
Sugarhill - Sugarhill
Nickel Creek
Release date: 2000-03-21
Audio CD
Bluegrass, Contemporary Bluegrass, Contemporary Country, Country, Mandolin, Neo-Traditional Folk, Pop, Progressive Bluegrass
1. Ode to a Butterfly - Nickel Creek, Thile, Chris
2. The Lighthouse's Tale - Nickel Creek, McKenzie, A.
3. Out of the Woods - Nickel Creek, Lohan, Sinead
4. House of Tom Bombadil
5. Reasons Why
6. When You Come Back Down
7. Sweet Afton
8. Cuckoo's Nest - Nickel Creek, Traditional
9. The Hand Song
10. Robin and Marian
11. The Fox - Nickel Creek, Traditional
12. Pastures New




I'm a country girl, and have grown up with Bluegrass, but I'm not crazy about much of the genre's artists. But these kids are amazing. The virtuosic playing between vocal tracks is thrilling and makes you want to get up and dance around the room! And then the vocal tracks bring something brand new. It's not bluegrass, it's not even country. It's just good contemporary harmonies, great songwriting, and something the listener can relate to.
If you like country, get this album. If you like bluegrass, DEFINITELY get this album. If you like folk, get this album. If you like acoustic rock, get this album. If you like new, refreshing music, get this album.
I first heard Nickel Creek on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion Radio show. I was hooked. The music just speaks to you, even if you are not normally a fan of bluegrass. In fact, I hesitate to classify the music as bluegrass because it is so much more than that being both modern and even incorporating touches that feel Celtic. The music is innovative and fresh, and I especially enjoy Sara Watkin's vocals. Her voice is melodic and so refreshingly honest. I especially like her in "Reasons Why." This is a CD you will listen to again and again.