The Ragbirds Michigan’s The Ragbirds make their musical nest out of the brightest of bits: There’s some Gypsy here, and Middle-Eastern drone, a dash of raga, a little Latin lilt and even a Celtic fiddle turn from time to time. In addition to traditional instrumentation, the band also carts along any number of traditional folk instruments from around the globe, helping add a little geographic gravity to what, to the band’s credit, never comes off as goofy grab-bag global fusion. Double Door Inn
This article appears in Apr 6-12, 2010.
