Reuters - Feb 9, 2010
Headliners for the 2010 edition of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will include Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder, Dave Matthews Band and Kings of Leon, in what is the Grammy-winning band's only scheduled U...
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Los Amigos Invisibles, the Venezuelan funk band from Caracas that relocated to Brooklyn more than eight years ago, will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2011. But the party has already started, with...
More »AP - Aug 7, 2009
David Byrne doesn t want to rock the building, but it may shake a little. The ex-Talking Heads frontman has turned London s Roundhouse, a former railway engine shed, into a giant musical instrument for...
More »Reuters - Aug 25, 2008
Peter Buck of R.E.M., SNL star Amy Poehler and novelist Jonathan Lethem are among the curators of a limited-edition series of CDs that will mark the 20th anniversary of North Carolina independent label...
More »E! Online - Aug 25, 2008
Think of it as mix tapes made by famous people. The North Carolina-based indie record label Merge is launching a limited-edition series of CDs curated by famous folks like Saturday Night Live's Amy...
More »AP - Aug 19, 2008
Musician, artist and bicycling enthusiast David Byrne has designed nine unusual bike racks that have been installed around New York City. The Department of Transportation says the artistic installations...
More »Yahoo! Music - Jul 28, 2008
David Byrne and Brian Eno have revealed the details of their first collaboration in nearly 30 years. The singer and the legendary Coldplay and U2 producer, who worked together on three Talking Heads...
More »Reuters - Jul 18, 2008
David Byrne is hitting the road in the fall, but not with Brian Eno. Although one of the three announced shows touts Eno's participation with the billing The Songs of Talking Heads' David Byrne...
More »Reuters - Jun 4, 2008
David Byrne, whose band Talking Heads once sang about Burning Down the House, is now playing the building. Using a revamped antique pedal organ, Byrne has transformed the empty Battery Maritime Building...
More »E! Online - May 28, 2008
More than a few talking heads figure David Byrnes should be recognized for his pioneering efforts. The new-wave rocker will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th Annual Webby Awards...
More »AP - May 12, 2008
Ex-Talking Heads frontman David Byrne plans to turn a landmark building in Manhattan into a giant musical instrument. State officials say Byrne will create a temporary installation in the Great Hall...
More »Reuters - Jul 22, 2006
Nirvana s Kurt Cobain was a big fan, while Beck and David Byrne have paid homage. Nearly 30 years after it broke up, Brazilian psychedelic rock band Os Mutantes launched its first U.S. tour on Friday...
More »AP - Mar 20, 2006
Three new concert films — Neil Young: Heart of Gold, Dave Chappelle s Block Party and the Beastie Boys Awesome; I ... Shot That! — take different approaches to what every performance film must...
More »Reuters - Oct 10, 2005
When musician David Byrne says he is going to play a factory in Stockholm, he is not planning a gig at a trendy new venue, but talking literally. The founder of the band Talking Heads has turned a disused...
More »Reuters - Oct 6, 2005
Eclectic music producer Jon Brion remains largely under the radar and unfazed despite being a central figure in one of the year s biggest hits and one of the record industry s biggest controversies....
More »AP - Sep 25, 2005
It s not often that a Nobel laureate, Pulitzer Prize winners, Grammy winners, Academy Award winners and just about every other kind of winner share a single stage. But a benefit for Hurricane Katrina...
More »E! Online - Sep 1, 2005
CBGB s may be down, but if you ask its supporters the legendary New York venue is certainly not out. The landlord of the club credited with spawning seminal punk rock acts such as The Ramones, Talking...
More »E! Online - Aug 15, 2005
Fiona Apple has been sprung. The angsty singer-songwriter s long-gestating Extraordinary Machine will hit stores Oct. 4, her label, Epic Records, announced Monday, ending months of speculation that...
More »AP - Aug 15, 2005
Fiona Apple is ending her curiously long hiatus from the business of making music. A year after 11 tracks were leaked onto the Internet, drawing praise from critics and fans, Epic Records announced Monday...
More »AP - May 6, 2005
In 1999, a group of concert promoters claimed to have reinvented Woodstock, resulting in another example of how attempts to replicate the past tend to produce something grotesque in the present. Woodstock...
More »Reuters - Jan 28, 2005
With three studio albums to its credit, Washington, D.C.-based duo Thievery Corporation has effortlessly crafted a musical style that many have dubbed the Thievery Corporation sound. Warm, lush and...
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