Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist and lyricist Andrew Bird picked up his first violin at the age of 4. Actually, it was a Cracker Jack box with a ruler taped to it, and the first of his many Suzuki music lessons involved simply bowing to the teacher and going home. He spent his formative years soaking up classical repertoire completely by ear so when it came time for a restless teen-ager to make the jump to Hungarian Gypsy music, early jazz, country blues, south Indian etc., it wasn't such a giant leap. I   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist and lyricist Andrew Bird picked up his first violin at the age of 4. Actually, it was a Cracker Jack box with a ruler taped to it, and the first of his many Suzuki music lessons involved simply bowing to the teacher and going home. He spent his formative years soaking up classical repertoire completely by ear so when it came time for a restless teen-ager to make the jump to Hungarian Gypsy music, early jazz, country blues, south Indian etc., it wasn't such a   [ read more ]

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The recording sessions for Eggs saw Bird scrap the album three times and travel between studios in Chicago, Los Angeles and his own home studio on a farm in Northern Illinois. The album took final shape with the production help of David Boucher whose credits include Randy Newman and Paul Westerberg. The record deals with nothing less than the mysteries of childhood, creativity and modern science - epic in scope and minute in detail. It is accompanied by artwork and illustrations for every song by acc   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. The recording sessions for Eggs saw Bird scrap the album three times and travel between studios in Chicago, Los Angeles and his own home studio on a farm in Northern Illinois. The album took final shape with the production help of David Boucher whose credits include Randy Newman and Paul Westerberg. The record deals with nothing less than the mysteries of childhood, creativity and modern science - epic in scope and minute in detail. It is accompanied by artwork and illustrations for every song   [ read more ]

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Listening to Swimming Hour is like taking a walking tour through 20th century musical history. Andrew Bird, a major contributor to nouveau-swing band the Squirrel Nut Zippers, mixes numerous styles and genres such as classical, Latin, and gypsy music, among others. The song "Why" feels like a jazz song from a 1950s film noir soundtrack, and "Satisfied" blends gospel with straight-ahead rock & roll. Also impressive is Bird's cover versions of the Mississippi Sheiks'    [ read more ]

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Chicago singer/songwriter/violinist Andrew Bird updates the traditions of German Leider and New Orleans jazz, mixing gypsy, folk, and rock elements into his distinctive style. Bird thrives in more intimate contexts, where his virtuoso violin work achieves new peaks of beauty and grace, and his songs even more effectively capture the cosmopolitan timelessness of their musical agenda.

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This is a 12" x 18" Andrew Bird show poster for the December 7, 2007 show at The Orpheum Theatre. Designed by: Francesca Montanari.

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This is a 19" x 25" Andrew Bird show poster for his Spring 2007 U.S. Tour. Hand-signed, numbered and designed by Diana Sudyka.

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This is a 12.5" x 19" Andrew Bird show poster for the September 21, 2006 shows with Cass McCombs at the Henry Fonda Theater. Designed by: Scott McPherson.

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Music from & inspired by a dance piece by Molly Shanahan. Track 1,2, 3 & 10 written, performed & produced by Andrew Bird. Tracks 4 & 5 by Mark Booth using various objects including a latte foamer, KitchenAid Classic mixer bowl, ebow & rice paper. Tracks 6, 7, 8 & 9 by David Pavkovic using an IBM T42 laptop. All tracks are instrumental w/ the exception of track 10.

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A live recording from Andrew Bird's 2006 performance at Lollapalooza.

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This is a hybrid of music from the first half of this century, with a heavy influence from the brooding Weimar era of Weill and Brecht. It comes on the heels of Marianne Faithfull's dark and ultra-heavy but stunningly done 20th Century Blues. This is an eccentric collection of a wide variety of influences from that era -- think of Django Reinhardt, Fats Waller, Brecht, Stephane Grappelli, and maybe Tom Waits' voice, with a New Orleans sensibility, and you have a starting point for   [ read more ]

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