Dance: Twyla Tharp’s New “Wheel”

"...masterfully crosscut fragments of emotion through music and movement."

The Catherine Wheel: David Byrne’s Criminally Underrated Funk Opera Masterpiece

“David Byrne, of all people, recorded the ultimate fuck album.”

Picks and Pans Review: The Catherine Wheel

"As pure music the Catherine Wheel songs show Byrne growing as a sculptor of sound."

35 Years Ago: David Byrne’s Inventive ‘Catherine Wheel’ Precedes Talking Heads Reunion

David Byrne‘s fascination with African rhythms, first heard on the Talking Heads‘ Remain in Light, reached its zenith on this second solo release – even as The Catherine Wheel finally brought him around to his old band again.

Happy Anniversary: David Byrne, The Catherine Wheel

33 years ago today, David Byrne continued the process of making a name for himself beyond being just a Talking Head, releasing the score he’d been commissioned to write by Twyla Tharp for her latest dance project.

A ‘TALKING HEAD’ COLLABORATES WITH TWYLA THARP

The rock band Talking Heads made their reputation with dance music, but ''The Catherine Wheel,'' the collaboration between the Talking Heads's composer and lead singer, David Byrne, and the choreographer and dancer Twyla Tharp, is dance music of another sort.