Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau

"Other than the album's genre-crossing premise, there's nothing particularly gimmicky or flashy about bluegrass singer/songwriter Chris Thile and jazz pianist Brad Mehldau's 2017 Nonesuch collaboration ... Simply put, Thile and Mehldau deliver a set of deeply engaging, organically realized songs that perfectly balance their respective jazz and bluegrass skills".

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"This meeting of two masters of their respective realms is a spine-tingling triumph - a honky, gutsy, jaunty, darkly witty new musical alloy that is suitably strange yet strangely familiar ... It takes more than virtuosity to make music send shivers down your spine. You need generosity and vision, impeccable taste and a willingness to take risks. Still, the fact that Thile and Mehldau are as fine a pair of instrumentalists as you'll hear anywhere doesn't hurt a bit".

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"Thile and Mehldau make a pretty great duo, but it's also an idiosyncratic one. Both men have done explorations in this vein before, but for the most part, this album feels like Thile is playing around in Mehldau's world. It's jazzy and often downbeat and pretty far away from Thile's bluegrass milieu. But fans who have followed Thile through his digressions into Bach partitas and other unusual collaborations will be primed for this one".

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"Two very different musicians hit a remarkable rapport on this double album: bluegrass mandolin virtuoso and vocalist Chris Thile, and jazz piano star Brad Mehldau. But they're bonded (and have been, since their first partnership in 2011) by affection for Bach, the Beatles, blues and bluegrass alike".

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