Since becoming the American Public Media program's host, Thile has, each week, written one new (often topical) "Song of the Week" that gets its debut performance on that Saturday's live broadcast-with Thile, the house band, and some of his guest musicians. The album is a collection of songs that were originally written for performance on A Prairie Home Companion. Nonesuch Records releases mandolinist, singer, songwriter, and radio host Chris Thile's Thanks for Listening on December 8, 2017, with the vinyl to follow on December 15. For Thanks for Listening, Thile and producer Thomas Bartlett chose ten songs from nineteen possibilities and created new studio recordings of them, rather than merely documenting them as originally performed. For more than 15 years, Thile played in the wildly popular band Nickel Creek, with which he released three albums, sold 2 million records, and was awarded a Grammy.Nonesuch Records releases mandolinist, singer, songwriter, and radio host Chris Thile's Thanks for Listening on December 8, 2017, with the vinyl to follow on December 15. Thile has also collaborated with a pantheon of musical innovators from multiple genres including Béla Fleck, Brad Mehldau, and Hilary Hahn. In 2011, Nonesuch Records released the Grammy-nominated Sleep with One Eye Open, an album of duets with guitarist Michael Daves. With broad influences including progressive bluegrass, classical, rock, and jazz, Thile transcends the borders of conventionally circumscribed genres, creating a distinctly American canon and a new musical aesthetic.Īs a soloist, Thile has released five previous albums. " Thanks for Listening is a celebration of people who haven't switched off, despite being given every reason to do so."Ĭhris Thile, whom London's Independent calls "the most remarkable mandolinist in the world," is the founding member and lead vocalist of Punch Brothers. "Right now, with how easy it is to be the talker on social media, how hard it is to maintain focus or give something enough attention to appreciate it, we're in a place where listening is a precious commodity," says Thile. Thanks for Listening is a collection of new studio recordings, produced by Thomas Bartlett, of 10 songs originally written as Songs of the Week on "A Prairie Home Companion." Chad Thile manned almost all of the stringed instruments on the album and is joined by guest singers Sarah Jarosz, Gaby Moreno, and Aoife O'Donovan. "Thile's virtuosic mandolin shines, but here, he's got a greater goal than reminding us that he is peerless on the instrument - with Thanks for Listening, Thile is both extending his sincere gratitude to us for coming along on his ride and laying down tracks toward wherever this might take him." Jeff Tamarkin, Relix A collection of Chris Thile's songs from A Prairie Home Companion reimagined in the recording studioįeaturing Sarah Jarosz, Gaby Moreno and Aoife O'Donovan
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