The cast album for the critically acclaimed Broadway production of David Byrne’s American Utopia, with music and lyrics by David Byrne, is now available on a double CD, following its recent digital release.
"Is this meant ironically? Is it a joke? Do I mean this seriously? In what way?" David Byrne seems to be simultaneously inviting and acknowledging some likely reactions to his 2018 album, American Utopia, in his own liner notes. At a time when America has been thrown into a state of chaos – something Byrne witnessed and creatively reacted to as an artist during the Reagan era – here he imagines what appears to be an alternate version of the United States and the people who live in it…
American Utopia is an upcoming studio album by American rock musician David Byrne. It will be released on March 9, 2018 through Todo Mundo and Nonesuch Records. The release is his first solo studio album since 2004's Grown Backwards and serves as a music component to a larger multimedia project entitled Reasons to Be Cheerful which attempts to spread positivity. Byrne announced the album and posted lead single "Everybody's Coming to My House" on January 8, 2018.
Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name.
David Byrne has released a new live EP featuring six performances from his tour behind this year’s American Utopia. It’s humbly titled “…The Best Live Show Of All Time” , and it was recorded in 2018 at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre. In addition to tracks from his new record, the EP includes Talking Heads favorites like “I Zimbra” and “This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody).”