Chris Thile

...backed up by some musical heavy-hitters on his fourth album, "Chasing Sparks," including bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolin masters Chris Thile (of Nickel Creek fame) and Mike Marshall (a former member of the David Grisman Quintet). The...

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...scheduled through 2007 would be their last for an indefinite period of time. This opened the way for Chris Thile to pursue new projects. Thile was also a judge for the 5th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists'...

In this article: Nickel Creek, Edgar Meyer, Punch Brothers, Bela Fleck, Mike Marshall, Punch, Bryan Sutton, Billboard Magazine, and Murray State University

...of bluegrass music and comedy, under the rubric "The Unnamed Music and Comedy Show," which featured the likes of Gillian Welch, Chris Thile, and Demetri Martin. He rechristened the series in January and has been putting it on monthly...

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...somewhere in between there, trying to create something new. " The quintet, led by former Nickel Creek member and mandolin player Chris Thile, will perform at Natasha's Bistro & Bar on Monday at 9:30 p.m. "What the Punch Brothers are...

In this article: Punch Brothers, Noam Pikelny, Mark O'Connor, The Beatles, and Nickel Creek

...Loves You Porgy" (alongside trumpeter Botti), the bluegrass-drenched "Look Away" (featuring Nickel Creek's mandolin master Chris Thile) and even a foray into Argentine tango on Astor Piazzolla's "Oblivion." Other standout sparring partners...

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..."Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar", flat out smolder. The last of the trio is little more than Chris Thile and Bryan Sutton doing what they do best and proving why they should never lay down their respected instruments despite the song's...

In this article: Bryan Sutton, Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas, and Sam Bush

...the stuff I did with Nickel Creek, I think this is going to sound like it's from Mars," he said. It is Thile as musical polyglot (he has performed everything from Bach Partitas to covers of Radiohead and the Beatles) and classical...

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...eclectic", and "genius". The album earned Thile a Grammy Award-nomination in 2006. For one of his side projects, Chris Thile knew he wanted to form a string quintet composed of mandolin, violin, banjo, guitar, and bass with childhood...

In this article: How to Grow a Woman from the Ground, Noam Pikelny, Infamous Stringdusters, Tom Brosseau, Nashville, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Telluride, and Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground

EDGAR MEYER & CHRIS THILE "Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile" Nonesuch ON THE recent album with his new band the Punch Brothers, Chris Thile unveiled a 42-minute suite that betrayed his ambition to go beyond his bluegrass beginnings and move into...

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CHRIS THILE "How to Grow a Woman From the Ground" Sugar Hill TO WATCH THE 25-year-old Chris Thile on stage at the recent International Bluegrass Music Association conference in Nashville was to realize three things: One, he may well be the...

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