Andrew Bird’s world is changing and so is he

Andrew Bird has his own reality TV show. Which seems uncharacteristic for the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for his whimsical lyrics and perfectly pitched whistling. But nevertheless it’s true, at least in a certain sense.

“It’s your world, I’m just living in it,” says recent guest Jim James from My Morning Jacket, appearing barefoot and wearing sunglasses next to an equally shoeless Bird. The two are standing in front of microphones, guitar and violin in hand. They spend the next 30 unscripted minutes or so casually chatting in between what Bird calls a setlist of “protest songs.”

It’s another episode of “Live from the Great Room,” a web series of acoustic duets filmed with smartphones and GoPro cameras from Bird’s Los Angeles living room and posted using Facebook Live.

“It’s very scrappy,” Bird says. “Because it’s kind of off the cuff and relies on musicianship, I can get with it.”

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