To encourage you to preorder Noble Beast (out Jan 20), Andrew Bird is streaming a song off the regular version and a song off the deluxe version, which comes with all the instrumentals.

Stream “Oh No” and “Carrion Suite” at Andrew Bird’s site

But, oh yeah, there was that really weird thing I promised you. MTV put Andrew Bird and Yo-Yo Ma together to do a quick jam. The result is two minutes that’s pretty good, but I can’t help but think that Andrew Bird is a little nervous. Still, the jam is — as Yo-Yo Ma says — “wonderful.”