Sire publish David Byrne’s ‘The Catherine Wheel,’ a musical score commissioned by Twyla Tharp (1981)

David Byrne's 'The Catherine Wheel' is a musical score commissioned by Twyla Tharp for her dance project and released in December 1981 by Sire.1 . My Big Hands (Fall Through The Cracks) 2 . My Big Hands (Fall Through The Cracks) (w/ David Byrne, Cagliari, 2009) 3 . Big Business / I Zimbra (Live, 1983) Track Listing : 1.His Wife Refused (David Byrne) - 04:26 . 2.Two Soldiers (David Byrne, Brian…

Happy Birthday David Byrne. ‘Headmaster’

This day (May 14, 1952), in Dumbarton, Scotland, is born David Byrne, American singer-songwriter and guitanist, frontman of Talking HeadsDigest Tracklist : I Feel It In My Heart (w/ Talking Heads, The Kitchen ’76) . Psycho Killer (w/ Talking Heads, CBGB, 1975) . Don’t Worry About The Government (w/ Talking Heads) . With Dick Clark (w/ Talking Heads) . Warning Sign (w/ Talking Heads, Capitol…

‘American Utopia’ is David Byrne talking (tongue in cheek) as he heads (towards a bright future). Hello Happy Taxpayers!

David Byrne' s 'American Utopia' is his seventh (his first in 14 years) studio album co-produced with Brian Eno & Rodaidh McDonald and released on March 9, 2018 by Todo Mundo / Nonesuch Records.(Source David Byrne - American Utopia | Official Site)Stereogum Byrne’s new album, doesn’t have any moments that have fucked me up in the same way, but that has a whole lot more to do with me SPIN but…

David Bowie releases ‘Lodger,’ his thirteenth album and the last of the Berlin Trilogy (1979)

David Bowie's 'Lodger' is his thirteenth studio album (the last of the Berlin Trilogy) recorded in Switzerland and New York and released on May 18, 1979 by RCA.Track Listing : 1.Fantastic Voyage (David Bowie, Brian Eno) - 02:55 . 2.African Night Flight (David Bowie, Brian Eno) - 02:54 . 3.Move On (David Bowie) - 03:16 . 4.Yassassin (David Bowie) - 04:10 . 5.Red Sails (David Bowie, Brian Eno) -…

This week In One-Off Collaborations 37/52

Prince & The Muppets, Marc Bolan & Cilla Black, Eminem & Rihanna, Gloria Estefan & José Feliciano, Eric Clapton & Sheryl Crow, David Byrne & St. Vincent, Trombone Shorty & Dave Grohl, Paul Simon & John Mellencamp, Peter Tosh & Mick Jagger, Jimmy Cliff & Widespread Panic, Paul Mccartney & Bruce Springsteen , Dave Matthews Band & Neil Young

This week In ‘2000s Throwback’ 20/52

Maroon 5, Bruce Springsteen, Queens of The Stone Age, Beastie Boys , Eminem, Nine Inch Nails, The Black Keys, Alanis Morissette, Linkin Park, David Byrne, Pink Martini, The Corrs, Ron Wood

This week In One-Off Collaborations 20/52

David Byrne & St. Vincent, Sam Moore & Blues Brothers Band, B.B. King & James Brown, Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo', Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa, Robin Gibb & Nigel Kennedy, The Corrs & Ron Wood, Jason Mraz & Sungha Jung, Eric Clapton & Ed Sheeran, Pete Townshend & Lou Reed, Andy Summers & Robert Fripp, Janet Jackson & Justin Timberlake

This week In Male Balladeers 20/52

Leonard Cohen, Elton John, Neil Young, Billy Joel, Tom Chaplin, Richard Ashcroft, Frank Sinatra, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Ben Harper, Randy Newman, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, David Byrne

Singing Talking Heads

Cage The Elephant, Bonnie Raitt, The Lumineers, Widespread Panic, The Motet, Antibalas, The Roots, David Byrne, St Vincent, Angelique Kidjo, Mavis Staples, Yonder Mountain String Band, Florence and the Machine, Lotus

Talking Heads travel to New-Jersey (1980)

November 4, 1980 - The Talking Heads - that is David Byrne (voc,g), Jerry Harrison (g,kb,voc), Tina Weymouth (b,kb), Chris Frantz (d,voc) plus Adrian Belew (g,voc), Bernie Worrell (kb), Busta Cherry Jones (b), Steve Scales (perc) and Dollette McDonald (voc) - are at Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ

Feliz Aniversário Tom Zé. ‘Zé Zurreição’

This day (October 11, 1936), in Irara, Bahia, Brazil, is born Tom Zé, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and composerTracklist : 1 . Augusta, Angélica e Consolação (2018) 2 . Vai, (2016) 3 . Salva Humanidade (2014) 4 . Capitais e Tais (2012) 5 . Hein? 6 . Las Páginas Blancas (2011) 7 . w/ Os Mutantes – Minha Menina (2011) 8 . Documentray 9 . Brigitte Bardot 10 . Xique Xique 11 . Os Mutantes- Panis Et…

Talking Heads release their fourth album : ‘Remain in Light’ produced by Brian Eno and featuring ‘Once in a Lifetime’ (1980)

Talking Heads' 'Remain in Light' is their fourth studio album produced by Brian Eno and released on October 8, 1980 by Sire Records.1 . Crosseyed And Painless (Live "Stop Making Sense") 2 . Crosseyed And Painless (Official Video) 3 . The Great Curve (Rome, 1980 ) 4 . The Great Curve (Dortmund, 1980) 5 . Once In A Lifetime 6 . Houses In Motion (2009, "One Shot Not Show") 7 . Born Under…

Elektra publish Simply Red’s debut album : ‘Picture Book’ featuring ‘Money’s Too Tight (To Mention)’ (1985)

Simply Red's 'Picture Book' feat. 'Money's Too Tight (To Mention)' is their debut album on October 1st, 1985 by Elektra.1 . Come To My Aid 2 . Come To My Aid /I Won´t Feel Bad 3 . Sad Old Red (Cuba, 2005) 4 . Sad Old Red 5 . Look At You Now (Montreux, 2016) 6 . Heaven 7 . Jericho (Official Video) 8 . Money's Too Tight To Mention 9 . Money's Too Tight To Mention (Budapest, June 27th,…

Jay-Z releases his third album : ‘Vol 2 … Hard Knock Life’ (1998)

Jay-Z's 'Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life' is his third studio album released on September 29, 1998 by Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam 1 . Jigga What, Jigga Who 2 . Money, Cash, Hoes (w/ DMX) 3 . Can I Get A... (w/ Amil & Ja Rule, Official Video) 4 . Money Ain'T A Thang (w/ Jermaine Dupri) 5 . Money Ain'T A Thang (w/JD, So So Def 20th Anniversary, 2013) 6 . Hard Knock Life (Live) Track Listing : 1.Intro…

Sire publish ‘Talking Heads: 77,’ their debut album featuring ‘Psycho Killer’ (1977)

'Talking Heads: 77' is their debut (featuring 'Psycho Killer') album released on September 16, 1977 by Sire.1 . (Entermedia Theatre, New York, 8-10-78) 2 . Don't Worry About The Government 3 . Psycho Killer (1980) 4 . Pulled Up (Berkeley Sproul Plaza, 1978) Track listing : 1.Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town (David Byrne) - 02:48 . 2.New Feeling (David Byrne) - 03:09 . 3.Tentative Decisions (David…

Talking Heads release their third album : ‘Fear of Music,’ produced with Brian Eno and featuring ‘Life During Wartime’ (1979)

Talking Heads' 'Fear of Music' is their third studio album produced with Brian Eno and released on August 3, 1979 by Sire.1 . Big Business / I Zimbra (Live, 1983) 2 . I Zimbra (Live on "Letterman",'83) 3 . Mind (Wembley, 1982) 4 . Cities (Live, 1983) 5 . Animals Track Listing : 1.I Zimbra (David Byrne, Brian Eno, Hugo Ball) - 03:09 . 2.Mind (David Byrne) - 04:13 . 3.Paper (David Byrne) - 02:39 .…

Talking Heads release their second album : ‘More Songs About Buildings and Food’ co-produced with Brian Eno (1978)

Talking Heads' 'More Songs About Buildings and Food' is their second album co-produced by Brian Eno and released on July 21, 1978 by Sire. 1 . Thank you for Sending me an Angel (Live ,1978) 2 . Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY 8-10-78 3 . Girls Want To Be With The Girls (1978) 4 . Found A Job (Entermedia Theatre, 1978) 5 . Artists Only (1978-05-10) 6 . Take Me To The River 7 . Take me to the…

Gordy release The Temptations’ fourth studio album : ‘Gettin’ Ready’ featuring ‘Ain’t Too Proud to Beg’ (1966)

The Temptations 'Gettin' Ready' is their fourth studio album marking their transition between Smokey Robinson to Norman Whitfield as producers and released on June 15, 1966 by Gordy.1 . Ain't too proud to beg 2 . GET READY Track Listing : 1.Say You (Robert Dobyne, Charles Jones, Robert Staunton) - 02:30 . 2.Little Miss Sweetness (Smokey Robinson) - 03:09 . 3.Ain'T Too Proud To Beg (Eddie…

Talking Heads release ‘Little Creatures,’ their sixth album featuring ‘Road to Nowhere’ (1985)

Talking Heads' 'Little Creatures' is their sixth (and biggest-selling) studio album released on June 10, 1985 by Warner Bros./Sire.1 . Stay Up Late 2 . Road To Nowhere (w/ David Byrne) 3 . Road to Nowhere (Official Video) Track Listing : 1.And She Was (David Byrne) - 03:36 . 2.Give Me Back My Name (David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth) – 3:20 . 3.Creatures Of Love (David…

Sire release Talking Heads’s fifth album ‘Speaking in Tongues’ featuring ‘Burning Down the House’ (1983)

Talking Heads's 'Speaking in Tongues' feat. 'Burning Down the House' is their fifth studio album released on May 31, 1983 by Sire.1 . Burning Down the House (Official Video) 2 . Making Flippy Floppy (Stop Making Sense) 3 . Swamp 4 . Burning Down the House (Letterman '83) 5 . Burning Down the House (2002 Inductions) Track Listing : 1.Burning Down The House (David Byrne, Talking Heads) - 04:01 .…

This week In ’70s Throwback’ 20/52

Elton John, Uriah Heep, David Bowie, Cher, Tina Turner, Talking Heads, Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, Bee Gees, Donna Summer, Carpenters, Elton John, Randy Newman

Happy Birthday Bebel Gilberto. ‘Feliz Aniversário Bebel’

This day (May 12, 1966), in New York City, United States, is born Isabel Gilberto de Oliveira a.k.a Bebel Gilberto, a Brazilian popular singer.Digest Tracklist : w/ Mart'nália - Na Cara (2020) . Harvest Moon / Creep / So Nice (2019) . Tanto Tempo (2018) . Eu Preciso Dizer Que Te Amo (No Encontro, 2017) . Saudade vem correndo (Blue Note Milano, 2015) . Simplesmente (Sziget 2012) . Samba Da Benção…

Epic publish Living Colour’s debut studio album : ‘ Vivid” partially produced by Mick Jagger (1988)

Living Colour's 'Vivid' is their debut studio album produced by Mick Jagger and Ed Stasium and released on May 3, 1988 by EpicTrack Listing : 1.Cult Of Personality (Vernon Reid, Muzz Skillings, Corey Glover, Will Calhoun) - 04:54 . 2.I Want To Know (Vernon Reid) - 04:24 . 3.Middle Man (Corey Glover, Vernon Reid) - 03:47 . 4.Desperate People (Calhoun, Vernon Reid, Corey Glover, Muzz Skillings) -…

Telarc publish Marcus Miller’s ‘The Ozell Tapes: The Official Bootleg’ (2003)

Marcus Miller<'s 'The Ozell Tapes: The Official Bootleg' is a double live album released on April 22, 2003 by Telarc.Track Listing : 1.Intro (Big Doug Epting) - 01:06 . 2.Power (Marcus Miller) - 06:00 . 3.So What (Miles Davis) - 8:54 . 4.Lonnie'S Lament (John Coltrane) - 10:52 . 5.Cousin John (Marcus Miller) - 10:41 . 6.Scoop (Marcus Miller) - 12:27 . 7.I Loves You Porgy (George…

Nonesuch release Caetano Veloso’s second album in English : ‘A Foreign Sound’ (2004)

Caetano Veloso's 'A Foreign Sound' is his twenty ninth (his second in English) studio album, released on April 6, 2004 by Nonesuch.Track Listing : 1.The Carioca (Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans) - 03:33 . 2.So In Love (Cole Porter) - 05:31 . 3.Always (Irving Berlin) - 03:43 . 4.Come As You Are (Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic) - 04:16 . 5.Feelings (Morris Albert, Louis Gasté) -…

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Skazi . Bemet, Reekado Banks . Parker Ighile, Flor De Rap, Tkay Maidza, Joyce Santana . Big Soto, Rafa Pabön, Ric Wilson . Terrace Martin, Brian Culbertson, Jonas Brothers, Vitor Kley, Bvndit, Etane are the performers of the twelve brand new worldwide dance tunes that caught, these past days, our interest and liking. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy!Tracklist 1 . Skazi .…

Happy Birthday Chaka Khan. ‘Ain’t Nobody Like Chaka’

This day (March 23, 1953), in Chicago, Illinois, is born Yvette Marie Stevens a.k.a. Chaka Khan, an American singer.Tracklist : 1 . Band Rehearsal (2022) 2 . Like Sugar (2019) 3 . A’nt Nobody (Jools Holland 2016/2017) 4 . Live Medley (Tokyo 2014) 5 . Ain’t nobody (2012) 6 . Edisons (2010) 7 . w/ Stevie Wonder – Tell me Something Good 2003 8 . Im Every Woman (2002) 9 . w/ Fourplay – Between The…

Island publish ‘Ceremonials’ the second album of Florence + The Machine (2011)

Florence + The Machine 's "Ceremonials" is their second studio album produced by Paul Epworth and released on October 28, 2011 by Island.1 . Only If For A Night 2 . Only If For A Night (Royal Albert Hall) 3 . Shake It Out 4 . Shake It Out (Austin City Limits) 5 . What The Water Gave Me 6 . What The Water Gave Me (Austin City Limits) 7 . Never Let Me Go 8 . Never Let Me Go (The Royal Albert Hall)…

Noel Gallagher releases his debut album : ‘Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’ (2011)

Noel Gallagher's 'High Flying Birds' is his debut studio album (the first after leaving Oasis) released on October 17, 2011 by Sour MashTrack Listing : 1.Everybody'S On The Run (Noel Gallagher) - 05:30 . 2.Dream On (Noel Gallagher) - 04:29 . 3.If I Had A Gun... (Noel Gallagher) - 04:09 . 4.The Death Of You And Me (Noel Gallagher) - 03:29 . 5. Record Machine (Noel Gallagher) - 04:23 . 6.Aka...…