८ जानेवारी, २००९

"A quirky mix of Gypsy ballads, jazz, folk and art-rock, with frequently whistled melodies."

Andrew Bird.

१६ टिप्पण्या:

Lem Vibe Bandit म्हणाले...

I hear a little Bossa Nova myself.
There is a little of everything and yet not trying too hard.
He even sounds like Caetano Veloso.

I like it.

George M. Spencer म्हणाले...

Nice.

Made me think of the late puccalist Ron McCroby

Zachary Sire म्हणाले...

He's so great. His last album, Armchair Acrophylia (sp?) is fantastic.

Zachary Sire म्हणाले...

And note that the first track on his new album is called, "Oh no!", one of my favorite expressions that Althouse uses.

अनामित म्हणाले...

I love Andrew Bird. Weather Systems is the most perfect thing he's ever recorded, but he hasn't made one naff song yet.

Squirrel Nut Zippers aside of course.

IgnatzEsq म्हणाले...

This has nothing to do with Andrew, but can music columnists finally ditch this "Classically Trained" phrase when referring to classical instruments? I can understand using it for piano or voice, but seriously, what does that add to "Violinist"?

Of course maybe my generation is the "Disney music trained" type given the repertoire we played in high school...

Unknown म्हणाले...

what does that add to "Violinist"?

Why, to distinguish them from this guy. Or maybe, this guy.

Zachary Sire म्हणाले...

This should be on the front page!

Oh No.

reader_iam म्हणाले...

I can understand using it for piano or voice, but seriously, what does that add to "Violinist"?

Sincerely, I do not understand,taken in its entirety, this sentence.

pro म्हणाले...

"jazz, folk and art-rock" are always the genres critics sling around haphazardly when they don't know what the fuck it sounds like. Bird kicks an insane amount of ass. His live performances are incredible.

Chip Ahoy म्हणाले...

I suppose "classically trained" violinist distinguishes the training from home-lernt bluegrass, calypso, zydeco, barn-yard square-dance fiddler. That's what it adds for me.

Much more tolerable and useful and inventive adjective than "this illegal" war, or that,"shredded" constitution, or "worst," "most ignorant," "most damaging presidency ever in the history of the United States" descriptors that begin so many posts and that will be taken to the graves of untold posters.

Joe M. म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Joe M. म्हणाले...

The NYT waxes Mr. Bird's car here.

Zachary, the album is Armchair Apocrypha.

kjbe म्हणाले...

I saw this thru another twitter, last night. Thanks for the reminder.

My daughter introduced me to him a couple years ago. Nice, yeah, think I'll get it.

TJ म्हणाले...

See him live.

knox म्हणाले...

He was a guest performer on one of my 3-year-old's favorite programs, Jack's Big Music Show. He played a character named Dr. Stringz. I was in the other room when he started playing, and I came running to see who it was I was hearing. It was delightful--and I never use that word. I saved that show on our dvr and it's still my kids' favorite episode.
Here it is if anyone's interested.