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Collaborations, studio sessions and, of course, a little time at the blog spot-- all in a day's work for Andrew Bird. The singer/songwriter/violinist/whistler recently lined up a handful of new dates to go along with the somewhat sporadic itinerary he's made for himself over the next few months, including a run out west with Josh Ritter.

Of course, the infrequency of Bird's tour plans probably has something to do with that record he's working up in Nashville with producer Mark Nevers. Bird again blogged about the process for The New York Times' Measure for Measure blog, and if he's to be believed, the record may sound like an amalgam of Studio One echo, the Zombies, Steve Reich, and "Ghanian street music."

And if that ain't enough genre-bending for your tastes, catch Andrew, Jel and others as they join Dosh at Minneapolis' Walker Arts Center May 3.

Andrew Bird:

06-07 Tepoztlan, Mexica - La Colmena Festival
06-14 Birmingham, AL - City Stages Music and Arts Festival
06-21 Minneapolis, MN - The Walker Art Center (Rock the Garden) *
07-04 Des Moines, IA - 80-35 Festival
07-16 Reno, NV - Grand Sierra Theatre (Artown Festival)
07-17 Salt Lake City, UT - Gallivan Center ^
07-18 Aspen, CO - Belly Up
07-19 Commerce City, CO - Mile High Music Festival
07-21 Boise, ID - The Big Easy ^
07-22 Spokane, WA - Bing Crosby Theatre ^
07-23 Seattle, WA - Woodland Park Zoo Amphitheater ^
07-25 Calgary, Alberta - Calgary Folk Music Festival
08-08 Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park (All Points West Festival)
08-10 Baltimore, MD - Virgin Mobile Festival
08-12 Lenox, MA - Tanglewood !
08-24 San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Festival
09-03 Chicago, IL - Pritzker Pavillion

* with New Pornographers, Cloud Cult, Bon Iver
^ with Josh Ritter
! with Wilco