Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha

Review by Shain Shapiro

Andrew Bird is not a classically trained musician. Instead, the violinist studied folk and jazz, and his older material, however varied it is, weighed emphatically on traditional folk music, be it Eastern European or Zydeco. In Armchair Apocrypha, a subtly political title that symbiotically introduces a powerful set of songs, Bird sounds more classical than ever...»