The percussion family consists of the widest range of instruments seen in any instrument family. An orchestral percussionist, for example, needs to master a…
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Talking Heads
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…
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…
As society nervously shifted towards a new decade the times they were a changing. The counterculture was at it’s zenith, drugs were become more wildly…
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…
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…
Back in 2018, Talking Heads‘ David Byrne gave a breathtaking cover of Heroes by David Bowie, backed by a vast choir of strangers.
Over the years, the song…
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…
Too often the accordion is relegated to the niche instrument category. Given its instant recognisability, it has a tendency to be filed away in the…
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,…
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…
David Byrne‘s new EP has a humble title, …The Best Live Show of All Time, named after a review from the music website NME.
“The American…
Adelaide’s iconic festival WOMADelaide is back for another year in 2019, just dropping its first lineup of super talented artists from around the world.
