THINGS ARE REALLY GREAT HERE SORT OF 07/27/10 Recording information: Bristol

Recording information: Bristol

and pop fans -- this is grits-and-gravy music

a surprisingly poignant solo version of "Diary of a Lover

Average White Band (horns)

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THINGS ARE REALLY GREAT HERE SORT OF 07/27/10 Recording information: BristolContinuing with the easy tone set by 2012's Break It Yourself and its stripped down companion piece Hands of Glory, Andrew Bird retreats even further from the elegant pop orchestrations and looping of the decade prior, turning in his most ardently rural album to date. Things Are Great Here, Sort Of marks yet another era of Bird's prolific and ever evolving career. For one, it's an album of songs by long tenured Chicago duo the Handsome Family, making