{"id":9591,"date":"2014-10-14T13:32:44","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T13:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=9591"},"modified":"2014-10-14T13:32:44","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T13:32:44","slug":"jeff-bird-rhythm-and-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2014\/10\/14\/jeff-bird-rhythm-and-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"JEFF BIRD &#8211; Rhythm and Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/2014\/10\/14\/jeff-bird-rhythm-and-entertainment\/a3596887179_10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9592\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9592\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/a3596887179_10-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"a3596887179_10\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the moment it passed through my hands at the August <em>Stylus<\/em> Contributor meeting, I was intrigued by <i>Rhythm and Entertainment<\/i>.<!--more--> The cover art is simple, symmetric, and boasts an impressive longevity (albeit of recordings from someone I\u2019d never heard of) but I thought, this could be good. <i>Rhythm and Entertainment <\/i>is a two disc retrospective of Jeff Bird\u2019s thirty years in the music industry &#8211; the main difference between discs being that disc two is more introspective and experimental with repetition and spoken word\/vocals. Musically, Bird excels in every way. He\u2019s accredited to five different kinds of bass on the release as well as eleven additional instruments (including the lap steel, mandolin, melodica, and tarka to name a few). \u00a0Genre-wise, there\u2019s no uniformity. There\u2019s a mix of soul, swing, and worldly sounds throughout. Over the years he\u2019s played with the Cowboy Junkies, worked in film and television, and now, should you ever find yourself in the Kingston area, he offers music lessons for the mandolin, harmonica and bass. The album was recorded at multiple locations, including live at Manhattan Pizza Studio and the \u201cTy Tyrfu\u201d (don&#8217;t know where that is exactly, but it is Welsh for \u201chouse of noise and commotion\u201d). Astounding in more than the musical sense, Bird\u2019s humble website is an endearing accompaniment to satisfy all the questions you may ever have about him. <i>Rhythm and Entertainment<\/i> is an entertaining retrospective highlighting a superbly skilled musician. (Independent,<a href=\"http:\/\/jeffbird.com\" target=\"_blank\"> jeffbird.com<\/a>) <b>Victoria King<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the moment it passed through my hands at the August Stylus Contributor meeting, I was intrigued by Rhythm and Entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}