David Byrne

Julia Stone , sounding nothing like the vulnerable, tortured artist who crafts music for everyone from hopeless romantics to lonely hearts, had something else on her mind besides love. Read More

"He doesn't have much experience working by himself, so far, but he's got a glowing set of references."Read More

Paper Trail features conversations with the authors of noteworthy recent music books. Read More

This freewheeling tribute to the Brazilian music legend Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim offered one of the most effortlessly enjoyable screening experiences in Cannes, but also one of the most insubstantial. Read More

If the cover song is the highest form of musical flattery, then David Byrne must be tickled pink at how his 1983 classic "This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)" has fared over the years. Read More

When vocalist Tessa Souter mentioned to Tetsuo Hara, owner of Venus Records, that she dug Steve Kuhn's recording of Prelude in E Minor by Chopin, Hara had a suggestion: How about an album of classical melodies set to words? Read More

At the core of this documentary about the recording of the Graceland album by Paul Simon and whole batches of cherished South African musical collaborators is a dialectic about the role of art in politics, life during (civil) wartime, and how societal evil can be vanquished by various creative means. Read More

"It assumes the best happened in the past."Read More

Fourteen years, ten albums, international tours, countless sold-out events, and the Yonder Mountain String Band is just getting warmed up. Read More

Exactly three weeks from my favorite festival, herewith, a scrapbook of old clips and thoughts from Bonnaroos past. Read More