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Thinking Man’s Dance Music: that’s how the Talking Heads defined what they were trying to do. When they burst onto the scene after signing to Sire Records in 1976, they endeavoured to ensure that ...
And it's this part of Stop Making Sense which has gone on to be the most regularly repeated on television and on the web, ...
David Byrne has shared his new song “She Explains Things to Me,” the latest single from the former Talking Heads frontman’s ...
Among the brilliant first four Talking Heads albums, More Songs About Buildings and Food has always been a dark horse candidate for the all-around greatest. Released 47 years ago this month, it sounds ...
The forgotten Talking Heads songs that should be given more credit, including two from their masterful debut, and another ...
Newly expanded and remastered, Talking Head’s second album found David Byrne’s art-punk misfits climbing to their own unique vantage point.
David Byrne has mastered a persona of eclectic vision, but the title of his latest album, 'Who Is the Sky?', was inspired by a strange, if mundane, situation.
This Talking Heads hit was supposed to be a hybrid of Alice Cooper and Randy Newman, according to songwriter David Byrne.
The coming together of white and Black sensibilities in Talking Heads’ music in this period was celebrated as an act of bravery by the white critics writing about the band at the time. John Rockwell ...
The lead singer of Talking Heads will perform at the Civic on Sept. 19. Byrne's only other Ohio stop on the tour will be in Columbus at the Mershon Auditorium on Sept. 17.
David never cared about people, but we did, and we loved our team.” Frantz also wrote at length about his contentious relationship with Byrne in his 2020 memoir “Remain in Love: Talking Heads ...
David Byrne of Talking Heads takes part in a Q&A session during "A Night of 'Stop Making Sense,'" at the Pantages Theatre, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in Los Angeles.