Heady 'Feelings'; David Byrne moves foreward while tapping his Talking Heads rootsByrne allows his head to do the talking on 'Feelings'.

From: The Boston Herald | Date: August 8, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

Pssst! Wanna know a secret about David Byrne?

His new album and tour have a lot of his old Talking Heads sound in them.

Not that Byrne or anyone else involved in selling the album, "Feelings," and the tour - which comes Monday to Harborlights - is talking very loudly about Byrne looking back to his past.

On the contrary.

As usual, Byrne is being presented as a cutting-edge artist restlessly exploring new territory. What little publicity has accompanied "Feelings" plays up Byrne's adventurous cast of collaborators, most notably the British triphop group Morcheeba. ...

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