David Byrne

The last time David Byrne, his band and a troop of dancers performed at the University at Buffalo's Center for the Arts, I scrawled a note in my journal after filing my review and returning home. "One of the ten best shows, no question," I gushed to no one but myself. I stand by that assessment, and fully expect to scrawl something similar when Byrne and his band return to the CFA for a show at 7 p.m. March 6.

Mar 14 2004

Byrne’s latest displays no fear of classical music

Apr 13 2009

Review: David Byrne, Royal Concert Hall

Jun 20 2018

David Byrne review: Talking Heads star gives audience’s brains a polish

Dec 13 2008

Byrne Show Is Piece Of Musical Art

Dec 2 2008

David Byrne and Brian Eno: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Oct 15 2008

David Byrne @ The Pabst Theater

Oct 3 2018

David Byrne: “the most interesting man in pop”

Oct 27 2014

David Byrne: From rock to Broadway

Jun 2 2006

Brian Eno/David Byrne My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Mar 27 2009

‘The business is an exciting mess’

Jul 7 1997

Feelings

Feb 3 2009

Byrne Down the House

May 24 2018

Byrne-ing Man

Mar 20 2018

Flood Magazine: David Byrne, “American Utopia”

Jun 23 2015

David Byrne, St. Vincent, Ad-Rock Blow Minds With Contemporary Color Show

May 2 2018

David Byrne’s ‘Pop Playlist’ Includes Post Malone, Selena Gomez, Drake, Britney Spears, The Weeknd

Aug 17 2004

David Byrne: Unquestionably Brilliant

Feb 11 2009

Brian Eno and David Byrne turn album into art

Radio 16

Sep 1 2015

A Funk/Disco Mix by Ahmed Gallab

Ahmed Gallab takes over DB Radio this month with dance jams for any time of year!

Jul 29 2024

David Byrne Radio Presents: Classic Funk for Summer

Classic funk tracks are a sure fire way to get the body moving.

May 1 2021

David Byrne Radio Presents: My Old School Dance Party

In the 80s I used to make mixtapes for myself to dance to. Partly for exercise, and partly to see if I happened to fall into some interesting and evocative movement - moves that I might use in a performance eventually. Often I would alternate Celia Cruz songs and Kanda Bongo Man mixtapes, but in this playlist you’ll find a lot of the old school disco funk that set me in motion.

Apr 1 2016

Middle Eastern & Maghreb Disco Funk from the Golden Era (1975-1985)

For this month's show DJ Fitz has put together a mix of his favorite songs from the Middle East and Maghreb, focused on the golden era of disco and funk, including a few very rare 7”s he found under a fishbowl (!) during his first visit to Turkey in 2006, and others he's come across since then...

May 1 2019

David Byrne Presents: Anatolia!

I picked up a Barış Manço CD when I was on tour in Istanbul decades ago and that opened a world for me. I realized that the psychedelic funk explosion I grew up with was truly a worldwide phenomena and I presumed there must be more that I had yet to encounter.

Jul 2 2018

David Byrne Presents: On The Road

This month's playlist contains a lot of stuff I've added to my Spotify lists while on the road...recommendations from Bobby Wooten and elsewhere.

Jul 1 2016

Summer Mix!

This month's DB radio comes to us from Noah Wall! The title says it all: the vibe is classic summer; a multiform mix of soul, post-punk, funk, and dub-influenced tunes from all over in the mostly early-ish eighties. Yeah!

Mar 1 2016

Shine Baby, Shine!

For this month’s show, we have put together a collection of songs that we found while exploring Trinidad and Tobago last month—and some songs that we wish we had found while we were there (but that generously ‘appeared’ upon our return). Most of these tunes are probably not what you will hear around Trinidad today, and, many of these artists—aside from the legendary Merchant, Mighty Shadow, Lord Nelson and Lord Shorty—might still be quite unknown today, too.

Aug 1 2016

August Radio: Music Recorded on a Cell Phone!

August radio is an archived recording of David and Eric's live Pitchfork Radio show that consists wholly of songs recorded on a cell phone!

Jan 1 2024

David Byrne Radio Presents: South Africa, Musical Powerhouse

South African music has had another resurgence recently, one of many over the years.

Jun 1 2016

Current Events

Some of this is mainstream—Drake and Beyoncé are top of the charts, whatever that means now—but quality-wise it’s nice that there isn’t a big discontinuity between them and some new or less-well-known artists.

Jul 1 2020

David Byrne Presents: What We Need Now - Contemporary Gospel

You might not be a believer, you might not be a Christian, but you don't have to be to love this music and feel its power.

Dec 1 2022

David Byrne Presents: Gospel for the Holidays

Gospel music is about ecstasy, transcendence, joy and perseverance.

Nov 1 2015

African Explosion

November Radio is a collection of new and old recordings from Africa. Even though the selection is somewhat limited, there is still an incredible variety—I sense that these African acts are listening to and aware of things going on all over the place. There were always influences but now it’s almost impossible to determine what, in fact, those influences are! It’s an explosion… in a good way.

May 1 2022

David Byrne Presents: Brazil in the 21st century

Here are 3 hours of some of the Brazilian music I’ve been listening to -

Jul 1 2017

July in Brazil

David Byrne's Brazilian music picks for July.

May Radio David Byrne Radio Presents: Brazil is Back

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The Spirit of Apollo

Talking Heads: Same As It Ever Was

Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon

Bonfires of São João

Vinicius

Grown Backwards

I Think We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat

Love This Giant

Feelings

Stop Making Sense

The Catherine Wheel

The Only Blip Hop Record You Will Ever Need, Vol. I

MAGHREB FUNK, PHIFE DAWG AND MUSCLE SHOALS: LISTEN TO THE 5 BEST MIXES THIS MONTH (MARCH)

David Byrne’s “How Does the Brain Wave” Remix Benefits P-Funk’s Bernie Worrell’s Cancer Treatment

A Funk/Disco Mix by Ahmed Gallab

Talking Heads: Chronology, by Barry Walters

David Byrne Radio Presents: Classic Funk for Summer

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

best albums of 2018 (1-100)

The Spirit of Apollo

Talking Head Has A New Hobby: David Byrne Pairs Superstars with Color Guards

The Good, the Rare and the Nostalgic in Boxed Sets

David Byrne Radio Presents: My Old School Dance Party

David Byrne Revives His Dancing Days at Opening Show of Eno Tour

David Byrne Brings the Funk and Much More to the Ryman

Album Review

David Byrne (Greek Theater)

Talking Heads: Same As It Ever Was

CRAIG ALLEN’S FUN FACTS: “BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE”

Middle Eastern & Maghreb Disco Funk from the Golden Era (1975-1985)

David Byrne: Look into the Eyeball

David Byrne and St. Vincent document the struggle of brassy American funk on Love This Giant

Maximum Balloon

Open’er Festival 2018: David Byrne, Yonaka and Depeche Mode reign supreme on day 2

Unspun Heroes - Brian Eno and David Byrne, ‘My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts’

Byrne Down the House

Jeff Moehlis: David Byrne, St. Vincent Coming to Arlington Theatre

David Byrne Presents: Anatolia!

CD REVIEWS

David Byrne review: A once-in-a-lifetime performance

David Byrne Presents: On The Road

Dance Mix: Funk Meets Mrs. Marcos

Baby Elephant Turn My Teeth Up!

Twice in a lifetime

Summer Mix!

Release Party: TVOTR’s Dave Sitek as Maximum Balloon

Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon

David Byrne, Sharon Jones, Feist Rock for Charity

David Byrne & St. Vincent Love This Giant

Review/Pop; David Byrne Is Still Not Decided

Byrne offers thrilling, funky show

Whirling heads

David Byrne & Fatboy Slim: Here Lies Love Music Review

David Byrne’s ‘Knee Plays’ May Not Make Sense, But It’s Not Nonsense

Miami Beach audience hears ageless music from Byrne of famed Talking Heads

Talking Heads Brick

Vordenker mit Kultfaktor

Byrne-ing down the house

Music lookback: Jazz, Byrne and more

Reviews

Right About Now, You Funk Soul Brother: μια βραδιά με τον David Byrne

Angélique Kidjo and David Byrne on “Remain in Light”

Shine Baby, Shine!

Is ‘Stop Making Sense’ The Greatest Concert Film Of All-Time?

Aftermath: David Byrne at Jones Hall

Bonfires of São João

It’s all white on the night

Sur scène, David Byrne fait revivre son partenariat créatif avec Brian Eno

Here We Go Again: The Politics of Stop Making Sense

Review/Music; Dancing Along With David Byrne

Lyrics Lush and Gawky

Vinicius

Radio Interview: Studio 360

Grown Backwards

Music Review: David Byrne and Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Review: David Byrne brings energy, enthusiasm to Borgata show

David Byrne’s musical journey takes in opera for the first time

‘Grown Backwards’ By David Byrne

Best of pop/rock/jazz/folk 2018

N.A.S.A. explores unity in all people through music