The leader of the influential American art and rock group Talking Heads, is the Scottish musician and artist David byrne who was born on May 14, 1952 in the town of Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. After the separation of the group and, over the years, Byrne He continued to gain respect for his eclectic solo career as well.
When i was a kid Byrne He moved with his Scottish parents to Canada and then to the United States. While attending the Rhode Island School of Design in the mid-1970s, he co-founded the group Talking Heads, where he served as lead singer and guitarist. Identified with the punk and new wave movements, the band released their debut album, Talking Heads ’77, in 1977. Other releases followed, including Remain in Light (1980), Speaking in Tongues (1983), and the soundtrack of the concert-film Stop Making Sense (1984), which reflected the interest of Byrne in experimental pop and African rhythms. After publishing the album Naked (1988), the group disbanded.
As a means of introducing the American public to different varieties of world music, Byrne created Luaka Bop Records in 1988. His solo music career began in earnest with Rei momo (1989), based on Afro-Latin styles; other solo releases include Uh-oh (1992), Feelings (1997) and Grown Backwards (2004). In addition, he collaborated again with Eno on the album inspired by gospel rhythms, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (2008) and with singer-songwriter St. Vincent in Love this giant (2012).
Throughout his career, Byrne produced and exhibited works of art, and published several books, including Bicycle diaries (2009) and How Music Works (2012). In 2018 he launched a website and conference series entitled Reasons to be cheerful (named after a song by Ian Dury), in which he listed hopeful developments in recent history; also that same year he launched American Utopia, where he again teamed up with Eno.