Monday Music: One (by Birdtalker)

Here is a recent discovery for me. An indie folk group from Nashville, Birdtalk seems to bring an eclectic mix to their original songs. Concerning the name of the band, according to an interview,  "Birdtalker is a playful homage of St. Francis of Assisi. At the time we were reading about St. Francis, and just reading about that approach to life was inspiring to a lot of the stuff we wrote early on (and still does now).  He is the patron saint in the Catholic tradition of poverty and nature, and the specific story we are quietly referencing is when he was walking in Italy with some of his monks and walked over to a flock of birds and starting thanking them for what they did, and was preaching the gospel to them.  The story taught about respecting and learning from the things that are natural around you, and just taking the time to recognize their importance.  The story was so whimsical to us, and we wanted to pay homage without the name being explicit and overly religious."

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