Chris Thile

[JenFramp]

I just thought I'd let everyone know that the band Nickle Creek rocks and their mandolin player Chris Thiles is a big Tolkien fan!! smilies/smile.gif

[The Barrow-Wight]

Yes, their song title "House of Tom Bombadil" is what prompted me to get their CD. Wonderful band with cool tastes in literature!

[The Silver-shod Muse]

Did somebody say Tom Bombadil?!? That's very cool that Nickle Creek wrote a song about ol' Tom! What genre of music is it? I might be interested, although this is the first time that I've heard of a band called Nickle Creek.

[The Barrow-Wight]

Nickel Creek is Bluegrass. I typically don't care for such rustic tunes, but NC is a 'modern' version of the genre that I find very nice to listen to. I recommend 'Reasons Why' and 'When You Come Back Down'. Watch out! Quiet, melodic music. Don't look for fuzzy feedback.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

I certainly would never have looked twice at a bluegrass album, but was given the Nickel Creek CD for Christmas. It is my very favorite, most-played CD since then - I love the instrumentals, like House of Tom Bombadil, and really like the songs as well. The two you mention, B-W, are my favorites as well; I also like "The Lighthouse's Tale" - sad and beautiful... The group does great harmony singing; I'm picky, and this is quality music at its finest!

[Diamond18]

One of Chris Thile's solo albums is titled "Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost". smilies/smile.gif Nickel Creek is my favorite band, especially since they like Tolkien. Were there any Tolkien references on their newest CD, "This Side"?