Meg Baird

Meg Baird
Meg Baird (left), performing at Brudenell Social Club, 2015
Background information
Genres	Folk Old-time music
Instruments	Guitar, Mountain Dulcimer, Piano, Drums
Labels	Tequila Sunrise Drag City Bo'Weavil Wichita Recordings P-Vine Matador Records Thrill Jockey
Associated acts	Espers The Baird Sisters Bonnie Prince Billy Heron Oblivion Sharon Van Etten Watery Love
Website	Official website

Meg Baird is an American musician based in San Francisco, California, United States, who, in addition to her solo career, is known as a founding member, lead vocalist, and drummer for Heron Oblivion, along with members from Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound and Comets on Fire. She was also a guitarist and the lead female vocalist in Philadelphia psychedelic folk rock band Espers, and played drums in Philadelphia punk band Watery Love.

Originally from New Jersey, United States, Baird's family history is based in the folk tradition: Baird is the great-great niece of Isaac Garfield "I.G." Greer, a historian and Appalachian folk singer born in 1881. His inclusion on one of the earliest albums issued by the Archive of Folk Culture in the Library of Congress helped expose Baird to folk music at a young age, while she was taking piano lessons, teaching herself guitar, and listening to Smithsonian Folkways albums.

While a member of Espers In 2007, Baird released her first solo album, Dear Companion, on the Drag City record label. Baird's second solo album, Seasons on Earth, was released in 2011 and received favorable reviews from The Wire, Allmusic, Spin and NPR.

As a solo artist, she has toured with many noted fingerstyle guitarists, including Bert Jansch,James Blackshaw, Micah Blue Smaldone, Michael Chapman, Glenn Jones, Michael Hurley, and Jack Rose. In February 2016 Baird served as the support act to Ryley Walker and Danny Thompson on an extensive tour of the United Kingdom.