Overview

• Byrne announced on Instagram that he will marry Mala Gaonkar this week.
• He posted a 42-song Apple Music set curated for the wedding dinner and described it as almost entirely instrumental.
• Byrne said lyrics can distract during meals, so he chose buoyant instrumentals to foster a hopeful, joyous mood.
• The playlist leans heavily on Latin selections and includes tracks by El Alfa, Meridian Brothers, Son Rompe Pera and Café Tacvba alongside Brian Eno, Herbie Hancock and an instrumental of Post Malone’s “Wow.”
• The news comes days before his album Who Is The Sky? is released on Sept. 5 via Matador Records, with a North American tour beginning Sept. 14 in Providence, R.I.