Andrew Bird-Weather Systems

  Critically acclaimed composer, singer and violinist Andrew Bird quietly soars to new heights with his latest release, which marks his debut on Righteous Babe Records. Weather Systems, a lush, gorgeous collection of 7 original songs plus Bird's own adaptation of a Galway Kinnell poem and a Handsome Family cover, showcases this distinctive artist's gift for conveying subtle emotional states purely through music. The songs on Weather Systems reveal themselves at a confidant, unhurried pace reflecting the thoughtfulness with which they were conceived. Following a busy year and a half of touring with his band Bowl of Fire to promote his much-praised 2001 album The Swimming Hour, Bird retreated to a remote valley in western Illinois three hours west of Chicago, where he converted an old barn into a combination studio/living space and began developing and recording new solo material. "I'm trying to make [creating music] a part of my everyday life," he says. In addition to his signature viol