Leaving your band and going solo is never easy, and depending on the popularity and dedication of your band’s fanbase, a departure can be met with anger. Such was the
Sam Bush is best-known for his prodigious skills on the mandolin and the fiddle, but it would be a mistake to label him simply a bluegrass musician. Throughout his years with the New Grass Revival, the Nash Ramblers and Strength in Numbers, he’s explored a wide swath of traditional American music, and his cross-genre blending has continued with the many iterations of his solo band over the years.
The one word that has been thrown around when the discussion of Nickle Creek has come up and that I am completely tired of is the term
On Deceiver, Thile does it all, reinventing himself to the greatest degree; every note, word, and breath on the album comes from him.
After playing at the Eclipse numerous times in the venue
What do you get when two of the most melodically-gifted mandolinists get together? Into the Cauldron, a collaborative effort that seems almost Grammy worthy.
