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Get up and get down at the Roots Picnic this fall in Bryant Park!
“New York is a second home to us,” Roots drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson said in a recent interview.
Cutting funding to the arts is a road to nowhere, former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne said at a rally at City Hall Monday.
President Donald Trump has launched an assault on the arts, politicians, executives and artists, including Talking Heads founder David Byrne, said at a City Hall rally on Monday.
That is not the only big-scale project Byrne is working on. He’s also developing a musical about Joan of Arc.
A capacity crowd of 400 rallied at the steps of City Hall in downtown Manhattan on Monday to speak out against proposed cuts to public funding of arts and culture by the Trump administration.
Get a sneak peak of Contemporary Color!
Catch David talk "Music Discovery" and "Weird America" at two upcoming discussions in Brooklyn.
David Byrne believes there are actually a LOT of encouraging things going on around the world—they’ve given him hope and inspired a new record and he’d like to share them with you at...
David Byrne will be presenting his Reasons To Be Cheerful in Europe!
All the artists who are joining me on my tour have been chosen by me. It’s a privilege to share the stage with these artists—I hope you’ll catch some of them at the dates below or at least check them out.
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!
The NYC based DJ collective Working Women for August Radio!
Ever since I can remember, there has been music made by the African diaspora that addressed social, economic and conceptual issues in ways that are funky, radical, surprising and joyous. Some of these are deeply sober and serious while others reorient our minds while we dance.
This month, Luaka Bop introduces us to Boshra AlSaadi, who, along with her mother Roada in Brooklyn and her Aunt Salwa in Damascus, curate May DB Radio. At the end of the playlist, you can listen to the pair discuss the history of dabke, popular subjects in Syrian music, and the intrigue surrounding famed starlet Asmahan.
The presidential election in the U.S. was a year ago. These are some of the pop songs I’ve been listening to in recent months as this strange anniversary approaches.
This month, Javybz curate DB Radio. The Atlantic Ocean that physically separates them—Julia lives in NYC, Anya in Russia—inspires their selection of music.
Writing songs that deal directly with social justice and contemporary issues is hard—at least it is for me. Hearing these incredibly catchy songs made me realize pop music could be danceable and conscious at the same time. These songs are hugely inspirational even if I might have to continue on my search of how to do this in my own way.
This month's DB Radio features favorite songs from some of the American Utopia band, crew and creative team.
One often hears the question raised, “Can music effect social and political change?” I have my doubts that it can—directly at least. I do think it provides cohesion and moral support, but if there was ever a genre to refute my doubts, here it is.
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