Nickel Creek mounts spring road trip
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Acoustic trio Nickel Creek , hot off its recent GRAMMY® win, sets out next week on a headlining run that stretches into mid June.
The group--whose music fuses bluegrass, country and folk--is supporting its sophomore release, last year's "This Side." The set recently garnered the band a GRAMMY for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
Group member Sara Watkins (strings, vocals), in a journal entry posted on the band's website, described the experience of being in the audience at the GRAMMYs when the award presenters announced her band.
" ... [W]e heard 'This...' at which moment I thought, 'That's funny, I don't remember one of the nominees starting with "This."' Then they said '...Side' at which moment I thought 'That's funny, I'm on a record called This Siiiii...HOLY CRAP!!!' Then there was lots of jumping and running and hugging with confused joy."
Nickel Creek--Watkins, her brother Sean (guitar, vocals) and Chris Thile (strings, vocals)--released its self-titled debut in 2000. Prior to the album's release, the group had spent a number of years as a quartet, rounded out by Thile's father, Scott (bass).
Bluegrass icon Alison Krauss has produced both of the group's albums.
April 2003
5 - Charlottesville, VA - University of Virginia
6 - Blacksburg, VA - Virginia Tech. University
8, 9 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
10 - Savannah, GA - Armstrong State College
11 - Auburn, AL - Auburn University
12 - Spartenburg, SC - Memorial Auditorium
15 - Hollywood, CA - Largo
21 - Bloomington, IN - Axis
22 - La Crosse, WI - Valhalla Ballroom
23 - Grand Rapids, MI - Calvin College Fine Arts Center
24 - Normal, IL - Braden Auditorium
26 - Boston, MA - Hatch Shell
27 - Fredericksburg, VA - MWC Great Hall
28 - Knoxville, TN - Tennessee Theatre
29 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
May 2003
1 - Murray, KY - Regional Special Event Center
2 - Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre
3 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Reservoir
4 - Memphis, TN - Beale Street Music Festival
10 - San Francisco, CA - KFOG concert
15 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues
16 - Birmingham, AL - City Stages
17 - Jackson, MS - Jubilee Jam
24 - The Woodlands, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
25 - Little Rock, AR - Riverfest
June 2003
6 - North Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
7 - Norfolk, VA - Town Point Park
14 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival
19 - Telluride, CO - Bluegrass Festival
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