Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire

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Forget the violin. Forget the classical background. As troubadour Andrew Bird puts it, “At this point the violin just happens to be the instrument I have on hand to make the sounds that I hear. I like to abuse it and pull as many sounds out of it as I can.” Bird is a masterful and intuitive singer / songwriter, and what he does while performing—alternately plucking and bowing his violin, then immediately sampling the results, layering the sounds with guitar, whistling, glockenspiel and vocals—bears little resemblance to what most people might expect. It’s only one of several devices in his arsenal of instruments, melodies, and imaginative wordplay.
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  • Kexet1

    This is amazing! I Listen to a record and it's like having an entire cabaretshow going on in my head :D

    February 2012

  • FolxPunxForLife

    The Swimming Hour is pretty cool in its own way, but the skill level of the instruments on the other two albums are incompatible. They are on an entire other level.

    January 2012

  • Degarmo

    andrew bird's best work in my opinion

    December 2011

  • nerdpuddin

    The next album is comfirmed to be electronic based http://www.andrewbird.net/

    December 2011

  • FolxPunxForLife

    This music makes perfect sense to me, perfect is the word

    December 2011

  • EdiSantosMusic

    Oh The Grandeur is amazing.

    July 2011

  • crystal_mirror

    Great picture - vote up please!

    July 2011

  • baltimorecounty

    oh the grandeur is probably the greatest thing that andrew bird will ever create

    June 2011
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