Whistle while you work: Andrew Bird in concert

On the slanted standing space of the Rialto Theatre earlier this month, I stood about 30 feet away from the stage, watching Andrew Bird perform. A whistling, singing-songwriting, guitar-and-glockenspiel-playing classically trained violinist out of Chicago, Bird released his 9th album Break it Yourself on March 6th and hit Tucson on his tour on April 20th. All of the people who attended either sat upstairs in the Rialto balcony or stood in the general admission area, and they mostly seemed to fall quiet as he held his violin in his hands like a guitar, strumming and plucking out melodies and rhythms.
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