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My sister's photo! There he is!!!!

My sister and I attended a concert last night at Carnegie Hall and it was not just any concert - it was a tribute to the music of David Byrne and the Talking Heads. It. Was. Amazing. I initially bought two tickets (for my husband and I), but he was in Austin, Texas yesterday and not New York City because of work. My sister ended up being able to work from home yesterday & today and was more than happy to be my date, and since she was already down visiting over the weekend, it couldn't have have worked out more perfectly. 

Background: For the last ten years a man called Michael Dorf has been organizing fundraisers that salute the music of a famous musician (Joni, Bob, Bruce, Neil, Prince, Paul, R.E.M, and Stones to name a few). This year's fundraiser beneficiaries were four groups who work to provide music education in disadvantaged public schools (Midori & Friends, the Center for Arts Education, Little Kids Rock, and Church Street School for Music & Art). 

I want to write about the entire show, but I don't love writing overly long posts and I plan on inserting a link at the end with a Rolling Stone article that explains everything. I will however, mention my favorites and also express how grateful I was to be there, especially because David Byrne himself came out and surprised us!! He just looks like a good time. If I was presented with an opportunity to hang out with anyone famous, it would be him. His music is explosive and fun and I want to listen to it all the time forever - and dance. 

Sharon Jones crushed "Psycho Killer" in the most amazing way possible. Alexis Krauss was someone I had never heard of until last night, but her rendition of "Life During Wartime" was killer. Glen Hansard who I recognized from the Broadway musical Once, belted out "Girlfriend is Better" and thoroughly impressed everyone. Cibo Matto, whom I was most excited to see live, next to David of course (most of the artists end up "crashing" their concert - the only two who haven't in ten years are Prince and Paul Simon), played "I Zimbra" and even had dance moves to match the awesomeness of it all. I was also really looking forward to seeing Thievery Corporation and assumed they would play "Heart's a Lonely Hunter", a collaboration they worked on with David on an album I have probably listened to one gazillion times in life - seeing it live was incredible. The last two artists I want to feature could not be more different - Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top and Santigold. He played "Houses in Motion" and she played "Burning Down the House" and I absolutely loved both interpretations. It is always nice to see artists play songs you aren't familiar with, but this was opposite...and I wish they could do it all over again. Click here to read the Stones article and here to visit the show's official website.