Reasons Why: The Very Best

Performer: Nickel Creek
Distributor: Welk

Notes: Nickel Creek: Sean Watkins (guitar); Chris Thile (banjo, bouzouki, mandolin); Sara Watkins (fiddle). Second only to Alison Krauss and Union Station in the contemporary bluegrass revival, Nickel Creek have never been strict genre purists. Adding pop, rock, and more mainstream country aspects to their bluegrass-based sound only showcases the tradition at the heart of their music, and shows how intimately connected bluegrass is to other forms of pop. Focusing on the band's original material instead of their entertainingly eclectic covers, REASONS WHY (THE VERY BEST OF NICKEL CREEK) makes a strong case for the young group as some of the finest songwriters in Nashville, featuring gems like "When In Rome" and "Somebody More Like You." Note: Some versions of REASONS WHY (THE VERY BEST OF NICKEL CREEK) come with a bonus DVD of music videos and live performances.

Uncut (p.88) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A]t their best, the polyrhythmic three fuse the classical and the Celtic to delirious effect."

Bluegrass crossover phenomenon Nickel Creek had a considerable head start on its competition; its members started performing together in the late 1980s when they were still children. By the time they were teenagers, the young virtuosi (mentored by the esteemed bluegrass artist Alison Krauss) had broken through to the mainstream in a big way. Their mix of bluegrass tradition and contemporary pop sensibility earned them a huge audience via their self-titled 2000 debut album, nicely dovetailing with the O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU-inspired revival of interest in bluegrass.

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