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Sean Watkins, Chris Thile and Sara Watkins sequenced Nickel Creek's Celebrants as a way to write the album. "We wanted the songs to relate to each other," says Sara Watkins. Josh Goleman/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption
The musicians on Not Our First Goat Rodeo, from left to right: Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Stuart Duncan and Edgar Meyer. Josh Goleman/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Left to right: Sean Watkins, Sara Watkins and Chris Thile chat with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show in June 2001. NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images hide caption
The Thistle & Shamrock's Fiona Ritchie and musician Chris Thile. Finley Hodgson/The Thistle & Shamrock hide caption
The Thistle & Shamrock: 'Migrations' With Chris Thile
Brad Mehldau (left) and Chris Thile (right) have released a new self-titled duo album. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau On World Cafe
A still from Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau's live "The Old Shade Tree" video. YouTube hide caption
Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau's forthcoming, self-titled album is on World Cafe's radar for 2017. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Chris Thile's new album, Sonatas and Partitas, draws from material written by Johann Sebastian Bach in the early 1700s. Brantley Gutierrez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Chris Thile says he was only a year old when he first heard "The Girl from Ipanema." Danny Clinch hide caption
Yo-Yo Ma's latest Americana exploration features his work with mandolinist Chris Thile, bassist Edgar Meyer and fiddler Stuart Duncan. Jeremy Cowart hide caption
Chris Thile and his band Punch Brothers perform on Mountain Stage. Brian Blauser hide caption
Punch Brothers On Mountain Stage
Chris Thile and Michael Daves perform at the 2011 Newport Folk Festival. Shantel Mitchell for NPR hide caption
Chris Thile & Michael Daves: Newport Folk 2011
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Punch Brothers: Newport Folk 2010
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Chris Thile and his Punch Brothers kick off the festivities at the "That" tent at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. Wills Glasspiegel hide caption
Listen Now: Punch Brothers In Concert
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