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Like many bands, the three San Diegans of Nickel Creek have their compelling levels of mystery. But sometimes they still get asked to describe their music.

“When I meet someone on a plane, someone who sees the instrument and wants to know what I do,” says mandolinist Chris Thile, “I always say, ‘It’s acoustic.”

Guitarist Sean Watkins extols the freedom a trio can provide. “Because we knew each other so well musically as well as personally, our songs can take different shapes live without too much thought — and it’s really nice to have three versatile instruments when we leave the page.”

Violinist Sara Watkins will sum things up. “We use a lot of detailed arrangements, but there is also room for improvisation. I think of us as a sort of high-energy chamber band.”

On Why Should the Fire Die?, Nickel Creek is like any other band—any other band who manages to write, play, and sing a commanding album. The album is their third collection for Sugar Hill Records, following 2002’s This Side and 2000’s eponymous debut. It was recorded in Los Angeles with producers Erika Valentine (who has overseen projects for Smashmouth and Queens of the Stone Age) and Toxic Berg. Although the music bursts with contemporary nerve, the recording sessions drew on the timeless power of classic analog equipment, vintage reverb, and single-stereo microphones. The result is a newly unignorable Nickel Creek who fuse and personalize a wide array of styles with uncommon vigor and élan.
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Watkins Family Hour Podcast

1 Oct 2011 | from www.nickelcreek.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage

Sara and Sean of Nickel Creek are podcasting their monthly residency at Largo in Los Angeles.  Friendly collaborations between themselves and their special guests are featured.  The first episode brings Grant Lee Phillips, Kate Micucci and fellow …

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