Artist: Nickel Creek
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #59 Sept-Oct 2005
Nickel Creek – It’s about the music
Nickel Creek are young, talented, successful, and stylish. And good. James Joyce’s classic short story “Eveline” gives us a character who is bound to her family, yet falls in love with a man who wants to take her across the ocean for a new life. Her mother’s deathbed wish is for Eveline to take care [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #41 Sept-Oct 2002
Nickel Creek – This Side
If you’re of a mind to stir up a little controversy among die-hard bluegrass followers, just mention Nickel Creek; if you don’t hear “that ain’t bluegrass” or “that’s bluegrass lite,” you’re hanging with an unusual crowd. Their videos may do well on CMT, their album may have gone gold, and IBMA awards may sit on [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #35 Sept-Oct 2001
Nickel Creek – Master Musician’s Festival (Somerset, KY)
One of Kentucky’s — and the festival circuit’s — best-kept secrets is the Master Musician’s Festival near Somerset, Kentucky. Now in its eighth year, the MMF is situated on a flat rise in the shadow of three mountains in the Appalachian foothills. On the final night of the festival, Nickel Creek has packed the field [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #27 May-June 2000
Nickel Creek – Self-Titled
Youth isn’t always wasted on the young. Exuberance, innovation and sheer musical talent unite in a confident and accomplished debut album by this foursome, three of whom have barely reached voting age. It doesn’t hurt that their producer is Alison Krauss, who signals her presence in the album’s pacing, musical literacy, and fearless penetration to [...]
