Music of Hair

by Andrew Bird

Music of Hair cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Self-Released
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 56:12
  • Community rating: 2.68/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as the highly accomplished violinist's debut, this entirely acoustic, self-released effort acts as a remarkably diverse showcase of global folk traditions. The mostly instrumental record fluidly traverses early jazz, Celtic melodies, and Romani folk music, hinting at his future eccentricities.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, instrumental, acoustic

Tracklist

  1. Nuthinduan Waltz (5:00)
  2. Ambivalence Waltz (2:29)
  3. Oh So Insistent (3:54)
  4. Rhodeoah (4:43)
  5. Two Sisters (4:19)
  6. St. Francis Reel (3:10)
  7. Ratitat/Peter's Wolf/Oblivious Reel (5:19)
  8. The Greenhorn/Exile of Erin/Glasgow Reel (4:17)
  9. Pathetique (4:09)
  10. Song of Foot (2:57)
  11. Minor Beatrice (10:00)
  12. Oh So Sad (5:49)

Credits

  • Andrew Bird - primary artist, written-by, lyrics by, music by, lyrics by
  • Kat Eggleston - guitar, vocals
  • Traditional - written by [melody], written by [theme], written by [ratitat], written by [exile of erin / glasgow reel], written by [danse juba passage]
  • Colin Bunn - guitar
  • Jimbo Mathus - mandolin, trombone
  • Chris Phillips - percussion
  • Katharine Whalen - vocals
  • Heinrich Heine - words by [text]
  • Kevin O'Donnell - Arranged By, Composed By [Feet Of Mad Shak Dance], Drums
  • Al Ehrich - Bass

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