ANDREW Bird is one of the hottest tickets on the touring circuit. We caught up with the talented American singer songwriter ahead of his London tour dates this month. Andrew Bird stands out as a musical innovator who can genuinely be described as ‘genre-defying’. The Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist is renowned for his virtuoso live performances. Sensational violin playing and a musical...
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: AndrewBird: 2009-10-21, Buffalo [mp3,ogg,flac] "The Giant of Illinois (Handsome Family cover)" [mp3] other AndrewBird posts at Largehearted Boy Bloodkin: 2009-10-31, James Island [mp3,ogg,flac] "Little Margarita" [mp3] other Bloodkin posts at Largehearted Boy...
AndrewBird is still straight-banging on the promotional trail for Noble Beast, dropping in on Fallon to perform "Anonanimal," a moody track from the album. Too bad the Roots aren't on this; that would be a pretty awesome collabo.
... that will become apparent the minute you read a synopsis of the book, I couldn't get a certain AndrewBird song out of my head, and then found this lovely video someone had created for it, and my choice of music to share with you this morning was pretty much made for me. Enjoy--
If you missed it, I named my Top Ten Albums of The Decade last week. Volume Two-Five of Albums of the Decade will contain the next forty favorite albums of the decade but in no particular order. So, here is Volume Two of my Albums Of The Decade… AndrewBird “The Mysterious Production of Eggs” (Righteous [...]
... and the result is a record that has a breezy, summery quality that occasionally brings to mind AndrewBird at his most mellifluous, or perhaps The Shins if they played bossa nova. All comparisons aside, Phosphorescent Blues is a defining, cohesive album for Brazos. The songs, instrumentation, and sequencing—the album is comprised of two undulating, hypnotic halves with the solo...
Loft Life Magazine takes a tour of Wilco's recording studio. Just last year, musician AndrewBird spent four days recording at the Loft. He spent the entire first day arranging the studio space just to get the right violin...
The new season of Austin City Limits is underway in fine fashion with recent deliveries from AndrewBird + St. Vincent and this past weekend a great double feature of M. Ward + Okkervil River. Today I wanted to share one of my favorite ACL sessions featuring Explosions in the Sky from 2007. [...]