Andrew Bird, born in Lake Bluff, Illinois in 1973, is an American singer-songwriter who builds chamber pop from looped violin, virtuosic whistling, and literate, allusive lyrics. Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs (2005) and Armchair Apocrypha (2007) are the classic ways in. Explore Andrew Bird vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Andrew Bird was born in Lake Bluff, Illinois on July 11, 1973. He studied violin from age four and graduated from Northwestern University. Bird's early career included work with Squirrel Nut Zippers and his own swing-influenced band Bowl of Fire, before he transitioned to the indie folk and chamber pop work that defines his solo catalog from the early 2000s onward.
Andrew Bird's solo work combines indie folk, chamber pop, and baroque pop with extensive use of violin (both bowed and plucked), virtuosic whistling, and live looping. His arrangements often layer his own performances of multiple instruments and parts, building atmospheric textures around literate, allusive lyrics.
Righteous Babe, Fat Possum, and Loma Vista pressings of Bird's solo catalog have been issued in standard and limited variant editions. The Mysterious Production of Eggs has been reissued in expanded vinyl form.
Listeners new to Andrew Bird typically start with Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs (2005) or Armchair Apocrypha (2007).
