Q: What do you get when two of the most melodically-gifted mandolinists get together?
A: Into the Cauldron, a collaborative effort that seems almost Grammy worthy.
The duo consists of long-lived mandolin player Mike Marshall and, the fresh faced member of Nickel Creek, Chris Thile. Thile, who so boldly took a chance and bravely ventured out onto a solo project in 2001, worked with Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer, two regulars on various Marshall records, so it was only a matter of time before the collaboration would actually take place.
Enter Into the Cauldron, which can best be described as a variety of balanced Celtic bluegrass rhythms paired together and arranged in an almost intricately perfect manner. The ascending and descending layered composure of
