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This is fresh air. I'm Terry Gross.

When I interviewed David Byrne in November, I enjoyed it so much that when the interview was

over, I asked if he'd consider

returning before Christmas to play some of his favorite Christmas recordings.

I am very grateful that he said yes, he's brought his list of songs and he's here to play and talk about them.

He included a holiday song he wrote and recorded and I can't wait to play that for you.

I consider David Burns' return to our our show a great Christmas gift for all of us

who are about to hear him and the music he's about to play. Byrne is of course a founder

and frontman of Talking Heads, which was a seminal new wave band in the 70s and 80s, although calling

the band New Wave or Punk doesn't describe how unique they were or how they expanded out

from the stripped down music they began playing.

Byrne also founded the music label Luacobop,

which releases music of different genres from the US

and around the world.

The restored version of the Talking Heads

1983 concert film, Stop Making Sense,

was released earlier this year.

It's widely considered to be one of the best concert films ever made.

Byrne has also created the Broadway shows American Utopia and

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