Andrew Bird is a musician I heard a lot about before I actually heard any music from him. Then I found 'Heretics' on some music blog, and I was hooked. I listened to that song over and over. I even figured out one of the riffs, or more likely something similar, on guitar. Someone in my family somehow got the record, and it is great, but 'Heretics' has stuck with me.
So evidently Andrew Bird blogs on the NYTimes blog "Measure for Measure". Who knew? Anyway, I saw a blurb about getting over instrumental music and wanted to save it for my brother, who mainly writes instrumental music. Turns out Mr. Bird is working on [at least] two projects, one of which is a more experimental, intrumental project, which he describes as follows: "I think of it as trying to bridge the gap between Steve Reich or Arthur Russell and West-African musical forms from ornamental kora music to the driving m’bira of Konono No. 1. " I'm sold. And speaking of Konono No. 1 I recently heard they were featured, with Timbaland, on Bjork's song Earth Intruders. I had never made that connection before, but I can hear it now. I would love to see them team up with Andrew Bird or Steve Reich. Or both. Plus Timbaland. Whoa.
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