You can’t call their music bluegrass, even though the instrumentation makes you want to. These guys go where no string band has gone before. Chris Thile of Nickel Creek teamed with talented old friends to push the envelope on folk, bluegrass, and country. A move to New York for some of the guys inspired a new approach to songwriting, and they came back to L.A. to record their latest CD, Antifogmatic, as a true collaboration, with L.A.’s beloved mad-scientist performer Jon Brion producing. More information.