As with most good things, the vast majority of good things, it started with a violin. The last time we’d caught Andrew Bird was ages ago, at a Newport Folk Festival. So yes, it’s been a while. While our memory of him had somewhat diminished, distorted, become part and parcel of some of our “musician stories” – musician anecdote #134, specifically – those initial memories of Mr. Bird had been fairly fond. “Fairly fond,” you say? Initially. But we were wrong. Horribly wrong. Because, as with almost all good things, it started with a violin. Andrew Bird is a musician more talented than we’d initiallyRead More →