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"Drive" is an instrumental bluegrass album by banjo player Béla Fleck, released in 1988 on Rounder Records. Recorded near the end of his tenure with the progressive bluegrass group New Grass Revival, the album features Fleck backed by an ensemble of prominent acoustic musicians. Notable collaborator...
This Side is Nickel Creek's 2002 album released on Sugar Hill Records, featuring the trio of Chris Thile, Sara Watkins, and Sean Watkins. Produced by Alison Krauss, the album blended progressive bluegrass with elements of folk, rock, and classical music. It reached #1 on Billboard's Top Bluegrass Al...
Why Should the Fire Die? is the third major studio album by the American acoustic trio Nickel Creek, released in 2005. The album features band members Chris Thile, Sara Watkins, and Sean Watkins, blending traditional acoustic instrumentation with progressive bluegrass and modern indie-folk elements....
Acoustics is a 1978 album by guitarist Tony Rice, recorded after his departure from the David Grisman Quintet. The album showcases Rice's flatpicking technique and features a blend of bluegrass, jazz, and acoustic music that helped establish the 'new acoustic music' movement. Supporting musicians in...
"Backwaters" is an instrumental acoustic album by the Tony Rice Unit, released in 1982 on Rounder Records. The album was recorded at 1750 Arch Studios in Berkeley, California. It features musicians such as Wyatt Rice, John Reischman, and Fred Carpenter alongside guitarist Tony Rice. The music is cha...
Mar West is the Tony Rice Unit's 1980 Rounder album, a bluegrass-jazz instrumental set later partly reissued with Still Inside on the Devlin compilation.
Still Inside is the Tony Rice Unit's 1981 Rounder album, a progressive acoustic set later partly reissued on CD with Mar West as the 1987 Devlin compilation.
Not All Who Wander Are Lost is Chris Thile's 2001 Sugar Hill solo album, featuring guests such as Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas, and Bryan Sutton.
Celebrants is Nickel Creek's 2023 Thirty Tigers album, recorded after a nine-year gap and nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album.
A Dotted Line is Nickel Creek's 2014 Nonesuch album, their first studio release after a long hiatus and a No. 1 Billboard bluegrass album.
