Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Andrew Bird spoke with MTPR's Clare Menahan before his show in Missoula earlier this month. Hailing from Lake Forest, Illinois, Bird is a classically trained violinist who also incorporates guitar, glockenspiel — and whistling — into his music.
Bird talks about his new album, "Are You Serious," (a personal reflection on marriage, fatherhood and cancer?) and discusses his writing process, Richard Strauss, love, loopers, and Matt Berninger of indie-rock group, The National.