Andrew Bird talks to Brett and Rennie Sparks of the Handsome Family.
by Peter Margasak
Andrew Bird has a well-deserved reputation for fastidious craftsmanship and quirky songwriting—every sound and syllable in his art-pop ditties feels carefully chosen and freighted with significance. The Evanston native was a young violin prodigy, schooled in the Suzuki method, and once he turned his attention to original songs in the late 90s, his spongelike brain made almost every style and approach accessible to him.…[ Read more ]