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New David Byrne & St. Vincent song (via marching band)
"...It’s way better than your grandma’s marching band music, and the clip is definitely worth watching."
Consequence of Sound, 8.12.10 |
Not Your Ordinary Marching Band
"The musicians played with virtuosic flair while twisting, turning and executing moves choreographed by Susan Marshall and Mark DeChiazza, no easy feat when dealing with complex metric shifts and carrying bulky percussion and brass instruments as large as a sousaphone."
The New York Times, 8.5.10 |
Pounding the Pavement With 24 Virtuosic Feet
"The orchestra can get away with playing almost anything...because a marching band is kind of a universal American experience."
The Wall Street Journal, 7.31.10 |
Paul Simon at BAM: Will and Grace
"He's dancing right now, in fact, onstage at BAM's Opera House Wednesday night, a lithe, white-haired string bean with the musculature of Gumby and the joie de vivre of a five-year-old."
Village Voice, 4.15.08 |
Paul Simon Welcomes Special Guests "Under African Skies" in Brooklyn
"When people actually heard [Graceland] — which combined American pop with Isicathamiya (South African a cappella) — it became abundantly clear that Simon had brilliantly bridged the cultures and taken a musical quantum leap forward."
Rolling Stone, 4.14.08 |
How New Yorkers Ride Bikes: Taking it to the Bike Lanes
"Free valet parking isn't usually considered a political statement, but there was something mildly revolutionary in the air…"
Globe and Mail, 10.8.07 |
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Carnegie Hall "One Note": From Single Notes, a Spectrum of Sound
"Introducing the last concert of his Carnegie Perspectives series on Sunday night at Zankel Hall, David Byrne said that the evening’s program, “One Note,” had been the hardest to explain to his friends…"
The New York Times, 2.6.07 |
Carnegie Hall Dreamland: Free Spirits in a Groove That's Folky and Tribal
"…But they did it: they used tribal instincts to prove themselves a school."
The New York Times, 2.5.07 |
Carnegie Hall Knee Plays: David Byrne Honors Joints That Connect the Limbs
"Gospel oomph with a keening saxophone…"
The New York Times, 2.3.07 |
Feature: Indie Rock's Patron Saint Inspires a New Flock
"…while Mr. Byrne has been busy being a curator, sculpturing, drawing, mounting theatrical pieces about deposed foreign leaders and buying shoes, he has also become, without fanfare or Talking Heads reunion tours, perhaps the single greatest influence on the current generation of indie rockers."
The New York Times, 1.14.07 |
Revenge of the Book-Eaters Benefit: Start Making Sense: On the beauty but hollow humanity of micromanaged Mac rock
"…his operatic Gumby voice as powerful and anxious as ever…"
Village Voice, 8.29.06 |
Revenge of the Book-Eaters Benefit: Sufjan Stevens, David Byrne Duet at NYC Benefit
"Instant karma!"
Pitchfork Media, 8.24.06 |
Revenge of the Book-Eaters Benefit: Jon Stewart, David Byrne and Sufjan Stevens Join David Eggers' Cause on "Bookeaters" tour
"…It was the sweet, perfect moment that left everybody — authors, musicians and audience members — feeling as if they left winning."
Rolling Stone, 8.24.06 |
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