Fiery Furnaces - in Concert

The brother-sister duo Fiery Furnaces make wildly experimental music that's as playful as it is unpredictable. Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger, on tour for their latest CD Bitter Tea, visit Washington, D.C. for a full concert, originally webcasted live on NPR.org June 30,
The Friedbergers are products of a musical family. Their grandmother was a choir director; their mother played piano, guitar and sang. After graduating from college and traveling abroad, Matthew and Eleanor returned home to Oak Pak, Ill. and started collaborating on songs. Drawing on diverse influences from show tunes to Bob Dylan and honky tonk, they crafted sonically adventurous, twisted and distinctive tunes.