Andrew Bird and his Bowl of Fire musical group entertains with a rocking assortment of adroitly dispatched arias, serenades and revelry dances that some may call swing, hot-jazz, cabaret or calypso. While a Multi-Instrumentalist, composer and bandleader in his own right, Mr. Bird has also been employed as an accompanist to the Squirrel Nut Zippers since 1995. Thrills features two of the musical forces behind Zippers, James "Hambone" Mathus and singer Kathareine Whallen.