Dear Companion is Espers vocalist Meg Baird's first solo album. It was released in 2007 to critical praise. The album contains three traditional folk songs, four covers of more recent songs, and two original songs written by Baird. The album is lightly orchestrated traditional folk music, without Espers' psychedelic and prog influences, dense orchestration, and dark atmosphere. Dear Companion was recorded at the same time as the Espers album II, at Baird's home in Philadelphia. Two of the traditional songs ("Willie o Winsbury" and "Barbry Ellen") a… read more
Dear Companion is Espers vocalist Meg Baird's first solo album. It was released in 2007 to critical praise. The album contains three traditional… read more
Dear Companion is Espers vocalist Meg Baird's first solo album. It was released in 2007 to critical praise. The album contains three traditional folk songs, four covers of more rece… read more
Meg Baird (born in New Jersey) is an American musician based in San Francisco, California, who, in addition to her solo career, is known as a founding member, lead vocalist, and drummer for Heron Oblivion, a guitarist and the lead female vocalist in Philadelphia psychedelic folk rock band Espers, one half of the acoustic folk act The Baird Sisters, and for playing drums in Philadelphia punk band Watery Love. Baird collaborates with Los Angeles-based harpist Mary Lattimore as Meg Baird & Mary Lattimore. Baird was a founding member of the Philadelphia psychedelic folk group Esper…read more
Meg Baird (born in New Jersey) is an American musician based in San Francisco, California, who, in addition to her solo career, is known as a founding member, lead vocalist, and drummer for… read more
Meg Baird (born in New Jersey) is an American musician based in San Francisco, California, who, in addition to her solo career, is known as a founding member, lead vocalist, and drummer for Heron Oblivion, a guitarist and the lead fema… read more