Strolling Sydney with Andrew Bird
by Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Andrew Bird was generous with his time, joining us over two days to film old songs, new songs, and improvised half-songs. He plucked, whistled, hummed and sang while we followed him through a backyard in Petersham, and long the pathway at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair in Sydney.
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