Cunningham Bird Andrew Bird & Madison Cunningham

• 1 Crying In The Night 02:35
• 2 Stephanie 02:18
• 3 Without A Leg To Stand On 04:11
• 4 Crystal 04:41
• 5 Long Distance Winner 03:33
• 6 Don’t Let Me Down Again 03:23
• 7 Django 01:12
• 8 Races Are Run 03:34
• 9 Lola (My Love) 02:29
• 10 Frozen Love 04:45
• Total Runtime 32:41

Info for Cunningham Bird

Andrew Bird and Madison Cunningham join forces to announce a top-to-bottom cover album of the 1973 cult classic, Buckingham Nicks. "Cunningham Bird" sees the two close friends and virtuosic musicians honoring an overlooked LP that they each fell deeper in love with the more they listened, learned and made their own. Long out-of-print and still not available on digital platforms, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks' eponymous debut preceded the duo's indispensable career with Fleetwood Mac, and in these songs, Cunningham and Bird reinterpret that energy of infinite possibility. Embodying the record's same spirit of self-confidence, Cunningham Bird brings a discerning reverence to the music's youthful ambition, turning timeless work into something new. While the sequencing remains exactly the same, the sound of Cunningham Bird does not. Produced by Mike Viola, it features only Griffin Goldsmith on drums and percussion, Mike Viola on wurlitzer, bass and drums, and the many subtle, singular sonic signatures of Madison and Andrew.

“It's hard to listen to Buckingham Nicks' 1973 debut album without trying to imagine it as a prequel to Fleetwood Mac's legend. It's hard to listen to this album period, as it’s out-of-print and not available on any streaming services. Yet it's that youthful ambition and overindulgence that make it fascinating. The best reason to cover anyone is that little part of you that thinks you might do it better. This album epitomizes excess and confidence, and it only made sense to embody that spirit ourselves. The confidence, that is, to mess with an iconic, if underrated gem.” (Andrew Bird & Madison Cunningham)

"Ever since knowing and playing with Andrew, I've wanted to join forces with him independently of our own projects. He's one of my favorite artists alive and one of the deepest musical collaborators I've been lucky enough to have. This buried Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham record found us in a place where we were trying to figure out what we could do together. Unfamiliar with it, but excited by its scarcity on streaming platforms, we decided to take it on from front to back, in our own way. It was unsurprising to me how it ended up becoming one of the most creatively satisfying record-making experiences I've had, but the unforeseen bonus was how relevant some of those lyrics would be to my own life in the time of making it. It became a lifeline for me, and I hope we've done it justice." (Madison Cunningham)

“Always introspective and often experimental, Madison Cunningham’s music doesn’t fit neatly into any one specific genre.” — Variety

“Bird’s lovely, lyrical playing has a sense of ascendent grace; it’s music that feels untethered to the weight of the world” — Pitchfork

Andrew Bird, vocals, guitar
Madison Cunningham, vocals, guitar
Griffin Goldsmith, drums, percussion
Mike Viola, Wurlitzer, bass, drums

Produced by Mike Viola

Andrew Bird
is an internationally acclaimed, Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, whistler, and songwriter. Since beginning his recording career in 1997, Bird has released 18 albums and performed extensively across the globe, headlining concerts at Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and festivals worldwide. Bird has been a featured TED Talks presenter, a New Yorker Festival guest, and an op-ed contributor for the New York Times. He performed as the Whistling Caruso in Disney's The Muppets and scored the FX Series Baskets. Shortly after receiving his 2020 Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album, with My Finest Work Yet, Bird made his professional acting debut in the cast of Fargo's fourth season. Bird’s latest album, Sunday Morning Put-On (2024), finds him re-immersed in a lifelong love of mid-century, small group jazz and the Great American Songbook.

Madison Cunningham
is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist putting "a new spin on West Coast folk-rock, with classical tendencies, electric guitars, jazz-school chord changes and alt-rock strut all living under the same roof.” (Rolling Stone)

Cunningham’s 2019 debut, Who Are You Now, was nominated for Best Americana Album at the Grammys and hinted at things to come. Her 2020 covers EP Wednesday captured her range and influences with renditions of songs by Tom Waits, John Mayer, the Beatles, and Radiohead.

But it’s on her 2022 release, Revealer, where she finds her stride. The album is a warts-and-all self-portrait of a young artist full of doubt and uncertainty yet bursting with exciting ideas about music and life. Full of confessions, intimations, and hard truths, this soaring set of songs took home the Grammy for Best Folk Album in 2023.

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