David Byrne

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Projects 81

Big Love: Hymnal

2008

Vinicius

2001

Dressed Objects, Wedding Party

1998

Reasons To Be Cheerful

2018

Maximum Balloon

2010

Balanescu Quartet Plays Byrne, Moran, Lurie, Torke

1992

“...The Best Live Show Of All Time” —NME

2018

Bonfires of São João

2006

Uh-Oh

1992

Turn My Teeth Up

2007

davidbyrne

1994

Joan of Arc: Into the Fire

2016

Worried Noodles

2007

The Visible Man

1998

The New Sins

2001

Muzikizum

2002

Caged/Uncaged

1993

Shhh… Sounds in Spaces

2004

Ride, Rise, Roar

2010

Action Love Gods

1995

El Rey De La Rumba

2001

Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon

1999

True Stories

1986

Universo Ao Meu Redor

2006

The Catherine Wheel

1981

Grown Backwards

2004

I’m Losing Myself

2009

RIO

2003

Rei Momo

1989

Red Hot + Blue

1990

Until the End of the World

1991

SCORE! Vol. 9: 20 Years of Merge Records

2009

Possessed

1992

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (Music from the Motion Picture)

2010

Music for The Knee Plays

1984

The Forest

1991

Plum

2007

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

1981

Mantra Mix

2000

Ilé Aiyé (The House of Life)

1989

Blue In The Face

1995

Playing The Building

2005

The Cosmic Game

2005

Talking Heads: Same As It Ever Was

2009

Songs for Liquid Days

1986

The Spirit of Apollo

2009

Love This Giant

2012

Stop Making Sense

1984

Estudando a bossa

2008

David Byrne: Live from Austin TX

2001

Red Hot + Rio

1996

Look Into The Eyeball

2001

Avalancha de Éxitos

1996

Dark Was The Night

2009

Lead Us Not Into Temptation: Music from the film Young Adam

2003

Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin

1997

Like a Girl, I Want You to Keep Coming

1989

The Last Emperor

1987

David Byrne Live at Union Chapel

2004

Everything that Happens Will Happen Today

2008

Odyssey

2005

The Best of Music and Rhythm

1983

Talking Heads Brick

2005

Feelings

1997

Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip

1996

How Music Works

2017

In Between

2007

Contemporary Color

2015

Century of Song

2006

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

2002

Individual Pictures

1991

Live at Carnegie Hall

2004

Future Soundtrack For America

2004

Here Lies Love

2016

Wired: Rip. Sample. Mash. Share.

2004

Walking on Locusts

1996

In Spite of Wishing and Wanting

1999

Once In A Lifetime: Talking Heads Boxed Set

2003

American Utopia

2018

I Think We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat

2009

Talking Heads Chronology

2011

Journal 6

Oct 5 2017

The Secret Place Where Music Shows Get Made

by David Byrne

Why here? In the middle of Pennsylvania Dutch country?

Feb 1 2019

A Taste of the Chennai Music Festival

by David Byrne

After about a year of being on my own music tour I decided to stay in motion. 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; the festival goes on for a whole month.

Dec 22 2014

GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM—AN AMSTERDAM DISCUSSION ABOUT MUSIC STREAMING (OCT. 19, 2014)

by David Byrne

I’m concerned that as streaming and subscription models become the dominant way we consume music (not just music, but soon all movies, books, television, video games, journalism—almost any creative content you can name), the amount of income from those services that trickles down to the content creators might not be enough for them to live on.

Aug 2 2015

OPEN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY’S BLACK BOX

by David Byrne

THIS should be the greatest time for music in history — more of it is being found, made, distributed and listened to than ever before. That people are willing to pay for digital streaming is good news. In Sweden, where it was founded, Spotify saved a record industry that piracy had gutted.

May 12 2014

FROM THE ARCHIVES: MUSIC

by Jasper Berg

Welcome to the first edition of "From The Archives: Music." While maintaining the living archive here at Todomundo!, we often come across interesting, funny, contemplative and/or somewhat…

May 7 2014

ATOMIC BOMB: THE MUSIC OF WILLIAM ONYEABOR

by David Byrne

Last year, Luaka Bop released a compilation of the songs of William Onyeabor—Nigerian electro-funk musician, who created music in the '70s and '80s. It's been a dream to put together a band that could bring Onyeabor's music to life—and Luaka Bop, with Sinkane's Ahmed Gallab, has done it!

News 100

Apr 14 2009

The Music of David Byrne and Talking Heads at Carnegie Hall

20 artists perform the music of David Byrne and Talking Heads to benefit Music Education for Underprivileged Youth.

Oct 10 2005

Former ‘Talking Head’ turns factory into instrument

Dec 25 2008

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

Sep 12 2004

Byrne’s New Music Seduces Heads Fans

Jun 14 2012

David Byrne & St. Vincent Collaborate For New LP

Jan 21 2015

David Byrne Announces a Musical and Visual Art Experiment: “Contemporary Color”

Sep 12 2018

Music lookback: Jazz, Byrne and more

Aug 20 2018

David Byrne Said Their Names at the Fox

Jul 18 2018

David Byrne returning to Tobin Center in October

Jun 15 2018

David Byrne, Interpol UK gigs are on sale now

Jul 28 2018

Watch: David Byrne covers Janelle Monae, honors victims of racial violence at Xponential Fest

Nov 11 2018

David Byrne talks to Kimbra about life as a musical polymath

Jan 14 2019

True Stories Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review

Dec 10 2018

Best of 2018: A Year In Review

Dec 1 2018

David Byrne Presents: Eclectic for the Holidays

May 25 2018

Live Review: Weird Icon David Byrne Presents a Nonstop Spectacle at the Paramount

May 1 2018

Paul McCartney, Metallica, & David Byrne lead Austin City Limits Music Festival

Sep 26 2014

David Byrne says he ‘barraged’ Fatboy Slim into working with him

Apr 21 2017

BWW Review: Seattle Rep’s HERE LIES LOVE Brings Down the House ... Literally

Oct 25 2016

David Byrne’s Science Experiment With Art, Theater

“The good news is that, from what I can tell, it’s not absolutely fixed. Our biases have changed. Our reaction to women having a vote, or slavery, or all of these things, you name it, have changed completely in the space of, whatever, 100 years or less. ... We’re not doing lessons, but that’s what I’m getting.”

Jun 26 2015

David Byrne Teams Color Guard Squads With Indie Musicians

"‘Contemporary Color’ gives the kinetic mix of dance, acrobatics and precision drill an arty edge."

Oct 23 2012

True Stories: A Film about People Like Us

Jan 23 2018

David Byrne adds second Red Rocks date for tour-closing, two-night run

Apr 4 2018

David Byrne, o el ritual de la utopia americana

Mar 8 2018

As the World Burns, David Byrne Is in His Office Laughing

Feb 1 2018

DAVID BYRNE AIRS NEW TRACK ‘THIS IS THAT’

May 17 2019

David Byrne To Bring American Utopia To B’Way For A Residency

David Byrne is bringing his American Utopia show to New York for a Broadway residence.

Mar 13 2019

The 6 best acts we saw in the first half of SXSW 2019

The 34th annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony has announced their 2019 presenters. Talking Heads’ frontman David Byrne will induct Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor will induct The Cure at the ceremony held at Brooklyn, NY’s Barclays Center on March 29th.

Jun 9 2009

David Byrne played Eno-songs @ Celebrate Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Bandshell in NYC

Feb 18 2009

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

Apr 9 2009

Byrne ‘finishing off Fatboy CD’

Feb 25 2009

Byrne still knows no musical boundaries

Oct 30 2008

David Byrne better than he ever was

Aug 1 2006

Cumpas de la calle Rodney

Mar 10 2012

Caetano Veloso and David Byrne: Live at Carnegie Hall – review

Nov 22 2008

David Byrne and Brian Eno together again on ‘Everything That Happens Will Happen Today’

Oct 13 2008

Review: Ex-Talking Head David Byrne still rocks theatrics

Aug 26 2008

Bike Rack Art Installation Shines in New York City

Nov 30 2010

The Talking Head Rides to the Rescue

Jul 11 1991

Individual Pictures

Nov 1 2023

David Byrne Presents: Flamenco Every Which Way

Apr 1 2021

David Byrne Presents: The Sound Of New York

Feb 1 2020

Spike Lee to Direct Film Version of David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ Broadway Show

“Pinch me. This couldn’t have worked out better for this project,” singer says of cinematic take on stage show

Sep 17 2002

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

Mar 12 2009

Big Love: Hymnal, Now Out

Aug 10 2009

David Byrne on playing the building at the Roundhouse

May 8 2001

David Byrne: Look into the Eyeball

Sep 11 2012

Review: David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant

Oct 1 2012

Concert review: David Byrne and St. Vincent at Strathmore

Sep 7 2018

Nonesuch Events for the Weekend of September 7–9

Aug 7 2018

Talking Heads Legend David Byrne Talks Dancing, Animals, Guns and His Current ‘American Utopia’ Tour

Jun 23 2018

Byrneing down the house: Talking Heads frontman rips up the live show rule book on stage in Oxford

Jun 12 2018

David Byrne New Zealand Tour Announced

Oct 1 2018

The 10 Best Concerts of the Week: Death Cab for Cutie, Taylor Swift and More

Oct 26 2018

HeadCount: Getting Fans From The Stands To The Polls

Dec 26 2018

This Three-Year-Old Imitating David Byrne in ‘Stop Making Sense’ on Christmas Will Make You Smile

Dec 7 2018

List of 2019 Grammy Awards nominations

Nov 21 2018

David Byrne, Kimbra @ Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre

May 14 2018

MEET ANGIE SWAN, THE MILWAUKEE GUITARIST TOURING WITH DAVID BYRNE

Apr 25 2018

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

Mar 3 2017

How David Byrne and ‘Contemporary Color’ Turned Color Guards Into Rock Stars

Mar 15 2017

‘Joan of Arc: Into the Fire’ Theater Review

Feb 12 2016

David Byrne Figured Out Why Your Facebook Friends Love Donald Trump

Break ups are hard, America. But let's face it, it's time to dump Trump.

May 1 2016

Ya Watani—Syria, Dabke, Druzes

May 3 2017

“Here Lies Love” sparks complex recollections of Marcos regime

Nov 1 2017

David Byrne Presents: One Year Later

Mar 29 2018

Antes e depois de um show de David Byrne

Feb 27 2018

The Strange World Of… David Byrne

Feb 1 2018

David Byrne on Trump, Cultural Appropriation and Why He Won’t Reunite Talking Heads

Mar 29 2019

Read David Byrne’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Tribute to Radiohead

David Byrne fittingly paid tribute to Radiohead, the band that got its name from one of his songs.

Jun 7 2019

How to Watch the Tony Awards and What You Need to Know

When and how to watch Broadway’s biggest celebration, plus the best New York Times journalism on the nominees and contests.

Feb 28 2009

David Byrne wows Radio City Music Hall

Jun 10 2009

David Byrne Gives Record Start to ‘Celebrate Brooklyn’

Feb 16 2009

NASA are on a voyage of discovery

Jun 5 2010

On the Imelda Marcos Inspired New Album

Oct 30 2008

Concert Review: David Byrne, Massey Hall, Toronto – October 29, 2008

Oct 14 2008

Eccles Center is off to a rollicking season

Sep 11 2012

David Byrne / St. Vincent Love This Giant

Jun 5 2005

Fischerspooner

Mar 13 2012

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

Dec 2 2008

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

Sep 15 2002

You May Ask Yourself: What is this unusual show?

Feb 20 2017

Jo Lampert Rises to the Occasion as Joan Of Arc in a New Production at the Public Theater

Radio 100

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.

Aug 1 2022

David Byrne Presents: Tomorrow’s Hits Today

There are lots of incredible new songs and new music appearing all the time... This playlist is the evidence.

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!

May 1 2024

David Byrne Radio Presents: How?

How?

Sep 1 2021

David Byrne Presents: Songs That Make Me Cry

Why do we like this? Why do we luxuriate in sadness and heartbreak?

Apr 1 2025

David Byrne Radio Presents: Ancient and Modern

Songs that seem almost timeless.

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.

Oct 1 2021

David Byrne Presents: This Is African Music?!

About a month or so ago, I went down a rabbit hole of contemporary African music.

Jun 1 2024

David Byrne Radio Presents: Everyone Does Everything (Afro Psychedelic 2.0)

I’ve mixed some well known songs and some from lesser known artists.

Feb 1 2018

David Byrne Presents: The Beautiful Shitholes

Here’s a playlist that gives just the smallest sample of the depth and range of creativity that continues to pour out of the countries in Africa and the Caribbean. It is undeniable. Can music help us empathize with its makers?

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)!

Sep 1 2020

David Byrne Presents: Crazy Glitchy Cool

Here’s a genre that has emerged in the last 20 years or so- and continues to gather steam.

Jan 1 2018

David Byrne Presents: Gospel

You don’t need to believe to love gospel music. This playlist covers many decades of recordings, but here’s the most recent picks from my personal playlist. Here are the roots of rock and roll, RnB and hip hop. This music is about transcendence and community. It’s about surrendering to something bigger than yourself, and in doing so, there is ecstasy and joy. Happy New Year!

Jul 1 2023

David Byrne Presents: Latin Pop Conquers The World

The colonies strike back!

Aug 1 2021

David Byrne Presents: Rama Lama, Rama Lama Ding Dong

Why do we love nonsense syllables in pop music?

Apr 1 2024

David Byrne Radio Presents: Khruangbin Walk In mix

I was invited to do some walk-in music for a small Khruangbin show on March 27th at the Bowery Ballroom in advance of their upcoming tour -

Nov 1 2017

David Byrne Presents: One Year Later

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.

May 1 2023

David Byrne Presents: Ethiopian Jazz

Ethiopian Jazz!

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.

Apr 1 2015

Music for Change

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.

Jan 1 2019

David Byrne Presents: The Soup of Love—Bollywood and Tamil Favorites

One of the signatures of Indian cinema are the complex, epic, and heavily choreographed songs and dances...

Aug 1 2020

David Byrne Presents: The World’s Inspiration- Africa

Africa is big and diverse - to group songs from the whole continent together is insane - it would be like a playlist that includes Bluegrass, Hip hop, EDM, metal, ambient and gospel.

Dec 1 2015

The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge

Some great new stuff has come out recently. Sophie (a DJ moniker) does a warped ironic take on pop that works as pop at the same time. Raury's new record is amazing—why isn't this guy huge? Benjamin Clementine, whom I included in Meltdown this past August, just won the Mercury prize in UK (the music equivalent to the Booker Prize).

Mar 1 2025

David Byrne Radio Presents: Colombia

Here’s a playlist of Colombian music- Latin pop, alternative, folkloric, Afro Atlantic and more.

Jul 1 2022

David Byrne Presents: Dub-Society Tearing Itself Apart

Is Jamaican dub one of the prime roots of hip hop?

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 2019

David Byrne Presents: Fuji!

Fuji is a genre of Nigerian music that really exploded there in the 80s. The first song I ever heard in this genre was "Fuji Garbage," which is great and has some amazing lap steel playing. Very cool and incredibly fast!

Dec 1 2021

David Byrne Presents: Cumbia For The Holidays!

Who doesn’t like cumbia?!

Jul 29 2024

David Byrne Radio Presents: Classic Funk for Summer

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

Apr 1 2018

David Byrne Presents: American Utopia World Tour Opening Acts

Last month, I announced the opening acts on my tour and this month I’d like to introduce you to more of their music.

Sep 1 2023

David Byrne Presents: Covered Up

Some familiar versions and some surprises here I hope!

Jan 1 2021

David Byrne Presents: Latin Alternative Now

In 2019 I went to Mexico City to join Cafe Tacuba for one song in their second MTV Unplugged show- I’m a big fan of what they do and the unplugged show did not disappoint- almost every song was in a different style! Gustavo Santaolallia was musical director- he’s also exec producer of the Break It All TV series, so, it’s all connected. I also got to meet Natalia LaFourcade who is also featured on this playlist and on a recent song exploder episode.

Jan 1 2015

Music for Resolutions

This New Year playlist takeover comes by way of Noah Wall. The playlist is about two hours, which is plenty of time for some planning—try making resolutions the first hour and breaking resolutions the second!

Jul 1 2019

David Byrne Presents: I Am My Own Algorithm

Here’s recent stuff that’s in my current playlist. Not everything is current, but there are some artists I suspect you have not heard of.

Feb 1 2021

David Byrne Presents: Food For Love

February 13th (Valentines Day Eve), some musician friends of mine, and many I’ve never met, are doing a virtual concert to raise money for meals for New Mexico’s hardest hit.

Oct 1 2023

David Byrne Presents: Looking Inward

Some listeners might find that these songs are sad, and there’s truth to that. But there is also comfort and balm in feeling and recognizing the feelings and questions we all have in common.

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.

Jul 1 2025

David Byrne Radio Presents: The Mississippi

This month's theme is Mississippi. Not the state, though that too… but more the giant river and its watershed.

Nov 1 2022

David Byrne Presents: The Heart of Arabia

This is far from exhaustive, or even completely representative - but here’s a playlist of passionate, innovative and rhythmic Arabic music from all over.

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!

Jun 1 2025

David Byrne Presents: Avant Pop 2025

what I’m listening to now. really

Nov 1 2020

David Byrne Presents: Samba

Whatever happens here in the US this November, we have to go on feeling our hips and dancing with one another. Here is a playlist that I hope will help with that.

Aug 1 2023

David Byrne Presents: August

August: venerable, majestic, noble

Dec 1 2014

Viva Mexico Part 2

I was asked to compile a playlist of some of my favorite Mexican music for a proposed public art exhibition in Mexico City. It turned out I had quite a bit of music on my computer—enough for 6 hours of no repeats! So, as these monthly streaming "radio" playlists usually last about 3 hours, I divided it in half. Here is part two.

May 1 2025

David Byrne Radio Presents: Brazil is Back

Here's a playlist of some recent MPB (Musica Popular Brasiliera), with a few older songs included as well.

Sep 1 2022

David Byrne Presents: tango

This playlist highlights tango from the last 50 years including the radical reinventions of Astor Piazzola to the present day of electronic tango and a lot more.

Mar 1 2018

David Byrne Presents: 1 + 1 = 3 — When Collaboration Works

I have a new album out this month called American Utopia. I wrote and recorded it over a two year period and its evolution involved a lot of collaborators. Some were old friends and some were completely new to me. This playlist is a sample of their own work.

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.

Oct 1 2022

David Byrne Presents: Latin Pop Explosion

The latin pop in this playlist has pretty much crossed over into mainstream -

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.

Mar 1 2015

Identity Heft, South Africa

This month's playlist is curated by Todomundo's Music Coordinator, Jasper Berg, who recently visited his family in Cape Town, South Africa. While there isn’t much genre continuity, this month’s playlist represents an overall paradigm shift in popular music produced in South Africa.

Jul 1 2024

David Byrne Radio Presents: Todo El Mundo

See what you think!

Feb 1 2014

Joyride

Guest host LeeAnn Rossi took a trip to Peru and Ecuador and was introduced to pop culture through local radio during her long trips as a passenger in a car. She curates this month's radio mix, which includes a lot of dated English hits—from The Eagles to Céline Dion covers—to Peruvian flute folk music, to anthems her friends sung along to from memory, having grown up there. And plenty of Shakira!

Feb 1 2025

David Byrne Radio Presents: Senegal

Senegal, in west Africa, is home to a wide variety of music.

Apr 1 2021

David Byrne Presents: The Sound Of New York

So, although much of this creative explosion happened in 70s New York, it resonated and had a huge influence in the decades that followed. Some of those artists who surely would not have been who they are without salsa and Fania are in this playlist as well.

Dec 1 2023

David Byrne Radio Presents: Now and Then

As evidenced from this playlist, the range of styles and combinations is astounding.

May 1 2017

David Byrne Presents: The How Music Works Playlist

To celebrate the 2017 edition of How Music Works published by Three Rivers Press, this month's radio is a mix of songs referenced throughout the book. The edition includes a new chapter on curation that explores four ways we discover music in the digital age: recommendation by experts, by the music itself, by social and cultural forces, and by narrative and context.

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!

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.

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!

Sep 5 2018

David Byrne Presents: Conscious Dance

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.

Jan 31 2020

David Byrne Presents: Masters of Soundtracks - Ennio Morricone

Morricone wrote at least 400 film soundtracks and 100 pieces of classical music. Mind boggling.

Feb 1 2023

David Byrne Presents: Music for Valentines

Who was Saint Valentine?

Oct 1 2014

Changing Hearts and Blowing Minds: 50 Years of Conscious R&B

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.

Nov 1 2024

David Byrne Radio Presents: Scintillating!

Congolese Pop Music!

Mar 1 2022

David Byrne Presents: ¡La Chiva Maravillosa! Colombia!

Colombia has an incredible variety of music.

Nov 1 2014

Viva Mexico Part 1

Oct 1 2024

David Byrne Radio Presents: Women’s Month

What about the other 11 months?

Nov 1 2019

David Byrne Presents: Indie Pop

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

Dec 1 2022

David Byrne Presents: Gospel for the Holidays

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

Jan 1 2013

Pure Pop

Here is some pure pop I collected over the last couple of years. There are songs you will be totally sick of—some of you, anyway—while others among you who have somehow managed to avoid this stuff will be hearing some of this for the first time.

Sep 1 2024

David Byrne Radio Presents: Italy Sings

Do you remember when the pandemic kept us all indoors and people in Italy opened their windows and sang together?

Jan 1 2022

David Byrne Presents: Mambo’s for Master T

Professor Robert Farris Thompson passed away in November, and this playlist is dedicated to him.

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.

Feb 28 2021

David Byrne Presents: The New New

Some amazing songs, innovation, and heart here...hope you are moved by some of it.

Feb 1 2022

David Byrne Presents: Fantastic French for February

I could have gone in many directions with this playlist.

Jun 1 2018

David Byrne Presents: American Utopia Family Favorites

This month's DB Radio features favorite songs from some of the American Utopia band, crew and creative team.

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.

Nov 1 2023

David Byrne Presents: Flamenco Every Which Way

Here’s a playlist of what might be called flamenco pop -

Jul 1 2017

July in Brazil

David Byrne's Brazilian music picks for July.

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.

Jun 1 2020

David Byrne Presents: Themes

Movie themes, TV themes. Do they all have anything in common?

Apr 1 2023

David Byrne Presents: April Fools!

No comments. Enjoy

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.

Dec 31 2024

David Byrne Radio Presents: Audio Collage

Audio collages through the ages come in all shapes and sizes and could be a genre and a playlist.

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 -

Oct 1 2017

Off-site! Musical Explorations of Place

A mix by Noah Wall

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.

Jun 1 2022

David Byrne Presents: Psychedelia Lives!

Here’s a psychedelic playlist

Dec 1 2019

David Byrne Presents: abstract- pop

Here's a playlist and a proposition- is music coming apart at the seams, shattering into shards, fragmenting like a distorting mirror or some kind of cubist abstract painting?

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!

Mar 1 2024

David Byrne Radio Presents: Nigeria!

Nigeria!

Dec 1 2018

David Byrne Presents: Eclectic for the Holidays

So...who recommends this stuff to me?

Jul 1 2015

Meltdown!

David Byrne is back with tunes from all of the artists playing at the Meltdown festival in London next month!

Apr 1 2022

David Byrne Presents: Getting Ready For Jazz Fest

Jazz fest in NOLA isn’t until the very end of April, but since I missed doing a playlist for Mardi Gras I thought at least I could do one for Jazz Fest.

Nov 19 2024

David Byrne Radio Presents: Mali

Music touches and rouses the emotions like nothing else.

Oct 1 2018

David Byrne Presents: Salsa, son y mas

I began to realize that though much of it is about joy and dancing, there are plenty of songs that express a deep melancholy, while still musically insisting that we dance. To me this was profound—the "illness" and it's cure came in the same package! What other medium can be two apparently opposite things at once?

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.

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.

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...

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Nov 21 2019

American Utopia On Broadway Original Cast Album

The cast album for the critically acclaimed Broadway production of David Byrne’s American Utopia. Stream on Spotify or Apple Music or purchase as digital download via iTunes or Amazon!

July Radio David Byrne Radio Presents: The Mississippi

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