Karl Mansfield and Mauro Refosco are Musical Directors. The show’s design team includes Rob Sinclair (lighting) and Pete Keppler (sound). Here are Byrne and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus performing “One Fine Day” from David Byrne’s American Utopia on Jimmy Kimmel Live! from the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) last year.ĭavid Byrne’s American Utopia features David Byrne with Jacquelene Acevedo, Gustavo Di Dalva, Daniel Freedman, Chris Giarmo, Tim Keiper, Tendayi Kuumba, Karl Mansfield, Mauro Refosco, Stéphane San Juan, Angie Swan, and Bobby Wooten III Davi Viera also performs on the album. The British publication NME said it “may just be the best live show of all time.” Byrne and the ensemble performed more than 150 dates in twenty-seven countries over nine months. The concert tour in support of American Utopia, which inspired the Broadway show, included songs from the new album along with music from Talking Heads and Byrne’s solo career.
"The concert-theater-dance spectacle finds solace in human connections … a tonic for our tumultuous times."Īmerican Utopia began as an album, also released by Nonesuch, which received a Grammy nomination and was the first by Byrne to reach #1 on the Album Chart it was also his first to reach the Top Five on the Billboard 200 chart. Pure bliss." "A heady swirl of hope for our anxious times," says Rolling Stone. "A knockout celebration of music, dance and song. Most important, the songs sound great.” "Astonishing," raves Hollywood Reporter. "Byrne puts the central tenet of making contact with a world outside your mind into dynamic, sensory practice onstage." “Gorgeously designed, deliciously fun,” says the New Yorker, “backed by a rangy, versatile, exuberant band. "Dazzling, rapturous and jubilant," exclaims the New York Times of the show. To pick up a copy, head to your local record store, the Nonesuch Store, Amazon, and iTunes, and hear it now on Apple Music, Spotify, and other digital service providers. 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 in a double-vinyl edition, following its digital and CD release late last year.
0 kommentar(er)
