Byrne, David

Byrne, David

(born May 14, 1952, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scot.) Scottish-born U.S. singer and songwriter. At the Rhode Island School of Design in the mid-1970s, he cofounded the rock group Talking Heads as singer and guitarist. Identified with the new wave movement (see punk), the band's debut album Talking Heads '77 (1977) was followed by releases that reflected Byrne's interest in experimental pop and African rhythms, including Speaking in Tongues (1983), Stop Making Sense (soundtrack for film of the same name; 1984), and solo albums such as Rei Momo (1989). An ethnomusicologist and producer, Byrne also wrote the score for choreographer Twyla Tharp's The Catherine Wheel (1980) and directed the film True Stories (1986).

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Byrne, David (1952–  ) musician; born in Dunbarton, Scotland. Moving to Landsdowne, Md., at age six, he became a guitarist and songwriter as a teenager. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design, where in 1975 he founded the so-called postmodern rock group, Talking Heads, with three classmates. Beginning in 1983, he became involved in a variety of film and music projects as an actor, director, producer, and ethnomusicologist.