Episode 18-35: Andrew Bird

About This Episode

Andrew Bird has been called a Musical innovator who winds
together his trademark violin technique with xylophone, vocals
and sophisticated electronic looping. Add in his uncanny ability
to whistle anything, and he becomes a riveting one-man orchestra.
He was initially known through his work with the band Squirrel
Nut Zippers before forming Bowl of Fire, and is now best known as
a solo musician. He wrote “The Whistling Caruso” for The Muppets
and performed the whistling heard in both the film and the
soundtrack. Bird composed the score for the FX original series
Baskets.


This weeks episode also features a set by Minneapolis favorites,
Roma Di Luna. Roma di Luna conjure elements of traditional
Americana filtered through a modern lens, ethereal uncertainty,
and an underlying passion throughout. Reuniting in 2017 after a 6
year hiatus, they paid a visit to the Big Top for a performance
to remember.
About Michael Perry

Michael Perry is a New York Times bestselling author, humorist
and radio show host from New Auburn, Wisconsin.


Perry’s bestselling memoirs include Population 485, Truck: A Love
Story, Coop, and Visiting Tom, and his latest, Montaigne in Barn
Boots: An Amateur Ambles Through Philosophy. His first book for
young readers, The Scavengers, was published in 2014 and first
novel for adult readers, The Jesus Cow, was published in May of
2015.


Raised on a small Midwestern dairy farm, Perry put himself
through nursing school while working on a ranch in Wyoming, then
wandered into writing. He lives with his wife and two daughters
in rural Wisconsin, where he serves on the local volunteer fire
and rescue service and is an intermittent pig farmer. He hosts
the nationally-syndicated “Tent Show Radio,” performs widely as a
humorist, and tours with his band the Long Beds (currently
recording their third album for Amble Down Records). He has
recorded three live humor albums including Never Stand Behind A
Sneezing Cow and The Clodhopper Monologues.


Learn more about Michael and where to get his publications at
www.sneezingcow.com.


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