Nickel Creek

Nickel Creek is an Americana trio from San Diego with roots in bluegrass, which was attributed to the progressive bluegrass in the tension between folk music and country music.

The band consists of Chris Thile (mandolin, mandola, vocals, banjo), Sara Watkins (violin, vocals) and her brother Sean Watkins ( guitar, piano, background vocals). The group was founded in 1989, played with Scott Thile, father of Chris, the bass after the Wakins and Thile at a concert of the band Bluegrass Etc.. had met. The oldest of the children, Sean, was at that time only 12 years old. Come two albums, both of which are no longer manufactured from the early days of the band.

Later they helped Alison Krauss their style to develop further and produced their self-titled album, released in 2000 in Sugarhill. Today, this plate is considered the major debut of the band. Meanwhile, Scott has retired from the band. After several years of touring with changing bassist Mark Schatz now completed from the point of the tour bassist. The group has released three albums and won a Grammy in 2003 for "Best Contemporary Folk Album" with This Side. Nickel Creek This Side and have achieved both Gold status for more than 500,000 copies sold.

On August 9, published in 2005 Nickel Creek their fifth studio album entitled Why Should The Fire? . In November 2006, her record company published a best of with songs of the last three CDs and the live versions of "You Do not Have To Move That Mountain" and the "Fox " medley.

The band decided in late 2007 after their tour to suspend their common musical project indefinitely. Chris Thile and Sara Watkins devoted themselves to solo projects, Sean Watkins teamed up with Jon Foreman, the lead singer of the band Switchfoot the group Fiction Family. Early 2014 Nickel Creek announced on its website the reunion of the band. In New York, the musicians took on ten new songs that were released on 1 April 2014 the album " A Dotted Line ".

Publications

Nickel Creek:

• Little Cowpoke (1993 )
• Here To There ( 1997)
• Nickel Creek (2000)
• This Side (2002)
• Why Should the Fire Die? (2005)
• Reasons Why - The Very Best (2006)
• A Dotted Line (2014)

Sean Watkins ( Solo):

• Let It Fall (2001)
• 26 Miles (2003)
• Blinders On ( 2006)

With Jon Foreman as Fiction Family:

• Fiction Family (2009)
• Fiction Family Reunion (2013 )

Chris Thile ( Solo):

• Leading Off ( 1994)
• Stealing Second ( 1997)
• Deceiver (2004)
• How To Grow a Woman From the Ground (2006)
• Punch ( 2008)

Sara Watkins ( Solo):

• Sara Watkins (2009)
• Sun Midnight Sun (2012 )