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Chris Thile & Michael Daves: Sleep with One Eye Open (CD Review)
Chris Thile & Michael Daves Sleep with One Eye Open Nonesuch CD Chris Thile is best known for his work as vocalist and virtuoso mandolinist with the bands Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek. And...
View ArticleBen Sollee: Tiny Desk Concert on NPR (Video)
As you probably already know if you’ve read the blog for any length of time, I’m a sucker for singing cellists …
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Bartok meets Banjo on new CD!
Jake Schepps An Evening in the Village: the Music of Béla Bartók Fine Mighty CD or digital via Bandcamp Banjoist Jake Schepps crosses over into classical music on his latest release An Evening in the...
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Punch Brothers’“Who’s Feeling Young Now?” out on Valentine’s Day
Punch Brothers Who’s Feeling Young Now Nonesuch Records The Punch Brothers’ release Who’s Feeling Young Now, their latest CD, this coming Tuesday, February 14, Valentine’s Day, via Nonesuch Records....
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RIP Earl Scruggs (1924-2012)
We’re saddened to learn of the passing of banjo player and iconic bluegrass musician Earl Scruggs at the age of 88. We’ll let his pickin’ in the videos below do the talking.
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Punch Brothers Cover Radiohead (YouTube)
On Wednesday, I talked to Chris Thile about recently being awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. Thile is currently on tour with Punch Brothers. Look for the article here later this week. In the meantime,...
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Interview: Paging Mandolinist Chris Thile
Chris Thile. Photo: Danny Clinch. Would you believe it if you got a telephone call telling you that you’ve just won the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, known as the “Genius Grant?” There are many...
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Chris Thile Plays Bach
Chris Thile Bach, Sonatas and Partitas, Vol.1 Nonesuch CD/LP/Digital Why Chris Thile Playing Bach on the Mandolin is a Good Idea (A gentle rejoinder to performance practice purists) 1- Attack and...
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