Nickel Creek News

New Release : The Sugar Hill 50 - The Label's Greatest Hits for $20 BMNN wrote: on Nov.

It's a tough time to open an independent music venue. Within a one-block radius stand two charitably-endowed non-profit halls not to mention the soon-to-open project from music mogul Coran Capshaw, the Jefferson Theater .

New York-based singer songwriter Joshua Radin plays mellow acoustic indie pop songs with sweet lyrics, catchy melodies and clear sweet vocals.

Whatever you do, don't call WPA a supergroup. "It really makes my skin crawl. I'm in a band with a guy who was in a supergroup,'' says Heartbreakers' keyboardist Benmont Tench, referring to the Traveling Wilburys, the '80s outfit his boss, Tom Petty, moonlighted in with guys named Orbison, Harrison, Lynne, and Dylan.

Who: WPA Genre: WPA is an 'expandable collective with Luke Bulla , Sean Watkins and Glen Phillips at its core.' The group is independent and without a label.

The Ann Arbor-born fiddler/violinist/composer Jeremy Kittel is backed up by some musical heavy-hitters on his fourth album, 'Chasing Sparks,' including bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolin masters Chris Thile and Mike Marshall .

Five eclectic musical acts will share the stage at the Culture Center Theater at 7 p.m. on Sunday during the Mountain Stage Radio Show.

New Release : Outlands - A Mix of Bluegrass and Celtic by Fred Morrison BMNN wrote: on Oct.

Review at a glance: Chris Thile brought fire and spunk to his performance with a game Alabama Symphony Orchestra, both as mandolin player and classical composer.

Thanks to Archie MacLullich for drawing our attention to the new CD Outlands by innovative Scottish piper Fred Morrison .

Sara Watkins and her band perform at Vulcan AfterTunes in Birmingham's Vulcan Park on October 25, 2009.

BMNN wrote: on Oct. 19, 2009: The Emmons Sisters, "The Princesses of Bluegrass," are playing music that will bring a whole new future to bluegrass music.

The performer kicks off a brief Canadian outing Oct. 16 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Los Angeles band WPA, featuring Glen Phillips, Sean Watkins and Luke Bulla, clockwise from front, makes its Aspen debut Friday at the Wheeler Opera House.

He'll bring all that history to the Vergennes Opera House for a concert at 8 p.m. Oct.

Wilco, the hugely popular alt/country band, will perform in Savannah March 25 as part of the 2010 Savannah Music Festival, March 18-April 3. Fronted by singer/songwriter Jeff Tweedy, Wilco is scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. concert appearance in the Johnny Mercer Theatre, inside the Savannah Civic Center.

Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Cla-Zel Theatre, 127 North Main St.

Nickel Creek fiddle player and vocalist Sara Watkins is breaking out on her own.

What do you get when you combine the fiddle player from Nickel Creek with the bass player from Led Zeppelin? The answer is elemental, music fans.

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