Josh Ritter Features on Revival Themed 'Live From Here'
A recent Live From Here with Chris Thile included guests Gaby Moreno, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Josh Ritter, and some current names on Broadway.
23 Apr 2019
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Holiday Mirth at 2018's Penultimate 'Live From Here'
Jon Batiste, St. Vincent, Sara Watkins and Jim Gaffigan were Chris Thile's special guests at the last Live From Here show for the season.
18 Dec 2018
Chris Thile: Thanks for Listening (album review)
A collection of his "songs of the week" from Live from Here, Thanks for Listening finds Thile at more introspective moments.
17 Jan 2018
Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer: Bach Trios
Three musical masters combine forces to tackle all manner of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, with thrilling results.
12 Apr 2017
Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau: Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau
Thile and Mehldau make a pretty great duo, but it’s also an idiosyncratic one. For the most part this album feels like Thile is playing around in Mehldau’s jazz-oriented world.
01 Feb 2017
Punch Brothers Pack a Punch in Tucson, AZ - 13 April 2015
Punch Brothers proved to the crowd at Tuscon just why they're one of the most celebrated bands in modern bluegrass.
15 Apr 2015
Punch Brothers: The Phosphorescent Blues
This is another triumph for Punch Brothers, who continue to find a balance between catchiness and esoteria.
04 Feb 2015
Various Artists: Red Hot + Bach
Red Hot + Bach can be intoxicatingly musical. It can also be the direct opposite.
03 Aug 2014
An Honest Liar: An Interview with Nickel Creek's Sean Watkins
PopMatters catches up with Sean Watkins during one of his busiest years as a musician yet, which finds him touring with Nickel Creek, recording with Tom Brosseau, and releasing his new solo record, All I Do Is Lie.
28 Jul 2014
Telluride 2014: The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Mandolins
In 2014, Telluride is the perfect encapsulation of where it has been and where it is going to be in the future.
20 Jul 2014
Nickel Creek: A Dotted Line
For its first album in nine years, Nickel Creek tames down the displays of virtuosity that defined much of their previous albums, offering up a more pastoral take on their otherwise “newgrass" take on bluegrass.
31 Mar 2014
Noam Pikelny: Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe
In a world full of artists jumping on the roots music bandwagon, this is about as honest and heartfelt as it gets.
05 Feb 2014
Ten Great Cover Singers
Though this may be the time of year when cloying pop covers of Christmas songs are picked up from far too many supermarket checkout lines, let it not sour you on all covers completely. The ten artists listed herein are laudable exemplars of how to make the cover version an artform all its own.
11 Dec 2013
Telluride Bluegrass Festival: 21 June 2012 (Day 1)
Mandolin wars, fire on the mountain, Levon love, and John Fogerty: The 39th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival brings the heat in Colorado.
15 Aug 2012
Punch Brothers: 17 April 2012 - Lexington, KY
Never mind what the group appears to be, as their style transcends the limits of instrumental preferences.
03 May 2012
No Concern of Yours: An Interview with Punch Brothers
He's been in Grammy-winning bands, has worked with some of the best producers in the world, has a documentary coming out about him, and more -- but Chris Thile still doesn't see what the big fuss is about.
03 May 2012
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