David Byrne

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Song of the Day: "I Wish," David Byrne with Forro in the Dark
David Byrne tries his hand at (Brazilian) country music.
Daily Download: "Regiment," Brian Eno & David Byrne
A legendary Brian Eno and David Byrne album gets reissued
Burning down the house
A definitive new box set will proclaim the eclectic greatness of Talking Heads when the ugliness between David Byrne and Tina Weymouth has long been forgotten.
"More Songs About Buildings and Food"
It's 1978, and a band of Manhattan art-school geeks called Talking Heads teams with Brian Eno to produce the funkiest nervous-breakdown record ever made.
Blue Glow
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, May 16, 2001
Sharps & Flats
Celebrating 10 years of David Byrne's Luaka Bop label, "Zero Accidents on the Job" shows how to do world music right.
People have the power
Patti Smith, David Byrne, Angelique Kidjo, Philip Glass and others throw a New Year's benefit party for Tibet.
David Byrne at the Ear Inn
More talk about buildings and food and Big Suits and Brian Eno and Richard Avedon and Twyla Tharp and Patti Smith and ...
Donn Pohren, flamenco's hero
Over a bottle of vino tinto, the first non-Spaniard ever awarded the title "flamencologist" talks about one of the world's most vibrant folk arts.
"Stop Making Sense"
Fifteen years later, the delightful Talking Heads concert pic is still the kind of miracle movie that comes about once in a lifetime.
Profiler
The real-life model for Thomas Harris' serial-killer expert psychs out the O.J., Ramsey and Dahmer cases -- and David Byrne, too.
Sharps & flats
Thievery Corporation's second full-length compiles brutal dissections of songs by remix-friendly hipster outfits like Pizzicato Five, Stereolab and Gus Gus.
The politics of plagiarism
Why Beck, Stereolab, Tortoise, the High Llamas and Sean Lennon are all fascinated by Tom Zi.
Talking Heads talk again
The Talking Heads reunite for the unveiling of a spanking-new Dolby Digital print of the already great-sounding movie they made with director Jonathan Demme, "Stop Making Sense."
Singing the body eclectic
What's what in world music: the Salon critics' guide
David Byrne Feelings
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