

February 19, 2024February 19, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Brian Eno, Cluster, David Byrne, documentary, Eno, Fred again.., Gary Hustwit, John Cale, Soundtrack, Universal Music Enterprises

The career-spanning companion to Gary Hustwit’s visionary film out on April 19th

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North Americana Rock 

Uncle Lucius Is A Band

December 31, 2023December 31, 2023 Justin Cober-Lake 0 Comments David Byrne, Dixie Chicks, Hal Jon Vorpahl, Kevin Galloway, Like It's The Last One Left, Thirty Tigers, Tosca String Quartet, Uncle Lucius

And frontman Kevin Galloway does not want you to forget it

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New Wave Pop Rock 

Stay Hungry: Talking Heads’ More Songs About Buildings and Food at 45

July 12, 2023July 12, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, More Songs About Buildings and Food, Sire Records, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth

Looking back on the band’s breakthrough second album

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Art Pop Funk New Wave Pop Rock 

Slippery People: Talking Heads’ Speaking In Tongues at 40

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1983, 40th Anniversary, Burning Down The House, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Girlfriend Is Better, Jerry Harrison, Sire Records, Slippery People, Speaking in Tongues, Swamp, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth

Looking back on the band’s most successful album

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Alternative Rock Art Pop Electronic Electronics Experimental Films Instrumental Pop 

Golden Hours: Brian Eno at 75

May 15, 2023February 19, 2024 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 75th birthday, Brian Eno, Cluster, David Bowie, David Byrne, Devo, Harold Budd, John Cage, John Cale, Jon Hassell, Nico, Paul Simon, Phil Manzanera, Robert Fripp, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, U2, Ultravox

Looking back on the career of rock’s avant-garde icon

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Records Retail 

Rhino Unveils 24 Titles for Record Store Day

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Blur, Captain Beefheart, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Madonna, Nuggets, Record Store Day, Rhino Records, Rich Kids, Scott Weiland, Stevie Nicks, The Grateful Dead, The Ramones, Tori Amos, Van Halen

Exclusive titles from Van Halen, The Ramones, Madonna and more on deck this year

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Festivals 

Cheers to Ten Years of Big Ears

April 9, 2023April 9, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Algiers, Bela Fleck, Big Ears Festival, Bonny Light Horseman, Calexico, David Byrne, Devendra Banhart, Iron & Wine, Knoxville, Lee Ranaldo, Los Lobos, Lucius, Rickie Lee Jones, Tennessee, The Bad Plus, The Mountain Goats

The Tennessee festival offers big options in terms of its diversity and dynamic

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New Wave Rock 

The Man From Utopia: David Byrne at 70

May 14, 2022May 14, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Alex Timbers, American Utopia, Annie-B Parson, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Feelings, Janelle Monae, Jerry Harrison, Naked, Remain In Light, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth

Looking back on the career of a Great American Eccentric

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 26: December 2021

December 21, 2021December 22, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “How Do You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?”, Christina Amphlett, David Byrne, David Johansen, Divinyls, Famous Quotes, Jim Sullivan, Lenny Kaye, Neil Tennant, New York Dolls, Patti Smith Group, Pet Shop Boys, Talking Heads

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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New Wave Pop 

Chris Frantz at 70

May 8, 2021March 24, 2022 Jim Sullivan 3 Comments 70th Birthday, Blondie, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Genius of Love, Son of Sam, Talking Heads, Television, The Cramps, The Dead Boys, The Ramones, Tina Weymouth, Tom Tom Club

Jim Sullivan catches up with the groundbreaking drummer for Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club on his 70th trip around the sun

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New Wave 

Talking Heads Remain Amazing

October 19, 2020June 1, 2023 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1980, Beastie Boys, Chris Frantz, Crosseyed and Painless, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Once In A Lifetime, Remain In Light, Remain In Love, Talking Heads, The Great Curve, The Young Aborigines, Tina Weymouth

Looking back on 40 years of the band’s greatest album

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