30 Jun 2024

Andrew Bird Sings Standards

From New Horizons, 5:30 pm on 30 June 2024

Too often, when the rock or pop artists investigate the Great American Songbook, it's cause for groaning disappointment. Not so with American musician Andrew Bird according to William Dart. His new album Sunday Morning Put-On is in fact a double treat ... for voice and violin.

Cover image of Andrew Bird's album 'Sunday Morning Put-On'. Bird pours a glass of milk.

Cover image of Andrew Bird's album 'Sunday Morning Put-On' Photo: Wegawam Music

Music Details

ARTIST: Rex Harrison
TITLE: I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
ALBUM: My Fair Lady: Original Cast
COMPOSER: Lerner, Loewe
LABEL: Columbia

ARTIST: Mathilde Santing
TITLE: I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
ALBUM: Ballads
COMPOSER: Lerner, Loewe
LABEL: Megadisc

ARTIST: Andrew Bird
TITLE: I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
ALBUM: Sunday Morning Put-On
COMPOSER: Lerner, Loewe
LABEL: Wegawam

ARTIST: Ani DiFranco
TITLE: Studying Stones
ALBUM: Canon
COMPOSER: DiFranco
LABEL: Righteous Babe

ARTIST: Esperanza Spalding
TITLE: The Ways You Got the Love
ALBUM: Exposure
COMPOSER: Spalding
LABEL: Concord

ARTIST: Andrew Bird
TITLE: Bein' Green
ALBUM: The Muppets: The Green Album
COMPOSER: Raposto
LABEL: Walt Disney

ARTIST: Andrew Bird
TITLE: Pathetique
ALBUM: Music of Hair
COMPOSER: Bird
LABEL: Grimsey

ARTIST: Andrew Bird
TITLE: Sweep the Field
ALBUM: Echolocations: Canyon
COMPOSER: Bird
LABEL: Wegawam

ARTIST: Andrew Bird
TITLE: Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
ALBUM: Sunday Morning Put-On
COMPOSER: Romberg, Hammerstein
LABEL: Wegawam

ARTIST: Andrew Bird
TITLE: I Cover the Waterfront
ALBUM: Sunday Morning Put-On
COMPOSER: Green, Heyman
LABEL: Wegawam

ARTIST: Andrew Bird
TITLE: You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to
ALBUM: Sunday Morning Put-On
COMPOSER: Porter
LABEL: Wegawam

ARTIST: Andrew Bird
TITLE: Django
ALBUM: Sunday Morning Put-On
COMPOSER: Lewis
LABEL: Wegawam

 

 

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