{"id":4703,"date":"2013-06-20T14:59:22","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T19:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?p=4703"},"modified":"2013-11-14T21:28:47","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T02:28:47","slug":"songs-and-stories-126-birds-of-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs-and-stories-126-birds-of-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs and Stories #126: &#8220;Birds of Chicago&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7881\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4703-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories126.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories126.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories126.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories126.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?powerpress_pinw=4703-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories126.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"songs_and_stories126.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories126.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Click here to listen to JT and Allison of &#8220;Birds of Chicago&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> (time = 38:20)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who do you sound like?&#8221; That&#8217;s a question EVERY songwriter hears over and over. JT Nero of <a href=\"http:\/\/birdsofchicago.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Birds of Chicago<\/a> says &#8220;People say we sound familiar, but not obviously familiar&#8221;. And he wisely and humorously adds, &#8221; If you spend too much time describing your own sound you can sound real stupid real quick.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/birds_of_chicago.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/birds_of_chicago-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"birds_of_chicago\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/birds_of_chicago-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/birds_of_chicago.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This &#8220;Songs and Stories&#8221; field trip is a trek to Yosemite&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/strawberrymusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Strawberry Music Festival<\/a> for a visit with JT Nero and Allison Russell. This powerful songwriting duo fronts &#8220;Birds of Chicago&#8221; and made their second Strawberry appearance this year. I caught up with them after a workshop on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nJT and Allison talk about how they came together musically &#8211; He had his own band, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jtandtheclouds.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">JT and The Clouds<\/a>. She was touring the country with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pogirl.net\/index_brick.php\" target=\"_blank\">Po&#8217; Girl<\/a>. JT sat in with Po&#8217; Girl on a tour, and they quickly became musical collaborators. In this interview, we discuss their process: In particular JT&#8217;s fondness for sometimes playful wordplay, Allison&#8217;s multi-instrumental approach, and the complete trust they have in bringing new material to their band. <\/p>\n<p>The podcast includes clips of &#8220;Flying Dreams&#8221;, &#8220;Oh Calcutta&#8221;, and &#8220;Before She Goes&#8221;, off the Birds of Chicago&#8217;s debut record. You can purchase it &#8211; and I highly recommend you do &#8211; at <a href=\"http:\/\/birdsofchicago.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">birdsofchicago.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewPodcast%253Fid%253D216646993\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/subscribe-with-itunes.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michaelgaither.com%2Fhome%2Fsongs-and-stories-126-birds-of-chicago%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;&amp;width=800&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:800px;height:30px;margin-top:5px;\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to listen to JT and Allison of &#8220;Birds of Chicago&#8221; (time = 38:20) &#8220;Who do you sound like?&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4703"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5115,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4703\/revisions\/5115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}