Bird York:

With her dark sandy vocals and haunting melodies, Bird York is probably best known for her Academy Award-nominated song– In The Deep – for the Oscar-winning film Crash. With an understated delivery, the song wrapped a memorable aural blanket around the film’s pivotal ending sequence. Her song Have No Fear serves a very similar purpose in the searing last five minutes of the drama Seven Pounds., starring Will Smith.

Nic Harcourt, respected music guru at NPR flagship KCRW-FM/Los Angeles, calls Bird, “a songwriter of extraordinary depth with a voice to match.” Music Biz magazine referred to her brand of moody groove as “torch trip hop”. A songwriter since her early teens, Bird started her own label Blissed Out Records in 1999 releasing two critically acclaimed cds, the self titled Bird York and Wicked Little High (distributed by EMI). Her new four song EP (now available for digital download) is a ‘taste” of a full length cd out in Feb 09.

Working as a producer or co producer on her own records, collaborations also include Grammy award winning mixer-engineer Thom Russo (Audioslave, Macy Gray, Juanez) and Grammy Award winning producer Larry Klein (Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell). On her new cd, Bird partnered with “Dexter” composer Dan Licht and artist-composer Duane Niellson. “This is a funkier record, something you could put on, dare I say, in thedaylight. Kind of lighter fare for me but I guess it will all be revealed by how many emails I get from listeners in the wee hours of the night.”

In addition to Crash and Seven Pounds, York’s music has been featured prominently in Nip /Tuck (FX), House (FOX), CSI:NY, In Justice (ABC), Everwood (WB), Stand Off, an entire season of Paul Haggis’ CBS series Family Law, Newline’s Happy Campers as well as in the John Cusack produced film Never Get Outta The Boat.

In tandem with her music career, York has worked extensively in front of the camera. Acting highlights include her recurring role on The West Wing, the lead role as a young Naomi Judd in the NBC miniseries Love Can Build A Bridge  as well as starring roles in films opposite Diane Keaton, Tom Waits, Tom Cavanaugh, Dennis Hopper and cameos in Crash, Desperate Housewives and Curb Your Enthusiasm. She will soon be seen working with Laurence Fishburne on CSI as well as in the upcoming indie Ball Don’t Lie.