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Talking Heads are revered as thoughtful art rockers. But the band's history is thorny, as explored in new book, "Burning Down ...
The coming together of white and Black sensibilities in Talking Heads’ music in this period was celebrated as an act of ...
David Byrne has shared his new song "She Explains Things to Me," the latest single from his upcoming album 'Who Is The Sky?' ...
Among them were three young musicians in a band called Talking Heads, which made its debut on June 5, 1975, at CBGB on the city’s Lower East Side. There was nothing new about a band built around ...
The populist streak and anti-political correctness of the classic band makes their reemergence in the age of Donald Trump a perfect fit.
“Talking Heads was always a really good working, functioning collaboration. Everybody had a very important role. David’s role was of the utmost importance, but so was mine,” Frantz says.
Talking Heads’ lyrics, full of oddity and satire, rebuked the Reagan era, which may resonate with today’s generations at odds with the Trump era.
Talking Heads reunite onstage after 21 years for film festival’s ‘Stop Making Sense’ Q&A. Chris Frantz, left, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison and David Byrne attend the “Stop Making Sense” ...
The first time African diva Angelique Kidjo performed her song-by-song version of the Talking Heads’ classic “Remain in Light,” she was headlining a sold-out show at Carnegie Hall in May 2017.
“David was extremely unique and still is,” Frantz told Smashing Interviews. “It was obvious to me that he had what we call ‘star quality’. He was the type of person that if he walked into a room, ...
Talking Heads’ 1980 tour promoting its then-new album “Remain in Light” enjoys a kind of legendary status in music annals. The band’s Jerry Harrison and widely credentialed guitarist ...
Their performance of material from Talking Heads’ landmark 1980 album “Remain in Light” was so electrifying that Harrison and Belew decided to extend the experience into a full-fledged tour.