MEG BAIRD, solo or ESPERS..."like a flower into the light". Freak folk.

MEG BAIRD
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"Like A flower into the light..."



Stars Climb Up The Vine

 

Baird comes from a family with deep roots in the folk tradition. Baird is the great-great niece of Isaac Garfield "I.G." Greer, a historian and Appalachian folk singer born in 1881. His inclusion on one of the earliest albums issued by the Archive of American Folk Song in the Library of Congress helped expose Baird to folk music at young age while she was taking piano lessons, teaching herself guitar, and listening to Smithsonian Folkways LPs. -wiki


Some really amazing picking--she gets some sweet sounds with her fretwork

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-live on WNYC..some more sweet picking, rhythmn and lead at once
Meg Baird "Share" on WNYC's Spinning On Air

FRIENDS (Marc-Almond cover)
...just gorgeous!
Meg Baird - Friends (Mark-Almond cover)


EVEN RAIN
Meg Baird - Even Rain

 

Covers Danny Whittens' "I Don't Want To Talk About It"


Meg & Glenn Jones..24 minute concert footage
Glenn Jones + Meg Baird

 

Wonderful song, wonderful video

 

I've always loved this song...

 

ESPERS Weed Tree is must have...

 

I got into Meg Baird and Espers by indirection, through that Heron Oblivion album. A friend mentioned she had a killer psych folk (freak folk) band in Philly. I'm now hooked. The first record is a tad expensive...
Now buying some of her solo stuff.

 

Espers reunion! First show since 2009.

 

More shows (w/ Vetiver):

AUG 24 FRI Union Transfer Philadelphia, PA
AUG 25 SAT Huichica East Pine Plains, NY
AUG 26 SUN White Eagle Hall Jersey City, NJ

 

Meg was a surprise guest at last night's Yo La Tengo show at The Fillmore!

 

Don’t Weigh Down the Light is godhead. A modern classic.

 

Heron Oblivion too

 

New release from Meg Baird (a collaboration with Mary Lattimore)

Ghost Forests, by Meg Baird and Mary Lattimore

 

Listened to it three times so far. So good.

 

Did anyone catch either of the Espers reunion shows in August?

I saw the band a 3 times first time around and would love to see them again.

 

Have taken to listening to Meg's solo material in the car lately. Sublime.

Even Rain, Meg Baird

 

Share, by Meg on WNYC Spinning On Air 2010

 

Just got back from the Steve Gunn show with a sit-in by Meg. She elevates everything she's in.
Also got tix to see her with Mary Lattimore coming up soon.

 

I was sorely tempted to fly out there.
Hopefully a recording exists.

 

That would be great news.

I have a soundboard recording from one of the band's shows in 2005 in Amherst, MA which is great.

 

New song:

Songs for America in 2024

 

Meg Baird & Mary Lattimore: April 26, 2019 Union Pool | nyctaper

Authorized recording from the current Ghost Forests tour.

 

just bought Seasons On Earth..this is awesome..love her voice and guitar playing