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10 epic tracks that put the accordion in the limelight

by Dan Shaw

The accordion has a sound that’s instantly recognisable – a fact that can make it easy to pigeonhole. But here are 10 songs that do…

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Here are the 25 best ’70s songs to get high to

by Luke Saunders

Delve into the 25 most mind-bending, beguiling, or downright beautiful ’70s songs to kick back and light up too. Purple haze, Jesus saves. As society…

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Talking Heads will receive their first ever Grammy at the 2021 ceremony

by Phoebe Repeti

The Grammys have announced the talented recipients of their Lifetime Achievement Awards for next year’s ceremony, including Talking Heads, Selena, and more. Following last month’s…

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David Byrne apologises for using blackface in a 1984 Talking Heads video

by Happy

“We have huge blindspots”: David Byrne has taken to Twitter to address his use of blackface in a Talking Heads promotional video back in 1984….

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Talking drums and Talking Heads: the limitless world of percussion instruments

by Josh Davies

The percussion family consists of the widest range of instruments seen in any instrument family. An orchestral percussionist, for example, needs to master a huge…

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Turns out Jerry Seinfeld helped out David Byrne with his Broadway show

by Manning Patston

Turns out Jerry Seinfeld, best known for Seinfeld (aka the show about nothing) had some input in David Byrne‘s critically acclaimed American Utopia.  Byrne recently…

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Madchester and the sounds of the Second Summer of Love

by Max Mahood

Even though electronic music and synthesisers were becoming more popular throughout the 1980s, there was still a healthy guitar-based strain of alternative-rock music on both…

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10 records to introduce you to the world of art-rock

by Luke Saunders

For the most part, art-rock is an undocumented musical niche. A small fragment under the oversized umbrella of rock, that exists as a translucent concept…

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Watch David Byrne perform Talking Heads’ ‘Once in a Lifetime’ on SNL

by Claudia Schmidt

On this week’s episode of Saturday Night Live, the musical guest was none other than Talking Heads‘ frontman, David Byrne. Byrne took to the stage…

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The 6 greatest covers of ‘Heroes’ by David Bowie

by Claudia Schmidt

Heroes by David Bowie was one of those songs which would forever leave its mark on the world, affecting all of those who heard it….

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Spike Lee set to direct film version of David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’

by Claudia Schmidt

It has just been announced that Spike Lee will be directing an adaptation of David Byrne’s American Utopia. The film, which is a direct cinema…

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Talking Heads have finally made themselves an instagram account

by Luke Haggart

Talking Heads, the band that made quirky ‘cool’, have just come out with an official Instagram page. The group, which has been disbanded since 1991,…

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The 80s Part I: experimentation, cutting edge tech and breaking into the mainstream

by Max Mahood

If the 1970s was the decade that began the revolution of electronic music, the 1980s was the decade that improved it. The 80s also added…

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