One-Man Band
A few years ago, the popular indie singer, songwriter, and violinist Andrew Bird moved out of Chicago to a farm in western Illinois. Out among the chickens and the soybeans, he started to write songs...
View ArticleSolitary, Dickinson, Bird
Kurt Andersen and his guest, the novelist Jonathan Lethem, discuss the pleasures and hazards of being alone. They’ll talk about the solitary work of writing a novel, and about musicians who ditch their...
View ArticleOne-Man Band
Many artists wonder if distractions of the modern world compromise their creative process. Songwriter and violinist Andrew Bird decided to put that theory to the test, holing up on a farm in western...
View ArticleLethem, Andrew Bird, Love Songs
Novelist Jonathan Lethem tells Kurt how he learned to love the solitary life of a writer. Songwriter and violinist Andrew Bird finds his muse in a barn in western Illinois. We also have a live...
View ArticleOne-Man Band
Lots of us wonder if the distractions of the modern world compromise our creativity. Songwriter Andrew Bird put that theory to the test, holing up in a barn in western Illinois near the Mississippi...
View ArticleWoody Guthrie & Andrew Bird
Kurt Andersen speaks with Pete Seeger, Sharon Jones, and others about why "This Land is Your Land" endures, as part of our American Icons series. Later in the hour, writer Anne Lamott and musician...
View ArticleAndrew Bird: One-Man Band
Many artists wonder if the distractions of the modern world compromise their creative process. Songwriter and violinist Andrew Bird decided to put that theory to the test. Early in his career, after...
View ArticleBonus Track: Death, Be Not Now
Our live show at the Brooklyn Academy of Music ended with Andrew Bird playing the Psycho theme, Hari Kondabolu impersonating General Curtis LeMay, and Kurt Andersen oversharing about a certain...
View ArticleFacing Fear with Andrew Bird, Jennifer Egan, and Hari Kondabolu
Live from the Brooklyn Academy of Music, a show devoted to the theme of fear — the kind that that can motivate us, and the kind that can stop us in our tracks. Andrew Bird and the Hands of Glory join...
View ArticleAndrew Bird: Greenland on My Mind
The last time Andrew Bird was on Studio 360, he explained how being all alone on a farm, with no distractions, helped him find a new voice for his music. But rural Illinois does have the occasional...
View ArticleAndrew Bird & The New Breed of Motorcycles
Are young people getting less creative? New research suggests teens’ fiction is a lot less interesting than it was in the 1990s. Performance artists tell what they really think of Shia LaBeouf and...
View ArticleAndrew Bird: Live from Brooklyn
Andrew Bird and the Hands of Glory played during Studio 360’s recent live performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The evening was loosely themed around fear, and it’s a subject Bird has addressed...
View ArticleFacing Fear with Andrew Bird, Jennifer Egan, and Hari Kondabolu
Live from the Brooklyn Academy of Music, a show devoted to the theme of fear — the kind that that can motivate us, and the kind that can stop us in our tracks. Andrew Bird and the Hands of Glory join...
View ArticleBonus Track: Death, Be Not Now
Our live show at the Brooklyn Academy of Music ended with Andrew Bird playing the Psycho theme, Hari Kondabolu impersonating General Curtis LeMay, and Kurt Andersen oversharing about a certain...
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Andrew Bird: "Greenland on My Mind"
More >>The last time Andrew Bird was on Studio 360, he explained how being all alone on a farm, with no distractions, helped him find a new voice for his music. But rural Illinois does have the...
View ArticleStream It Here: Chango Spasiuk, Andrew Bird and Diane Birch
Quick hits of live music.Chango SpasiukAccordion virtuoso Chango Spasiuk is from Northeastern Argentina, the cradle of a rhythm known as chamamé. It mixes the local indigenous Guaraní flavors with the...
View Article#3160: Indie Rock Branches Out
For this New Sounds, listen to indie artists straddle the divide between world music, ambient and electronica as they incorporate or approximate traditional instruments, traditional sounds, and take...
View Article#2892: Things With Strings
For this edition of New Sounds, hear new music for strings. There’s music from Russian composer Anton Batagov, Estonian composer Arvo Part, and Icelandic composer Johann Johannsson, and Chicago-based...
View Article#3252: New Releases, September 2011
It's the most wonderful time of the month - the showcasing of new releases! On this New Sounds program, listen to the pick of the piles. There'll probably be new music from Rachel Elliot of Clogs, from...
View Article#3269: Duos and Small Ensembles
For this New Sounds, we’ll hear composed works for duos and small ensembles that veer toward the ambient. We’ll hear from the amplified, processed and looped duo itsnotyouitsme, who are violinist...
View Article#3160: Indie Rock Branches Out
For this New Sounds, listen to indie artists straddle the divide between world music, ambient and electronica as they incorporate or approximate traditional instruments, traditional sounds, and take...
View Article#3269: Duos and Small Ensembles
For this New Sounds, we’ll hear composed works for duos and small ensembles that veer toward the ambient. We’ll hear from the amplified, processed and looped duo itsnotyouitsme, who are violinist...
View Article#3160: Indie Rock Branches Out
For this New Sounds, listen to indie artists straddle the divide between world music, ambient and electronica as they incorporate or approximate traditional instruments, traditional sounds, and take...
View ArticleVideo: Relive The Newport Folk Festival Performances
WNYC teamed up with NPR Music to bring you a live video stream of the Newport Folk Festival all weekend. In case you missed it, check out the video of exhilarating performances, from The Avett Brothers...
View Article#3269: Duos and Small Ensembles
For this New Sounds, we’ll hear composed works for duos and small ensembles that veer toward the ambient. We’ll hear from the amplified, processed and looped duo itsnotyouitsme, who are violinist...
View ArticleWeekly Music Roundup: Left-Handed Kisses and Congolese Trance
Week of March 14. Our roundup of music news, videos, and songs just might help you get through the rest of the week. This week, a new record from some public radio favorites, trance music from Congo,...
View ArticleTwo Songs by Andrew Bird
During this year’s New Yorker Festival, Andrew Bird joined the New Yorker writer Atul Gawande in a conversation about songwriting and confronting illness. Afterward, Bird played a solo set, including...
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