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Thursday, October 27 2011

Andrew Bird: 12 October 2011 - Rochester, NY

Dosh and Bird have been collaborating like this for years now, but Bird claims that they are just “scratching the surface”.


Monday, August 29 2011

Andrew Bird: 10 August 2011 - Boulder, CO

The beautiful, historic amphitheater is also one of the lesser-known venues in Boulder, though for Bird it overflowed.


Wednesday, June 15 2011

A Stormy Playlist: 10 Songs for Before, During, and After the Summer Storms

If we are going to learn to grin and bear this year's enhanced, prolonged stormy activity, we need an equally stormy playlist to accompany the thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and whatever other maladies Mother Nature might throw our way during this summer season


Monday, November 29 2010

Andrew Bird: Useless Creatures

Andrew Bird descends into the treacherous depths of experimentalism and emerges with his musical soul intact.


Wednesday, August 18 2010

Andrew Bird: 5 August 2010 - Guggenheim, NYC

Thousands piled into New York Cities' spiraling Guggenheim to check out the astounding Ian Schneller sonic art exhibit, accompanied by the whimsical music of Andrew Bird.


Tuesday, May 25 2010

La Blogotheque: Cinéma-vérité and Music

La Blogotheque use one take of the performance and present it as its played out, with a little bit of artistic editing included in the introductions of videos to introduce us to the subject matter, almost like a short documentary.


Friday, January 8 2010

Andrew Bird: 15.Dec.09 - Chicago

All along Bird was tied up in his art, swaying with each pull of the bow and pluck of a string. In a nearly seamless fashion he added loops to create additional tones and melodies.


Monday, February 23 2009

Andrew Bird

Andrew Bird sings his songs like he expects to find newness in them every time.


Thursday, January 29 2009

Andrew Bird - “Fitz & Dizzyspells” live (video)


Monday, January 26 2009

The Big Shoulders Ball: Celebrating the Inauguration, Chicago Style

A busload of Chicago's best and brightest independent musicians storm the nation's capital on the eve of the Presidential inauguration and a former Chicagoan turned Washingtonian discovers that maybe you can transport the spirit of the Windy City -- if only for one night.


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Andrew Bird + Apostle of Hustle (Reviews) [9.May.07]
Andrew Bird: Armchair Apocrypha (Reviews) [19.Mar.07]
Andrew Bird (Reviews) [31.Jan.07]
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