Jan 4, 2021
For more than a decade, I've made it a tradition to compile my favorite albums of each year come January, using the months prior to revisit and reevaluate hundreds of albums. Though the pandemic cut live music out of the picture, there were still so many incredible new recordings to help music fans get through...
Mar 17, 2016
Andrew Bird recently performed on Ellen in support of his upcoming record Are You Serious. Fiona Apple joined the Chicago violinist for a stunning rendition of Left Handed Kisses.The duet, which also features Apple on the studio cut, is an insanely clever track, written about Birds inability to write a simple love song. The...
Feb 5, 2016
Andrew Bird has announced Are You Serious, a new full-length record out April 1. The album will be the first proper studio release of original material since 2012, following the Handsome Family covers record Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of, and the experimental Echolocations: Canyon.In an unusual move for Bird, the record will feature guest...
Aug 10, 2015
By: Alex WoodWatkins Family Hour returned for their last of three shows at Old Town School Of Folk Music on Thursday night.The group, consisting of Nickel Creek siblings Sara and Sean Watkins, Fiona Apple, Tom Pettys Heartbreakers pianist Benmont Tench, bassist Sebastian Steinberg and drummer Don Heffington, performed an informal performance of covers and...