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“While they never stray too far from the traditional bonds of folk music, there’s a spaciousness here that hints at something far beyond the horizon, testing the weather for a future that may or may not be welcomed … Tough Old Bird invoke pastoral scenes to explore human relationships: a world that is mysterious, perhaps foreboding but, in the end, it’s home.” -Adobe and Teardrops
"The duo of Matthew and Nathan Corrigan draw influences from traditional folk music that maps out dusty and sepia-tinted landscapes with its songwriting, as well as the modern context of rust belt melancholia... they posses the inherent sadness of Iron & Wine’s songwriting, the intricate guitar licks of Milk Carton Kids, and the persistent dancing banjo of the Avett Brothers." - Buffablog
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Tough Old Bird was formed by songwriting brothers Matthew and Nathan Corrigan in a remote corner of rural Western New York. The brothers grew up surrounded by music, in a tiny house in the woods that was heated by woodstove and insulated with stacks of paperback books.
After releasing their first full-length album, 'Gambling Days' in 2016, Tough Old Bird spent years on the road as an acoustic duo, releasing multiple albums and EPs before expanding to its current four-piece lineup, with Brendan O’Shea on bass and Ricky Bechard on drums.
Currently based in Buffalo, NY, the scope of the band’s sound has widened to encompass modern folk music and indie rock, influenced as much by 90s alternative and 60s roots-rock as by traditional folk music and classic country.
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Photo: Sean Kader
Photo: Sean Kader
Photo: Zach Anderson
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