Chris thile noam pikelny biography

Thile was born in Oceanside, California in When Thile was four, his family moved to Idyllwild, California. He started playing mandolin at the age of five. He took lessons from John Moore. When Thile was eight, Nickel Creek was formed. After playing many music festivals with Nickel Creek, he won the national mandolin contest at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas at age twelve.

InThile was signed to the bluegrass record label Sugar Hill. The next year, he released his first album, Leading Offand most of the songs were written by Thile. The name of the album comes from a quote in J. Tolkien 's book The Lord of the Rings. The next year, Thile released Deceivera pop album on which he played and wrote every song himself.

He mainly played his mandolin on the album, but also played electric guitarpianodrumsviolinviolacelloand bass. In AugustNickel Creek announced in Billboard and on their official website that they would take an indefinite hiatuswhich means a break for an unknown amount of time. Just before this, Thile formed the How to Grow a Band.

He made How to Grow a Woman from the Groundwith them. This was Thile's fifth album. In an interview with the Nashville City PaperThile talked about the band's start:. Bryan Sutton also played guitar for the band when Chris Eldridge could not. Thile released a solo album entitled Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. In the artist was inter alia part of the Newport Folk Festival in July.

Thile made his first appearance on Garrison Keillor 's radio show A Prairie Home Companion inat age 15 and has returned numerous times—as a solo artist, with Nickel Creek, and with Punch Brothers. On February 7 and 14 in and January 30 and February 6,he was the show's guest host. The show continued airing live on public radio until its final show, on May 30, Contents move to sidebar hide.

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