David Byrne News

This year, I was lucky enough to catch almost all of the music documentaries and affiliated concerts at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival .

On the weekend, loop-loving violinist and renowned whistler Andrew Bird performed a live webcast from a one-bedroom riverboat perched on top of the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

In the spring of 2004, Caetano Veloso curated a week of special concerts at New York's Carnegie Hall as one of its prestigious Perspectives artists.

It's no secret St. Vincent has a certain affection for pop-punk heroes a few generations back.

"Stop Making Sense", Jonathan Demme's groundbreaking Talking Heads documentary, begins with lead singer David Byrne walking onto a bare stage , carrying a ghetto blaster and an acoustic guitar.