The Bird and the Bee Talk About New Album

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Published February 5, 2009 at 1:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

The pop music duo The Bird and the Bee have just released their sophomore effort, an energetic, retro-pop collection called Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future. We'll talk with the members of the band, I

Maureen Cavanaugh: According to their My Space page, the two members of the band The Bird and the Bee, "met a few years ago. Discovered a common love of jazz standards. Nerded out for a couple of hours playing every song they knew and then wrote and recorded a record together." If only everything were so easy.

But that's one of the delights of the music created by Inara George and Greg Kurstin. Despite a multi-layered production and clever lyrics, these songs sound effortless. The Bird and the Bee have just released their second CD called " Ray Guns are not Just the Future."

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Guests:

Inara George is one half of the musical duo The Bird and the Bee.
Greg Kurstin is the other half and he's also a music producer. The Bird and the Bee have a new album. It's called Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future.