Violinist Andrew Bird first surfaced in the mid-1990's as an accomplice of retro swing/jazz revivalists the Squirrel Nut Zippers. His subsequent solo output—if much more experimental—reveals a similar love of antiqued and exotic musics.On "Fake Palindromes" from The Mysterious Production of Eggs, Bird's multi-tracks his violin for a Middle Eastern/Indian motif. He pairs it with his typically q
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Until a few days ago, I had never heard of Andrew Bird, which is just a shame. On a whim I checked out iTunes' recommendations for me, and while I already had most of the songs, I lacked two of them: Andrew Bird's "Fake Palindromes" and The Rosewood Thieves' "Los Angeles" (Also quite good, by the way). I looked up Andrew Bird and quickly bought his latest album, plus another one, "Weather Syste...
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Andrew Bird played "Fake Palindromes" in Nashville the other night, and the drummer from My Morning Jacket sat in! I understand he doesn't play it too often anymore. It was great. I also saw Jim James of MMJ in the crowd - hardly recognized him with his new 'do.
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I bought Sara the new Andrew Bird album and I must say that I love it. It's got a Pulp/Badly Drawn Boy vibe to it that I like. Check it out!
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