the bird and the bee, the duo of singer Inara George and multi-instrumental/producer Greg Kurstin, kicked off a musical scavenger hunt for their fans today by premiering all nine songs from their new album Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates on nine different websites: AOL Spinner, BrooklynVegan, Entertainment Weekly, Idolator, MySpace, PerezHilton, Prefix, and SPIN, and USA Today. The acclaimed band’s third full-length album, which will be released March 23 on EMI’s Blue Note Records, is a love letter to famed “rock and soul” duo Hall & Oates that features eight classic covers along with one new original song “Heard It On The Radio.”

the bird and the bee played a once-in-a-lifetime concert on Friday night at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles to celebrate the album release, and were joined on stage by very special surprise guest John Oates for performances of “Maneater,” “She’s Gone,” and “I Can’t Go For That” In a rave review in today’s Los Angeles Times, August Brown wrote that Oates “couldn’t have asked for a more articulate love letter than the one the bird and the bee just gave him.” The entire concert was webcast live at Livestream.com, and will be archived on the site starting on March 22.

THE BIRD AND THE BEE’S HALL & OATES SCAVENGER HUNT TIPSHEET:
1. Heard It On The Radio – MySpace
2. I Can’t Go For That – Brooklyn Vegan
3. Rich Girl – SPIN
4. Sara Smile – Entertainment Weekly
5. Kiss On My List – Idolator
6. Maneater – PerezHilton
7. She’s Gone – AOL Spinner
8. Private Eyes – USA Today
9. One on One – Prefix

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