David Byrne Radio

Wow, this playlist could have been much much longer... I barely scratched the surface. Maybe I should do part 2 in the future. Turns out that there’s…

The Sahel is a region that stretches across Africa and lies just below the sahara. It encompasses parts of a lot of countries- and is more united…

We listen to music in a different way than we listen (or don’t) to someone speaking. Music, in my opinion, is hard to ignore. That’s probably why…

David Byrne Radio Presents Avant Pop 2025 Apple Music: Click Here Spotify: Click Here what I’m listening to now. really. some new and current, some not quite so new,…

David Byrne Radio Presents: Mali   Music is dangerous - Plato was right, the religious fundamentalists are right- music touches and rouses the emotions like nothing else. It…

David Byrne Radio Presents: Scintillating! Apple Music: Click Here Spotify: Click Here DavidByrne.com: Click Here I’m almost finished with the 900-page world music tome “And the Roots of Rhythm Remain”…

Italy Sings! Apple Music: Click Here Spotify: Click Here DavidByrne.com: Click Here Do you remember when the pandemic kept us all indoors and people in Italy opened their windows…

David Byrne Radio Presents: Todo El Mundo TODO EL MUNDO! Apple Music: Click Here Spotify: Click Here DavidByrne.com: Click Here There has been a recent surge of Latin American…

Apple Music: Click Here Spotify Music: Click Here DavidByrne.com: Click here I’ve mixed some well known songs and some from lesser known artists. There’s a whole sub genre of African…

  Playlist via Mixcloud I was invited to do some walk-in music for a small Khruangbin show on March 27th at the Bowery Ballroom in advance of their…

Apple Music: Click Here Spotify Music: Click Here DavidByrne.com: Click Here I’m in a book club with some friends and this past month we read “Half of A Yellow…

  A playlist of beautiful instrumental music. Ranging from pedal steel virtuosos, whistlers, ethiopian bands based in DC to the sleeping beauty Branko Mataja -David Byrne   Apple Music: Click…

Until recently I had a playlist I updated regularly that was simply called “Africa”. Then I realized that the music from that continent is too varied and…

David Byrne Radio Presents: Flamenco Every Which Way Here’s a playlist of what might be called Flamenco Pop… it still encompasses a variety of genres as flamenco…

Talking Heads first song that really got played on the radio was “Take Me To The River” - a cover of an Al Green and Teeny Hodges song…

David Byrne Radio Presents: August Apple Music: Click Here Spotify Music: Click Here DavidByrne.com: Click Here What is the root meaning of the word August? "Inspiring reverence and admiration, solemnly…

Apple Music: Click Here Spotify Music: Click Here DavidByrne.com: Click Here Bad Bunny, from Puerto Rico, was at the TOP of the Billboard charts for 11 weeks! He was dethroned…

(The people power revolution- 1986 Manila) Apple Music: Click Here Spotify Music: Click Here DavidByrne.com: Click Here The immersive disco musical I wrote with Fatboy Slim is coming to Broadway…

David Byrne Radio Presents: April Fools I’m surprised to find that I have enough new pop songs since Februarys playlist to make a whole new list. No…

This playlist consists mostly of recent songs I’ve added to my playlists. Some of these artists and songs were mentioned to me by friends, newspapers, and algorithms.…

I’ve posted some of these before but also added some updated tracks as well. Love the sound of arranged horns, winds and rhythm. Who better to play…

Apple Music: Click Here Spotify Music: Click Here DavidByrne.com: Click Here You don’t have to be Christian or even a believer to love Gospel music. Gospel music is about ecstasy,…