Birdy from Chicago
Greetings Birdy Fans and HAPPY 2015! We so appreciate all your listening and sharing our music with others! Our CD "Magic Days" and our sampler of the same name continue to land in the hands of Birdy fans worldwide by way of CD Baby and ReverbNation - what a great feeling to know that so many folks are enjoying Fringe Folk from Chicago! Keep it up everyone! And thanks again for your listening support!
Read moreHappy New Year! It's good to see you all here and subscribing to our music. Stay up to date on our activities and performances by visiting our website, too, at (expired link). For those of you who are in the Chicago area, we hope to see you at one of our upcoming shows real soon. Take care all, and keep listening! We appreciate YOU!
Peace,
BIRDY
Bianca
Sharon
Megan
& Roy
BIRDY is a Chicago-based acoustic “fringe folk” quartet featuring outstanding vocals and harmony, fine originals, creative musical arrangements, and impressive covers. MAGIC DAYS, the group’s second CD, was released in August of 2012. As an avid BIRDY fan would expect and hope for, the cd contains plenty of the group’s unique spin on traditional folk tunes, along with three new originals by Sharon Speziale and a re-mix of Journey Home (which appeared on their first cd of the same name) penned by Speziale and Bianca Bevard.
With an eclectic repertoire that draws from both traditional and contemporary influences, Birdy has quickly established itself on the Chicago music scene and beyond, and is a regular performer at coffee houses, restaurants and pubs, folk venues, community centers, neighborhood parties, festivals, and farmers markets. The BIRDY idea was literally 'sparked' in the '90's while Bianca Bevard and Sharon Speziale were singing around a bonfire at a camping weekend. Instantly recognizing a soaring harmony blend, the two began performing together regularly. In-demand percussionist Meg Thomas, who brings a wonderful driving and creative dimension to BIRDY's established sound, joined the group in 2007. More recently, veteran bassist Roy McNaughton joined the group, with bass lines that are both artistically fluid and warmly down to earth, and ethereal mandolin chops that twinkle.
A typical BIRDY concert includes BIRDY originals, covers of favorite singer/songwriters both near and far, traditional folk tunes with a twist, songs of love (lost, acquired or desired), and a few other styles thrown in for good measure. BIRDY resonates with the richness of many influences, entertaining with songs that evoke an array of sounds, thoughts, and feelings. Their first cd, Journey Home, was released in 2009.
BIRDY is…
Bianca Bevard Vocals
Sharon Speziale Vocals, Guitars, Melodica
Meg Thomas Djembe, Conga, Darbuka, Bodhran, Shaker, Tambourine
Roy McNaughton Vocals, Upright Bass, Mandolin
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About Birdy from Chicago
The acoustic foursome BIRDY
fills the nest with an abundance of harmonies and organic instrumentation throughout
its latest long player,
Magic Days. The band more than lives up to its "fringe BIRDY is a Chicago-based acoustic group featuring outstanding vocal harmony, fine originals, and creative musical arrangements...
With an eclectic repertoire that draws from both traditional and contemporary influences, Birdy has quickly established itself on the Chicago music scene and beyond, and is a regular performer at coffee houses, restaurants and pubs, folk venues, community centers, neighborhood parties, festivals, and farmers markets.
The BIRDY idea was literally 'sparked' in the '90's while Bianca Bevard and Sharon Speziale were singing around a bonfire at a camping weekend. Instantly recognizing a soaring harmony blend, the two began performing together regularly. In-demand percussionist Meg Thomas, who provides a wonderful driving and creative dimension to BIRDY's established sound, joined the group in 2007. More recently, veteran bassist Roy McNaughton joined the group, with bass lines that are both artistically fluid and warmly down to earth.
A typical BIRDY concert includes BIRDY originals, covers of favorite singer/songwriters both near and far, traditional folk tunes with a twist, songs of love (lost, acquired or desired), and a few other styles thrown in for good measure. Influenced by Nanci Griffith, Joni Mitchell, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, The Wailin' Jennys, Deb Talan/The Weepies, Martha Scanlan, Truckstop Souvenir, Alison Krauss, New Orleans, Flamenco, Appalachian and traditional folk music, and the list goes on....
BIRDY resonates with the richness of these influences, entertaining with songs that evoke many different sounds, thoughts, and feelings. The group identifies with the haunting sound of wind blowing through the trees, golden autumn days, the hope of spring, and music born from street, gospel and truth. BIRDY's new CD MAGIC DAYS was released in August 2012, and their first CD Journey Home, in October 2009.
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