Andrew Bird News

We're jumping into the "best-of" list fray. While there were MANY near misses, this list represents the 10 albums that were on our permanent rotation this year.

Tomorrow night's music calendar is all about birds and wolves coexisting peacefully.

Andrew Bird does things with a violin that would make Yehudi Menuhin blush. He picks, he plucks, he strums, he bows and then he loops each line together to turn a solo performance into what sounds more like a symphony orchestra.

Forks and Knives The Flying Club Cup Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Restless Sinner Howl Andrew Bird Tables and Chairs Andrew Bird and the Mysterious Production of Eggs Systems Officer East Underslept New Courtesy Tier The Raveonettes Suicide In and Out of Control New Neutral Milk Hotel Oh Comely The Specials Ghost Town Monsters of Folk Dear God ...

On the program, the band performs five songs: "Jackson Station," "L.A. County Blues," "Shine a Light," "Golden Calf" and "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone." Austin City Limits celebrates its 35th season this year and is the longest running music series in American TV history - the show was recently named a landmark by the Rock and Roll Hall of ...

Bird, who continues his current trek Oct. 24 in Portland, ME, will devote five December shows--Dec. 10-11 in Minneapolis and Dec.

The career of Andrew Bird has followed a weaving road through classical-music studies to European and American folk and a stint with swing revivalists Squirrel Nut Zippers.

October 22, 2009 from WXPN - Wielding many instruments and a remarkable whistling ability, Andrew Bird has developed an offbeat marriage of classical and pop music over the course of his decade-long career.

The circus may have rolled into town today, but the real feat of amazing strength was on display Wednesday night in Asbury Hall at Babeville, where multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird rivaled every trapeze artist and acrobat.

Andrew Bird has been known to sell out venues ever since people realized his layered samples of violin, mandolin, guitar and whistling was something cool for a guy to do all by himself.

Andrew Bird came out of the blocks whistling during tune No. 1 of an absorbing 90-minute solo marathon in the Southern Theatre last night.

A Bird in the hand Andrew Bird has described his modus operandi as the desire to create "3zminute pop songs inspired by a nonpop universe," and that's a fitting, if apparently contradictory, description of what the man's music ends up sounding like.

Let's just go ahead and admit it. "This feels like some kind of rock 'n' roll show!" were not words we expected out of Andrew Bird's mouth.

Andrew Bird might not consider himself to be a man out of time, but his renaissance talents and fascination with 19th/early 20th century music forms suggest otherwise.

Neo-folk artist Andrew Bird will perform Tuesday at The Bijou Theatre in downtown Knoxville.

Her alter ego may have plenty of hipster, too-cool-for-school fans, but behind the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter St.

Andrew Bird, with opening act St. Vincent, 8 p.m. Monday, WorkPlay soundstage, $25 advance, $30 day of show, 380-4082 Andrew Bird can make any word seem beautiful.

Last year's debut, Learning to Bend , mused beautifully through an impressive sweep of styles.

Indi Rock and a cappella sound like they wouldn't go well together: you're not likely to find covers of Sonic Youth or HA1 4sker DA1 4 performed by your local college vocal group.

The Nate Jenkins Band, of Dubuque, will open for Andrew Bird's Sept. 17 performance at the Grand Opera House in Dubuque.