Chris Thile
@christhile
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ACOUSTICAMP IS BACK! We’re headed west this year, to beautiful Pacific Grove, CA, from August 22nd to the 26th at the Asilomar Hotel and Conference Center.
Register =>
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I’m beyond heartbroken to hear about the passing of Tony Rice. No one has had a more profound impact on my musical world. His playing, singing, writing, and arranging broke the bluegrass mold and will eternally attest to the fact that music can take you anywhere, from anywhere.
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Maybe one day they’ll perform the music live and pre-tape the choreography.
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I am now even more excited to vote for Hillary Clinton than I am to vote against Donald Trump.
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Can confirm.
Public service announcement: A mandolin is a less than ideal tool for shredding a brussel sprout.
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Mad, mad props (so mad that they’re actually happy props) to
@Delta
for calling me just now to discuss ways to insure that their instrument-as-carry-on policy is properly observed. Fellow musicians, THERE IS YET HOPE!!!
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@POTUS
,
Americans, like all human beings, are capable of world-changing, life-affirming love and beauty. Stop making us doubt ourselves.
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And again I say AHOY!!! This message is for anyone out there who has made
@livefromhereapm
a regular part of their listening lives. [thread]
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My hat is off, my glass is raised: thank you, Garrison. Nobody’s ever done anything better than you’ve done this and life is richer for it.
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Human selfishness and cynicism is deafening right now, but we still have a chance to drown it out with empathy, compassion, and hope.
Tonight, fellow listeners, let’s put on a record that reminds us how beautiful human beings can be, and tomorrow, let’s make some noise about it.
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Just voted and hot DAMN it feels good. Highly recommended.
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“How about a nice tiger?” - my 3 year old, upon having his request for a pet kitten denied
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Just fell off and am now jogging beside the ol’ Twitter Temperance wagon to say OH MY GOD I CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED SUNDAY CAN WE HAVE A MAI TAI (aka all my fellow
@punchbrothers
and I drank besides water during the making of All Ashore) ABOUT IT TOGETHER ON TOUR THIS MARCH??
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Ok, who's joining me on my quest to find a world where Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift don't win Song and Album of the Year over Kendrick Lamar?
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WE’RE (as they say) GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER, Y’ALL!!! A record, a tour…
http://t.co/Y7WQcjfsOW
#turnsoutiamnotalighthousethough
#NC25
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BACH, HAVING DESCENDED UPON THE GRAMMYS VIA LUMINOUS STAIRCASE OF MUSIC WAVES: I’m concerned ab—
TRUMP: One of the most overrated musicians…
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@JasonIsbell
If you find yourself hankering for some mandolin whilst making that record, CALL ME.
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Though it turns out this past episode of Live From Here was our last new show, I know we’ll have many more music-filled evenings together by and by, and I’d like to propose a toast: to all you listeners out there. Thank you. It’s time for this noise-maker to follow your lead. -C
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That feeling when there’s no Good Coffee within a reasonable distance from the hotel so you use the Keurig in your room but it’s as bad as ever which in your mind justifies taking a Lyft an unreasonable distance from the hotel to Great Coffee is a feeling it turns out I missed.
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May God bless and keep all the barkeepers in the world who play their music softly.
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Fellow Music Lovers, I made a solo record! It’s called Laysongs and it’s an ode to singing hymns in a roomful of people with your mind bouncing from God to the possible lack thereof to what to drink with dinner.
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With all my heart, thank you, dear listeners, musicians, actors, comedians, and
@prairie_home
family for a truly exhilarating first 3 weeks.
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Do you whip out your phone and film a band playing a song you love so that you can relive depriving yourself of that experience forever?
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We lost a magical human being last night: long time Live From Here/Prairie Home Companion stage manager, Albert Webster. I’ve never met a person more devoted to the work it takes to do something well, or to the people lucky enough to share that work with him. We love you, Albert.
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Blah blah record blah blah Federer blah blah nebbiolo...what I'm trying to say is that
@clairecoffee
and I are having a baby. YYYEEESSSS!!!!
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BACK ON THE HORSE!!!
We've been hard at work on a new Punch Brothers album and are thrilled to announce our Big Time Summer Tour! We've spent most of the month recording and we can't wait to share this new music with you. You can find the dates at .
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Y’all, I realized today in rehearsal for the
@livefromhereAPM
season premiere (tomorrow at 6 eastern, make it real and right) that I’ve missed my true calling: being in a Vampire Weekend cover band called Worse Than Ezra.
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I now associate having a long q-tip stuck up my nose with getting to play music with other humans. YOU CAN LEARN TO LOVE ANYTHING.
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Confused as to why this is bringing me such joy at the moment.
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There are two kinds of people in the world: people who don’t record concerts on iPads and people who shouldn’t record concerts on iPads.
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1. I know I did nothing
2. I DON'T CARE THIS FEELS SO GOOD I AM SO PROUD OF MY CUBBIES YES YES YES YES YES YES WEEEE DIIIIID IIIIIIT!!!!!!!!
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I’m just gonna go ahead and say that this is the happiest I’ve been about a completed
@punchbrothers
record, and that the boys and I are practically frothing at the mouth to play it for you live this summer.
We’re pleased to announce our new album ‘All Ashore,’ out July 20 on Nonesuch Records!
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I’m in shock. I know nothing beyond what’s contained in the statement below, but I trust that the proper steps are being taken.
Minnesota Public Radio is terminating its contracts with Garrison Keillor and his private media companies after recently learning of allegations of his inappropriate behavior with an individual who worked with him.
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Cocktail hour draws nigh. Might I suggest:
Three Dots and a Dash
.5 lime
.5 orange
.5 honey syrup
.25 falernum
.25 allspice dram
1.5 aged Martinique rum
.5 aged Jamaican rum
1 dash Angostura
Blend for 4 seconds with crushed ice
Garnish with three cherries and a sigh of relief
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Sometimes you have to choose between 90 year old varnish and a last chord that rocks.
#mutuallyexclusivefinishes
http://t.co/pOykXgKknG
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If you've already voted, ATTAPERSON!
If you haven't yet, GO VOTE!
If you care what I think, I think Hillary will be a REALLY GOOD PRESIDENT!
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Cocktails provided limited comfort last night, coffee is providing limited comfort this morning, time to try fiddle tunes. Meet me at my Instagram at 10am eastern.
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And to top it all off, CUBS WIN. But hey: infinite thanks, Fellow Listeners, for tuning in tonight. Same time, same place, next week?
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If you’re not too busy this coming Fall and Winter, I’d be honored to spend a few Saturday evenings with you…
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That was brilliant, beautiful, reassuring,
and inspiring. And yes, yes, yes: “don’t boo, vote.”
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Again: brilliant, beautiful, reassuring, and inspiring. I’M WITH HER! All the more so seeing what my wife endures for saying the same thing.
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Carefully Considered Open Tweet to
@Joshua_Redman
,
@bradmehldau
,
@mcbridesworld
, and
@BrianBlade
In Regards to Their New Record, “RoundAgain”:
Dear Joshua, Brad, Christian, and Brian,
GOOD. LORD. Furthermore, HOT. DAMN.
Gratefully,
Chris
P.S. HELL. YES.
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I’m sad to announce that I have to bow out of Béla Fleck’s concert at the Ryman this Friday in an effort to give the imminent Punch Brothers tour its best shot at going off without a hitch, Covid-wise (FINGERS CROSSED). Stay safe and I hope to see you on this Punch tour soon!
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I've never yet tripped on a minor sidewalk irregularity without looking back at that irregularity as if it had put its foot out to trip me.
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There are not enough exclamation points in the world for me to express my true feelings about this on Twitter.
Announcing our first ever livestream performances — Live From Blackbird — kicking off THIS Sunday, followed the second on Nov 22! Each will be unique with no songs repeated and begins at 8p ET! Tickets & VIP w/ Q&A and a cocktail experience available now:
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There is nothing in the world like
@Newportfolkfest
, and no one in the world like
@JonBatiste
.
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Wow, y’all, thank you. I can’t even begin to express how helpful this is. Next up, who are some artists you’d like to hear this season on
@livefromhereapm
?
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One of the things I’ve learned in 25 years of being in Nickel Creek is that it’s very hard to spell “Nickel.”
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OUR NEW RECORD IS OUT!!! We’re gonna talk about it live right now! Wanna join?
This Friday, July 20 we’re celebrating the release of ‘All Ashore’ with a Facebook Live conversation, in partnership with
@TheBGSituation
. Tune in Friday at 3PM CT:
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My 40th birthday is coming up. No need to get me anything fancy though. Maybe just like the vaccine and an organ recital at Salisbury Cathedral or something.
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To be clear,
@punchbrothers
are alive and well…working on a new record even! So are Edgar Meyer and I! And I’m brushing my teeth more often!
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Seeing Fiona Apple, Dan Auerbach, Hilary Hahn, Robert Finley, and Nick Offerman live = a VERY well-spent twenty bucks in my biased opinion.
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Has a word ever sounded less like what it means than “bucolic”?
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One way to know for sure you've moved back to NYC is to hear a child in a coffee shop say, "Look, Mom, the orange juice is only 4 dollars!"
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I just opened my front door and worried that the dog might get out, which would be understandable if I had ever in my adult life had a dog.
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It felt like the fiiiirst time, it felt like the very first time I ever played in front of physically present human beings and it made me SOOOO happy, rust and all. Thanks for the opportunity,
@Caramoor
, and for so meticulously dotting your I’s/crossing your T’s safety-wise.
Last night,
@christhile
performed on our Friends Field, and tonight you can watch the concert at 7:00pm! Link to buy your virtual tickets >>
#christhile
#virtualconcert
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Kudos to Apple for how easy it is to trash a note! It adds a thrilling terror component to one’s lyric writing life.
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All right, y'all, LET'S DO THIS.*
*
@prairie_home
w/ Jack White, Lake Street Dive and Maeve Higgins, T - 22 minutes!!!
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It hasn’t been quite THIS long since
@sarahjarosz
and I last performed together BUT IT SURE FEELS LIKE IT!!!
#TBT
to RockyGrass (
@planetbluegrass
) circa early 2000s, where I realized that Sarah was an absolute force of nature.
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Having just reenacted his epic adventure several times, I’m struck by not only the Itsy Bitsy Spider’s tenacity but also his unusual gait.
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17 years in, I am overjoyed to announce that I am officially a New Yorker: Dan Smith—as in DAN SMITH WILL TEACH YOU GUITAR—just asked me (nicely) to move so he could leave a stack of business cards on the merch shelf at Culture Espresso.
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Hey, what if the plural form of mandolin is actually mendolin?
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I’m deeply grateful for the amount (and quality) of work
@jonbatiste
and his intrepid band put into this last night:
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I finally saw the new Star Wars and really liked it, but the reason I'm tweeting is did anyone else think Luke looked a LOT like Bob Costas?
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Speaking of my teammates, nothing you’ve heard over the last four seasons would have been possible without their boundless ingenuity, and inexhaustible drive. I’ve been in awe of them every step of the way, and will forever be grateful to have shared the stage AND office w/ them.
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I really like my new gig.
Watch the first batch of videos (including
@ChrisThile
’s “Thank You New York”) from last night’s show!
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I like how starting a statement with the words “I like how” has come to mean “I don’t like how.”
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Overheard on the
@punchbrothers
bus:
“You know what’s crazy? Oreos are vegan.”
[this confirmed by bus’s lone vegetarian]
“Science, bitches.”
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Oh, you know, just adding David Crosby last minute, no big—THIS SHOW IS GONNA BE SO FUN.
We’re live from the
@townhallnyc
on Saturday with
@thedavidcrosby
,
@MalkmusAndJicks
, and Janeane Garofalo, and there are still tickets available if you’re in the New York area and want to join us!
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Usually I try to embed shameless self-promotion in a mildly amusing anecdote of some sort, but the siren emojis below indicate that THERE JUST ISN’T TIME, LET’S DO THIS, CONNECTICUT!!! MANDOLIN MUSIC!!! OUTSIDE!!! SATURDAY!!!
🚨TICKETS GOING FAST! 🚨
Don't miss
@christhile
of
@punchbrothers
@NickelCreek
#GoatRodeoSessions
with TWO outdoor, socially distanced shows under the tent this Saturday at
@RPlayhouse
!
Tix:
@MountainDew
@DoyleCoffinArch
@wfuv
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All of my artistic friends who tweet condescendingly about sports fanship can suck it on the strength of that Aaron Rodgers Hail Mary alone.
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And for the return of live art!
As of today, every American is eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. For yourself, your neighbors, and your family — please, get your vaccine.
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Here’s a little song about potential vs. kinetic happiness to accompany your transition from the last coffee of the week to the first cocktail of the weekend.
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Y’all, I’m starting to work on a set list for the Song of the Week show at
@carnegiehall
next month and am curious what your favorites have been thus far (as in, “but enough about me, what do YOU think about me?”).
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If you happen to be wandering through Prospect Park in Brooklyn right now, a bunch of righteous musicians, one righteous comedian, and I are putting on a show at 5pm (as in almost now!) in the Nethermead. Come on over!
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If you’re as spacey as I am about things like re-registering yourself to vote after an address change, text WeAllVote to 97779...they’ve made it really easy, EVEN FOR PEOPLE LIKE US.
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You guys! I just heard a new country song where the chorus doesn’t start with the melody rising to the major 7th of the 4 chord! Ha! Gotcha.
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I neglected to mention at some point during this past episode of
@livefromhereapm
that the beautiful/badass fiddle tune in A we played during the opening monologue and credits is called “The Crossing,” and was written by one of my biggest heroes,
@TimOBrienmusic
!
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This week’s SotW is a brand spanking new
@punchbrothers
song (gonna be a bunch more new PB songs before too long!):
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While this news fills me with sadness, I understand the decision, as my extraordinary teammates and I conceived of Live From Here as a celebration of live, collaborative audible art, and there’s just no telling when it could be that again.
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I'm gonna find a way to use all these question marks people are leaving out of typed questions nowadays if it's the last thing I do?
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1. Nickel Stream is the same as Nickel Creek, just streamier
2.
@SaraWatkins
,
@seancwatkins
, and I are podding up together for the purpose of making you a pair of livecreeks. Join us!!!
3. Livecreeks are the same as livestreams only creekier
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Announcing my first ever virtual masterclass! Music is Life is Music — a three-part look under the hood of my music-making process. I've been informed by the processes of so many musicians & can't wait to share all that with fellow music lovers and makers:
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