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  • Caetano Veloso and David Byrne: "Live at Carnegie Hall" [cover]
    Monday, January 23, 2012
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    Nonesuch Releases Caetano Veloso and David Byrne "Live at Carnegie Hall" on March 13; Pre-Order Now

    In the spring of 2004, Caetano Veloso curated a week of special concerts at New York’s Carnegie Hall as one of its prestigious Perspectives artists. He invited his longtime friend and collaborator David Byrne to join him for an evening. The concert was recorded for broadcast on NPR and now will be released by Nonesuch as Caetano Veloso and David Byrne: Live at Carnegie Hall on March 13. The singer/guitarists each performed an acoustic set of their own songs and also performed together. Caetano Veloso and David Byrne: Live at Carnegie Hall is available now for pre-order in the Nonesuch Store.

  • A Room for London: Laurie Anderson, Amadou & Mariam, David Byrne
    Thursday, January 12, 2012
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    Laurie Anderson, Amadou & Mariam, David Byrne to Perform Atop London's Queen Elizabeth Hall in "A Room for London"

    Laurie Anderson, Amadou & Mariam, and David Byrne will be among the artists performing in a riverboat lodged atop London's Queen Elizabeth Hall as part of the Sounds from a Room series taking place in A Room for London, a one-bedroom installation on the roof of the Hall. Sounds from a Room includes live music webcasts from Anderson and Amadou & Mariam and a new soundwork for podcast from Byrne. The program is part of the London 2012 Festival, which also includes performances by Kronos Quartet and Rokia Traoré.

  • David Byrne: "Ride, Rise, Roar" UK premiere
    Thursday, January 20, 2011
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    David Byrne Concert Film "Ride, Rise, Roar" Premieres in UK; Byrne to Participate in Q&A

    Ride, Rise, Roar, the concert film documenting David Byrne's 2008-09 tour, Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno, receives its UK premiere today in a one-night-only event screening. Byrne will attend the premiere at the Ritzy Picturehouse in Brixton, London, and participate in a live post-screening Q&A that will be simulcast to dozens of cinemas across the UK. Wired calls it "a downright beautifully shot and edited concert film." Watch the trailer here.

  • AfroCubism [cover]
    Monday, December 20, 2010
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    AfroCubism Featured on NPR's "All Things Considered"; Makes Boston Globe's Year's Best Lists, As Do David Byrne, The Black Keys

    AfroCubism was featured on NPR's All Things Considered on Sunday. "The group features musicians from Cuba and Mali," says host Guy Raz, "and it's a kind of hybrid of the best sounds from these two musical traditions." Guest Betto Arcos of Global Village says "every song is just fantastic." AfroCubism makes the year's best lists in the Boston Globe, as does David Byrne/Fatboy Slim's Here Lies Love and The Black Keys' Brothers, which tops a Minneapolis Star Tribune list. The Star Tribune 's classical music critic lists Steve Reich's Double Sextet / 2x5 and Gidon Kremer's De Profundis. The Los Angeles Times picks Brad Mehldau's Highway Rider among the best in jazz.

  • The Black Keys, David Byrne NPR Listeners Best of 2010 (so far)
    Wednesday, June 30, 2010
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    The Black Keys, David Byrne Albums Among NPR Listeners' Favorites of 2010 (So Far)

    The year has hit the halfway mark, giving music lovers the perfect opportunity to look back and reflect on their favorite albums of the year (so far). NPR listeners have done just that, placing The Black Keys' latest album, Brothers, at No. 3; rounding out the list at No. 50 is David Byrne's Here Lies Love. The Irish Times has picked its own 30 Best of 2010, including Carolina Chocolate Drops' Genuine Negro Jig.

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    Wednesday, May 26, 2010
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    David Byrne to Be Honored at The Kitchen's Spring Gala Benefit

    David Byrne will be honored at the Spring Gala Benefit for The Kitchen, one of New York City’s oldest nonprofit performance spaces, tonight. The Honorary Chairs for tonight’s event include Caetano Veloso and Nonesuch President Robert Hurwitz. Set to perform are Dirty Projectors, Doveman, Nico Muhly, and St. Vincent, a featured vocalist on Byrne’s latest Nonesuch release, Here Lies Love.

  • David Byrne: "Here Lies Love" [standard cover]
    Tuesday, May 18, 2010
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    KCRW Names "Here Lies Love" Track from David Byrne Today's Top Tune

    Here Lies Love, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's song-cycle on the life of Imelda Marcos, is featured today on KCRW. The album track "Never So Big" has been named Today's Top Tune. The song features vocals by Sia, one of what KCRW describes as "an amazing array of artists" contributing vocals to the album.

  • David Byrne: "Here Lies Love" [standard cover]
    Monday, May 10, 2010
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    Imelda Marcos Tells the BBC of the Wish Behind "Here Lies Love"

    Today was election day in the Philippines, with Benigno Aquino in the lead for President. Imelda Marcos, the country's former First Lady, is up for congress and spoke with BBC News in an interview the BBC set to songs from the David Byrne / Fatboy Slim song cycle on her life, Here Lies Love. The album also features Aquino's father, whom Imelda once dated and who was imprisoned for his opposition to the Marcos regime.

  • David Byrne: "Here Lies Love" [standard cover]
    Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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    David Byrne's "Here Lies Love"—"A Fountain of Funk and Dance Music"—Featured in Wall Street Journal

    Here Lies Love, David Byrne's song-cycle collaboration with Fatboy Slim (a.k.a. Norman Cook) "is a fountain of funk and dance music that's entirely accessible, great fun and can easily be enjoyed a song at a time," says the Wall Street Journal in a feature on the album. "Loyal Byrne fans will find its precedent in early '80s Talking Heads' funk works as well as in Mr. Cook's electronic dance hits."

  • David Byrne, MoMA Store "Here Lies Love" signing 4/13/10
    Monday, April 19, 2010
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    David Byrne's "Here Lies Love" Featured on NPR's "All Things Considered"

    Here Lies Love, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's two-CD song cycle on the life of Imelda Marcos, was featured on NPR's All Things Considered Saturday. Here Byrne is seen signing copies of the album at the MoMA Store in New York. There's also an interview with Guernica magazine about the project. The Charleston Post and Courier says the Byrne/Slim collaboration makes for "the perfect combination."

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