David Byrne

Offering dozens of examples of “good, inspiring things happening in our community, and in the world” in these “troubling times” — one day after the Trump Administration announce a massive tax cut benefiting the wealthiest folks in the country (including Trump, his family and businesses) — Byrne’s presentation gave much-needed perspective, if not a complete antidote, for the depression felt by so many since November.

Oct 28 2004

David Byrne to ‘Head’ sold-out show in Charleston

Mar 12 2012

Caetano Veloso & David Byrne - Live At Carnegie Hall

Dec 25 2008

Ahead of the past: David Byrne and Brian Eno, together again

Mar 4 2005

Byrne, Baby, Byrne

Jun 28 2005

Burning Down the House

Mar 1 2002

Unclassifiable Book

Jun 11 2018

David Byrne Announces AMERICAN UTOPIA Australian & New Zealand Tour

Mar 24 2009

David Byrne reißt die Berliner von den Sitzen

Mar 12 2018

New York Stories: David Byrne & Kip Hanrahan

Dec 4 2003

PowerPoint, Art: With the program

May 28 2004

David Byrne, Backward and Forward

Apr 25 2018

David Byrne Proves He’s Not Just Some Old Rock Star at Winspear Opera House

Oct 16 2007

David Byrne Live From Austin TX

Aug 5 2004

David Byrne Explores Everyday Minutiae

Nov 12 2018

Dream Operator: American Utopia with Rock Superhero David Byrne

Oct 12 2003

David Byrne Lead Us Not into Temptation

Aug 1 2006

Cumpas de la calle Rodney

Sep 22 2012

“Byrne and his book make for good company.”

Jun 13 2004

Byrne Keeps Amazing, Bemusing Fans

Sep 18 2012

“How Music Works is music-geek heaven.”

Oct 11 2004

On-line Interview with Carol Cooper

Feb 22 2006

Imelda, Fatboy, a Cabaret and Me

Feb 1 2019

David Byrne Presents: A Taste of the Chennai Music Festival

Jun 26 1997

Byrne-ing Down the House

May 17 2005

Byrning Bright on Queen

Oct 12 2012

Show Reviews: David Byrne and St. Vincent plus DJ Rashad Put On Two Wildly Different and Surprising

Jan 8 2018

David Byrne’s New Album, “American Utopia,” Due March 9 on Todomundo/Nonesuch Records

Jun 17 1997

Feelings

Jul 9 2018

David Byrne: “Estados Unidos y Europa corren el riesgo de caer en la xenofobia”

Mar 29 2018

David Byrne on the Music That Made Him

Jul 18 2018

David Byrne fordert: «Sir, let them dance!»

Aug 7 2001

Original Thoughts on Sin

Jul 27 2018

David Byrne’s American Utopia: Fighting difficulties with false cheerfulness

Feb 21 2009

Genios reunidos

Radio 22

Jun 1 2015

shetransfer

By way of Luaka Bop, Camilla Wasserman takes DB Radio on a musical journey inspired by her supportive group of female friends.

May 1 2016

Ya Watani—Syria, Dabke, Druzes

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.

Mar 1 2020

David Byrne Presents: “Catching Up”

short playlist of stuff I've recently added, or uplisted. some old some new.

May 1 2015

A Very Broad Mix of African Music

This month's DB Radio is a special treat—Luaka Bop releases Joakim's Onyeabor-tribute-mix, that originally debuted at the NY Art Book Fair in the fall of 2013!

Feb 1 2016

Alternative Swedish Mixtape

Leo Hallin is an illustrator, animator and visual artist from Sweden, who goes by name Leolyxxx. For this month’s show, he has put together a fun mix of left-field Swedish music from the ’70s and ’80s!

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...

Nov 1 2019

David Byrne Presents: Indie Pop

A short playlist of recent releases that might fall under the category - Indie Pop.

Jan 1 2023

David Byrne Presents: Stompin’ Brass for a New Year

I’ve posted some of these before but also added some updated tracks as well!

Mar 1 2024

David Byrne Radio Presents: Nigeria!

Nigeria!

Nov 1 2021

David Byrne Presents: Heavy Rotation

The artists on this playlist are innovative and talented, and I can only hope that there is a way for them to continue their work and make a living doing it.

Jan 1 2020

David Byrne Presents: Orchestral Jazz

Jazz, like any musical genre, was shaped by external forces- race, wars, technology, economics, laws- it both reflected and was molded by all of that.

Aug 1 2015

A Transatlantic Mix by Javybz

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.

Apr 1 2020

David Byrne Presents: “Andean Ocean 2” by Javelin

Javelin (not to be confused with the metal band of the same name) is a band who have released records through Luaka Bop. They also create mixtape-collages and have generously offered that we can stream the latest one, Andean Ocean II here. It is one hour long, no breaks. Below is an explanation in their own words how these have evolved.

-David Byrne

Jul 1 2021

David Byrne Presents: (Some Of) My Favorite Instrumentals

(Some Of) My Favorite Instrumentals

Here is a collection of instrumentals that cover a wide range of genres- pop, classical, jazz and country.

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.

Jun 1 2021

David Byrne Presents: The Music Didn’t Stop

An eclectic selection- mostly songs that came out within the last year...

Sep 1 2016

NAN N N N N

September's installment of DB Radio is a beautiful mix by Sarah Jones (of Pillow Person and Hot Chip). The mix is inspired by Sarah's grandmother, Josefina Suñé, who was a sword fighter from Bilbao that helped refugee children flee the Spanish Civil war, and immigrate to England. Mrs. Suñe loved flamenco, copla and other traditional Spanish music, and without knowing how to speak English, came to communicate with her granddaughter through music.

Jun 1 2023

David Byrne Presents: Here Lies Love Musical Inspirations

The immersive disco musical I wrote with Fatboy Slim is coming to Broadway (previews begin June 17th)!

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!

Dec 1 2016

Jace Clayton Presents: Uproot for DB Radio!

This month Jace Clayton, AKA DJ Rupture, presents a playlist inspired by his new book Uproot: Travels in 21st-Century Music and Digital Culture.

Mar 1 2022

David Byrne Presents: ¡La Chiva Maravillosa! Colombia!

Colombia has an incredible variety of music.

Feb 1 2019

David Byrne Presents: A Taste of the Chennai Music Festival

After about a year of being on my own music tour I decided to stay in motion. Sometimes stopping cold turkey can be a bit of shock. So, in mid-December I flew to India and attended a few days of the Chennai Music Festival—also known as the December Season. In my all too brief visit, I only touched the surface.

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Blue In The Face

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Uh-Oh

Rei Momo

David Byrne: Live from Austin TX

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

Feelings

Look Into The Eyeball

David Byrne Debuts New Song on Pitchfork Radio

Blue In The Face

shetransfer

Ya Watani—Syria, Dabke, Druzes

David Byrne Presents: “Catching Up”

A Very Broad Mix of African Music

best albums of 2018 (1-100)

Alternative Swedish Mixtape

Estudando a bossa

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

David Byrne Presents: Indie Pop

David Byrne Presents: Stompin’ Brass for a New Year

David Byrne, Benjamin Clementine

David Byrne Radio Presents: Nigeria!

David Byrne Presents: Heavy Rotation

David Byrne Presents: Orchestral Jazz

A Transatlantic Mix by Javybz

Bopping in Brooklyn

David Byrne Presents: “Andean Ocean 2” by Javelin

David Byrne Presents: (Some Of) My Favorite Instrumentals

David Byrne to Talk About Music, Politics, and His New Musical at MoPOP April 20

Shine Baby, Shine!

David Byrne Presents: The Music Didn’t Stop

The Only Blip Hop Record You Will Ever Need Vol. 1

David Byrne Eyes Broadway With ‘American Utopia’ Album

Uh-Oh

Caetano Veloso & David Byrne Live at Carnegie Hall

Still Making Sense

NAN N N N N

Rei Momo

David Byrne Presents: Here Lies Love Musical Inspirations

David Byrne Exhibition in Tokyo

Los 7 mejores momentos de David Byrne

David Byrne New Zealand Tour Announced

David Byrne, toujours à contre-courant

August Radio: Music Recorded on a Cell Phone!

Album review: Caetano Veloso and David Byrne, ‘Live at Carnegie Hall’

Big Love: Hymnal, Now Out

Byrne’s latest displays no fear of classical music

David Byrne: Live from Austin TX

David Byrne: Not Brought to You By…

David Byrne: Unquestionably Brilliant

Jace Clayton Presents: Uproot for DB Radio!

Versatile David Byrne changes direction

David Byrne Presents: ¡La Chiva Maravillosa! Colombia!

Exclusive: David Byrne’s once in a lifetime interview with Kimbra

Caetano Veloso and David Byrne: ‘Live at Carnegie Hall’

Speaking in tongues

David Byrne’s New Album Features Music From HBO’s ‘Big Love’

Former Talking Head David Byrne finds his own rhythm

David Byrne brings his ‘American Utopia’ tour to Kiwi soil this November

‘Therapy is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?’

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

Same As He Ever Was

David Byrne / Jim White

Innovation continues to be the calling of creative David Byrne

David Byrne’s Field Guide to Blip Hop

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

6 Music Celebrates David Byrne

David Byrne coming to Birmingham with ‘American Utopia’ tour

David Byrne Apparently Loves PowerPoint

Blame it on the bossa nova

David Byrne’s live show: the highlight of the year

On The Record: A Conversation with…David Byrne