Andrew Bird has been searching for meaning in sound since he was a young boy growing up outside of Chicago, learning to play violin. He got a degree in violin performance from Northwestern University ...

Dressed in a green suit jacket, Andrew Bird waltzed onto the stage of the Fourth Presbyterian Church and slotted his violin into the crook of his neck. Chin tilted up, Bird squinted and set his mouth ...

Andrew Bird has been searching for meaning in sound since he was a young boy growing up outside of Chicago, learning to play violin. He got a degree in violin performance from Northwestern University ...

Andrew Bird grew up north of Chicago. He's a student of violin, but he didn't really love classical music. Instead, he devoted himself to playing folk, then swing and pop, then eventually his own ...

Like many of Andrew Bird’s music, the violin is the main singer in his latest single, “Make a Picture.” Released on May 26, the song begins with a driving percussive rhythm and strong violin riff that ...

The violin-slinging singer-songwriter walks WBEZ through the creation of four standouts on Sunday Morning Put-On, his new album of jazz standards. Wes Anderson has nothing on Andrew Bird’s life in ...

Before he became a mainstay of the tasteful, NPR-friendly indie firmament, the whistling, violin-wielding chamber-pop king Andrew Bird was a member of the quirky ’90s swing revival band Squirrel Nut ...

Violinist Andrew Bird answers the internet's burning questions about playing the violin. What is the secret to vibrato? Why are violins so expensive? Is there a trick to properly tuning a violin?

A projection of Echolocations during a performance at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) A few years ago, the musician Andrew Bird wandered through ...