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Conversation: Chris Thile and the Goat Rodeo Sessions Live on PBS
PBS NewsHour (blog)
It's an all-star and eclectic group made up of cellist Yo-Yo Ma, bluegrass fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolin master Chris Thile, who is well-known from the bands Nickel Creek, Punch Brothers and many other projects.

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Good news from the prairie
Washington Examiner
Two of Keillor's favorite musicians on hand are vocalist Heather Masse from the folk group the Wailin' Jennys and fiddler Sara Watkins, from the acoustic bluegrass trio, Nickel Creek. Watkins follows her self-named first solo album with "Sun Midnight ...

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Thursday is your last chance to learn 'How to Grow a Band'
NolaVie
His marriage has ended and his platinum-selling band, Nickel Creek, has gone on "indefinite hiatus." But Thile, a perfectionist prodigy who has defied expectation since he picked up the mandolin at age 5, has a plan: Step one: Write a 45-minute, ...


 
Roanoke Times
Top Tickets: Band battles and Americana
Roanoke Times
589-0546, kirkavenuemusic.com, madisonviolet.com Watkins, who was one-third of Nickel Creek, is well into her solo career. Expect to hear tunes from her second album, “Sun Midnight Sun” (Nonesuch), when she hits the music hall on Tuesday.


 
HitFix (blog)
Sara Watkins' "Sun Midnight Sun" burns brilliantly
Chicago Tribune
Who knew the breakup of Nickel Creek would turn out to be such a boon? The separation of that young bluegrass-pop trio has led to an embarrassment of riches. Until now, the Punch Brothers, led by Chris Thile, had a claim on the year's best Americana ...
Interview: Sara Watkins talks 2nd solo album, Fiona Apple, Nickel CreekHitFix (blog)
Watkins, Green release new CDsCountry Standard Time

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Nonesuch Records
Sara Watkins: Sun Midnight Sun
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Ever since Nickel Creek went on "indefinite hiatus" in 2007, Chris Thile has gotten more attention than the other two members of the progressive-bluegrass band. Yet even as Thile has been exploring virtuosity with Punch Brothers, Sara Watkins has been ...
Sara Watkins: “When It Pleases You”TwentyFourBit

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TV best bets
Cincinnati.com
He works with fiddler Stuart Duncan, mandolin player Chris Thile of Nickel Creek and Edgar Meyer, a bassist. Meyer, born in Oak Ridge, Tenn., is used to such crossovers; Ma, born in Paris, is not. That's followed at 10 by a rerun of “Give Me the Banjo ...
Mike Hughes: Rerun for 'Blue Bloods' is all about the womenThe Salinas Californian

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