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We just got word that Chris Thile is shooting a music video today in New York in support of the new How To Grow A Woman From The Ground CD. It's for the song, Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground, and will feature all the members of his How To Grow A Band unit. The [...]
The Washington Post had a short piece about Chris Thile's new CD, How To Grow A Woman From The Ground, in it's weekend edition. You can read it online here. It's only a couple paragraphs but it's great that Thile is garnering some attention for bluegrass music. After the phenomenal popularity of Nickel Creek, it's [...]
The folks at Sugar Hill Records and Elderly Instruments, along with Saga, Deering and Michael Kelly, are sponsoring a contest in conjunction with Chris Thile's new CD to help you grow your own band. The CD is, as has been mentioned here many time, How To Grow A Woman From The Ground, and the band [...]
Chris Thile will be a guest next week on The Loft, on XM Satellite Radio's Channel 50. The show involves a wide range of musical styles, but always features interviews and live performances recorded at The Living Room in New York. The owner of The Living Room is a renowned audio engineer and Grammy-winning producer, [...]
Surely a highlight of IBMA week for me so far was the showcase performance last night from Chris Thile & How To Grow A Band. (more photos here) Regular readers of Bluegrass Today will have noted that I have expressed great enthusiasm for the new Thile CD, How To Grow A Woman From The Ground, [...]
One of the folks I had a chance to speak with yesterday was Chris Pandolfi, banjo player with The Infamous Stringdusters. He told me that their new CD is on track for an early '07 release on Sugar Hill Records, and was able to respond to some speculation that has been circulating about the status [...]
Banjo player Noam Pikelny is a mighty busy guy this fall. It seems like any time you investigate what is happening in the world of progressive bluegrass and acoustic music, his name pops up. Until recently, Noam was a member of The John Cowan Band, a position he held for a little over two years, [...]
This episode of The GrassCast features an interview with mandolin master Chris Thile. We recorded this interview yesterday evening via the thilephone. Chris is on the road promoting his new CD, How To Grow A Woman From The Ground, and took some time out of his busy schedule to talk to us. We discuss the [...]
As we have mentioned many times this past few months, the new CD from Chris Thile, How To Grow A Woman From The Ground, is officially released today. To help promote the CD, Sugar Hill Records is sponsoring a video contest, with an iPod Nano loaded with Chris' music as the Grand Prize. Here's the [...]
David Royko has a nice feature in today's edition of The Chicago Tribune on Noam Pikelny, Chicago native and current banjo man with The John Cowan Band. Noam is also a prominent part of the upcoming Chris Thile CD, How To Grow A Woman From The Ground, and Thile is quoted repeatedly in the article [...]
