Birth name Andrew Wegman Bird Born July 11, 1973 Lake Forest, Illinois, U.S. Genres Indie rock Years active 1992–present Andrew Wegman Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American indie rock multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. Since 1996, he has released 16 studio albums, as well as several live albums and EPs, spanning various genres including swing music, indie rock, and folk music. He is primarily known for his unique style of violin playing, accompanied by loop and effect pedals, whistling, and voice. In the 1990s, he sang and played violin in several jazz ensembles, including Squirrel Nut Zippers and Kevin O'Donnell's Quality Six. He went on to start his own swing ensemble, Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, which released three albums between 1998 and 2001. Weather Systems (2003) was his first solo album after Bowl of Fire disbandment, and it marked a departure from jazz music into indie music. Bird's 2019 album My Finest Work Yet was nominated for "Best Folk Album" at the 2020 Grammy Awards. Beyond his own record releases, he has collaborated with various artists, including The Handsome Family, Dosh, Fiona Apple, and Nora O'Connor. He has also had a career in film, as a soundtrack composer as well as an actor. He appeared as "Dr. Stringz" in a 2007 episode of Jack's Big Music Show.[2] In 2010, he appeared on a TED Talk performing his music.[3] He wrote and performed "The Whistling Caruso" for The Muppets movie in 2011, and composed the score for the television series Baskets, released in 2016. In 2019, Andrew Bird was cast for the fourth installment of Fargo, playing, "a character, written specifically for him, named 'Thurman Smutney'. Andrew Bird是一位独特的民谣音乐人，这个出生于1973年的巨蟹座男人来自芝加哥，除了音乐，从没做过任何其他工作。他从4岁开始接触小提琴，受着学院派的古典音乐训练。他每天练习10到13个小时，直到手肘发炎；5岁就跟奶奶学习吹口哨。早在1996年，就以self-funding的姿态发行独立制作唱片的Bird，倚靠独特的古典乐背景，将弦乐与民谣摇滚完美融合。然而真正把口哨用在他的音乐里，是2002年。那次演出，他的乐队Bowl of Fire不能出席，他便硬着头皮一人带着乐器上阵，并尝试在演出时吹口哨，然而观众的反响出乎意料的好。直到现在，优雅的口哨声已经成为他音乐的标志之一。