@davidbyrneofficial: “WHAT’S AN ALBUM?” good question. Vinyl fans and crate diggers have a sense of an album as fixed thing- a set of songs on a physical object- in a specific order that presumably the artist thinks makes for a cohesive listening experience. But streaming and downloads turned all that on its head. Albums can be super long, super short, and the songs can change over time. The only consistent thing might be that the songs were composed and recorded around a similar time- so they speak to that time and place, and have some sort of sonic continuity. So here’s my most recent album now expanded with 2 songs that were cut, not because they weren’t good (I hope) but to give the initial album a nice variety of grooves and subjects. My Madness- this is one of my personal favorites- the singer imagines their “madness” as a separate entity from themselves, one that they come to love, understand and respect. There’s a reconciliation. There’s an old song (T Shirt) that we added to our set list with images of statements folks wear on their T Shirts. And a wonderful reimagining of What is The Reason for It created by Mexican Institute of Sound and co-written and sung by Natalia Lafoucade. Enjoy