Bird’s newer subject material isn’t radically different from his more recent work. He’s still playing with ideas and concepts related to natural disasters, and he still relates the macro to the micro, the impersonal to the personal. The word that I think best describes his newer work is apocalyptic, but I can’t decide whether it’s pre-, post-, or still happening. . . . → Read More: Guest Post: Concert Review: Andrew Bird at Largo, 5/15
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I’ve always loved Norah Jones, though her latest album didn’t quite do it for me. Maybe that’s because I was listening to a webrip of truly terrible quality. She’s got a truly beautiful voice, though, and manages to make this cover her own, despite how simple the arrangement is. . . . → Read More: Hooray for Covers! Norah Jones, “Jesus Etc.” You can tell that summer is rapidly approaching, given the number of festival line-ups that are tumbling in. The Newport Folk Festival, in (where else) Newport, Rhode Island, has announced its lineup for its 2010 festival. . . . → Read More: Newport Folk Festival: July 30 – August 1  One comment  Upcoming Events  aa bondy, andrew bird, ben sollee, brandi carlile, calexico, chris thile, cory chisel and the wandering sons, daniel martin moore, edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros, john prine, justin townes earle, newport folk festival, nneka, o'death, preservation hall jazz band, punch brothers, richie havens, sarah jarosz, sharon jones & the dap kings, steve martin & the steep canyon rangers, tao seeger, the avett brothers, the felice brothers, the swell season, yim yames I’ll be honest, I’m predisposed towards liking anything Andrew Bird comes up with, but he makes it so easy by being so darn amazing all of the time. I first heard his cover of this song during the shows he did at Fourth Presbyterian here in Chicago in December, and it rapidly became a favorite of mine. . . . → Read More: Hooray for Covers! Andrew Bird, “Meet Me Here at Dawn” Not being from Canada, I’m not exactly clued in to the musical going-ons of our gigantic neighbor to the north. But the Winnipeg Folk Festival, scheduled for July 7 through 11, is definitely something I should know about, despite the fact that it’s far away… oh, wait, Winnipeg is only a two-hour flight away. Never mind, it isn’t that far. Huh. . . . → Read More: Awesome Summer Festival Alert 2 comments Upcoming Events andrew bird, aterciopelados, debashish bhattacharya, emmylou harris, geoff muldaur, sarah harmer, tao seeger, the dodos, the duhks, the rural alberta advantage, the swell season, the united steel workers of montreal, the wailin' jennys, william elliott whitmore, winnipeg folk festival, works progress administration Every day, I sit down and go through my Google Reader account and through Twitter and open up about a million tabs of things to read. I figured that on a slow, snowy day like this — right now, I’m the only person who’s managed to show up to my workplace — I might . . . → Read More: News & Links – January 8 2 comments News & Links andrew bird, azure ray, basia bulat, butch walker, cheap trick, danielson, ed harcourt, efterklang, elizabeth and the catapult, freelance whales, harper simon, holly miranda, imaad wasif, jenny owen youngs, jessie baylin, kate miller-heidke, lincoln hall, mariachi el bronx, marina & the diamonds, schubas, smith westerns, sxsw, the happy hollows, the magic numbers, the xx, vic chesnutt |
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