How Arthur Russell transformed the sound of Talking Heads: “A wide range of musical interests”
“I had to completely reorient my thinking.”
Arthur Russell
“Cello and pedals is a whole world”: Lili Holland-Fricke and Sean Rogan on letting go of sonic perfectionism in the image of Arthur Russell
“There was no trying to write anything, or trying to really achieve anything.”
‘The Name of the Next Song’: Courtney Barnett’s favourite Arthur Russell song
An experimental influence.
How Arthur Russell inspired LCD Soundsystem’s ‘All My Friends’
“It’s the simplest thing I could imagine and it’s f**king beautiful.”
David Byrne on the influence of Arthur Russell: “I had to completely reorient my thinking”
Embracing experimentation.
Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold on Arthur Russell: He’s the best example of a musician “feeding their soul”
The man who disappeared into music.
David Byrne, Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg on the outsider art of Arthur Russell
A fascinating insight.
