Chicago 1977 - A four-year-old Andrew Bird picks up his first violin. Actually, it's a Cracker Jack box with a ruler taped to it. So begins a formative period soaking up classical repertoire completely by ear followed by a teenage explosion into Hungarian Gypsy music, early jazz, country blues, South Indian music and more, as well as the discovery of an uncanny whistling ability.

Fast forward 32 years - the Bird man has 8 critically lauded albums under his belt and has consistently been blowing away fans and critics alike with his disarmingly off-beat lyrics and lush, layered instrumentation.

Bird began his musical career with a 1996 solo violin album, 'Music of Hair', that paid tribute to American and European folk traditions, as well as jazz and blues. A year later he released 'Thrills' with his new band Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, followed by 'Oh! The Grandeur' in 1999, 'The Swimming Hour' in 2001 and 'Fingerlings' in 2002.

In 2003 Bird re-invented himself as a solo artist, experimenting with multitrack recorders and loop pedals (it really has to be seen to be believed!) Solo albums 'Weather Systems' (2003), 'The Mysterious Production of Eggs' (2005), 'Armchair Apocrypha' (2007) and Bird's latest, 'Noble Beast' (2009) have cemented his place as a true modern musical great, winning countless accolades and awards along the way, as well as featuring on musical projects with the likes of close friends Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Will Oldham and many others.

His last show in native Chicago drew 15,000 fans to Millennium Park, necessitating the closure of certain areas from sheer weight of audience numbers. Sold out tours across the States (in New York his last gigs completely sold out in two hours) Europe and Australia have seen Bird become a global phenomenon.

The Peoples' Party couldn't be more excited to welcome this legendary baroque-rock gypsy-folk indie-orchestral virtuoso to our wonderful island home, for his first ever performance in HK. An extremely rare opportunity to experience all the glory and wonder of Andrew Bird in an intimate setting. "Awesome!"

Some press:

"Bird could be the only performer who's lit up both Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo with a combination of vocals, violin, guitar, glockenspiel and whistling... he uses centuries-old instrumentation to give depth and soul to folk rock." - Esquire Magazine

"Mr. Bird spins existential doubts into elegant confections." - The New York Times

"Immediately arresting, unabashedly beautiful... Makes dysfunction sound as romantic as roses" - Rolling Stone Magazine

"Onstage he is animated and talkative; his shows are performances in every sense of the word. He amplifies emotion, and shares it" - Filter Magazine

" reaches biblical proportions using playful melodies and elegant analogies to highlight the quotient nature of life's great questions" - Time Out

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Details:

The Peoples' Party presents:
+ support TBA

Date:    
Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Andrew Bird
8pm
Grappas Cellar
Adv Tickets on sale at Owl City show on the 18th Nov and then from Grappas & White Noise from 19th Nov:
$300 adv $340 door (both include 1 drink) 

(infromation found online)