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Eccles Center is off to a rollicking season
"David Byrne kicked off the Eccles Center auditorium's new season by bringing a sold-out crowd to its feet and keeping them there for most of the non-stop, two-hour show."
Park Record, 10.14.08 |
Review: Ex-Talking Head David Byrne still rocks theatrics
"Dressed as an angel, David Byrne is a musical miracle."
The Salt Lake Tribune, 10.13.08 |
Rocker Raises the Roof at Davies Symphony Hall
"...one of the hottest sets of music to fill the Symphony Hall in recent memory."
KTVU.com, 10.9.08 |
David Byrne Brings Down the House
"The overriding theme of the night was a wild, psychedelic, jangly dance aesthetic, punctuated with a more mild, mid-tempo song every now and then."
Daily Nexus, 10.9.08 |
Concert Court: David Byrne at Ryman Auditorium 9/22/2008
"All these elements combined into a concert that ran like a fine-tuned engine with all the cylinders pumping; sound, world music rhythm, visuals, and energy, with a little passion thrown in for good measure."
The Amplifier, 10.9.08
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David Byrne @ Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco
"What a difference 30 years makes."
Popdose, 10.8.08 |
David Byrne | 10.07.08 | S.F.
"...seeing [Byrne] live was so unapologetically mind-blowing that all my years of hundreds of live performances seemed to pale in comparison to one wild Monday night at San Francisco's Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall."
JamBase, 10.7.08 |
Review: David Byrne pays tribute to Eno works in concert
"One of the greatest partnerships to ever occur in the recording studio was the pairing of vocalist-songwriter David Byrne and producer Brian Eno."
Contra Costa Times, 10.7.08 |
David Byrne's Revival, Rapturously Merging '81 & '08 in Concert
"Young and old danced in the aisles; attempts to clear them by Symphony Hall staff were futile."
mog, 10.6.08 |
David Byrne stages stimulating performance
"Leave it to Talking Heads alumnus David Byrne to start his concert in Phoenix on Tuesday by remarking about the clouds painted on the ceiling of Phoenix's historic Orpheum Theatre."
azcentral.com, 10.1.08 |
David Byrne
"The dancers' role varied from esoteric dancing with office chairs to acrobatic routines to larger numbers involving the background vocalists..."
Stereo Subversion, 9.29.08 |
Clad in White, Byrne and Co. Deliver Musical Heaven
"...it's physically impossible not to move to Byrne's music, yet be moved by the almost Zen sense of wonder that runs though his lyrics..."
Austin American-Statesman, 9.29.08 |
ACL review: David Byrne
“One fine daaaaay, David Byrne sang from the AT&T stage Friday evening at Zilker Park..."
Austin Music Source, 9.26.08 |
Music: David Byrne
"Hey, is there always this much dancing at the Lyric Opera House?"
The Washington Post, 9.19.08 |
David Byrne: Same As He Ever Was
"...reciprocation of energy drove the concert, getting fans out of their seats and into the aisles, singing lyrics and dancing."
The Brown and White, 9.19.08 |
Photos: David Byrne [Baltimore, MD; 09/17/08]
"...Mr. Byrne pulls out all the stops and supplements his trademark songwriting and vocal stylings with backup singers, plenty of percussion, and all manner of stage acrobatics..."
Pitchfork, 9.17.08 |
Byrne visits outer and inner space at Zoellner
"David Byrne opened his tour on Tuesday night in Lehigh University's Zoellner Arts Center with a relentlessly entertaining, enlightening broadcast from outer and inner space."
The Morning Call, 9.17.08 |
David Byrne Revives His Dancing Days at Opening Show of Eno Tour
"...'Nothing is different, but nothing’s the same,' he sang, summing up the evening."
Rolling Stone, 9.17.08 |
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Paul Simon at BAM: Will and Grace
"He's dancing right now, in fact, onstage at BAM's Opera House Wednesday night, a lithe, white-haired string bean with the musculature of Gumby and the joie de vivre of a five-year-old."
Village Voice, 4.15.08 |
Paul Simon Welcomes Special Guests "Under African Skies" in Brooklyn
"When people actually heard [Graceland] — which combined American pop with Isicathamiya (South African a cappella) — it became abundantly clear that Simon had brilliantly bridged the cultures and taken a musical quantum leap forward."
Rolling Stone, 4.14.08 |
How New Yorkers Ride Bikes: Taking it to the Bike Lanes
"Free valet parking isn't usually considered a political statement, but there was something mildly revolutionary in the air…"
Globe and Mail, 10.8.07 |
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Carnegie Hall "One Note": From Single Notes, a Spectrum of Sound
"Introducing the last concert of his Carnegie Perspectives series on Sunday night at Zankel Hall, David Byrne said that the evening’s program, “One Note,” had been the hardest to explain to his friends…"
The New York Times, 2.6.07 |
Carnegie Hall Dreamland: Free Spirits in a Groove That's Folky and Tribal
"…But they did it: they used tribal instincts to prove themselves a school."
The New York Times, 2.5.07 |
Carnegie Hall Knee Plays: David Byrne Honors Joints That Connect the Limbs
"Gospel oomph with a keening saxophone…"
The New York Times, 2.3.07 |
Feature: Indie Rock's Patron Saint Inspires a New Flock
"…while Mr. Byrne has been busy being a curator, sculpturing, drawing, mounting theatrical pieces about deposed foreign leaders and buying shoes, he has also become, without fanfare or Talking Heads reunion tours, perhaps the single greatest influence on the current generation of indie rockers."
The New York Times, 1.14.07 |
Revenge of the Book-Eaters Benefit: Start Making Sense: On the beauty but hollow humanity of micromanaged Mac rock
"…his operatic Gumby voice as powerful and anxious as ever…"
Village Voice, 8.29.06 |
Revenge of the Book-Eaters Benefit: Sufjan Stevens, David Byrne Duet at NYC Benefit
"Instant karma!"
Pitchfork Media, 8.24.06 |
Revenge of the Book-Eaters Benefit: Jon Stewart, David Byrne and Sufjan Stevens Join David Eggers' Cause on "Bookeaters" tour
"…It was the sweet, perfect moment that left everybody — authors, musicians and audience members — feeling as if they left winning."
Rolling Stone, 8.24.06 |
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