Music / folk

Thanks for listening


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Summary: Chris Thile's new studio album features ten songs originally written as Songs of the Week on A Prairie Home Companion. Thile manned almost all of the stringed instruments and is joined by guest singers Sarah Jarosz, Gaby Moreno, and Aoife O'Donovan.

Reviews (3)


The Irish times

d. 8. Dec. 2017

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Joe Breen

d. 8. Dec. 2017

"In everything he does, solo or in bands like the Punch Brothers, Thile practises a form of eclectic high pop, whether performing bluegrass, Bach or The Beach Boys, always stretching - even at risk of being too artful - and always engaging the audience. He also has a wonderfully quirky pop sensibility, sending his high-pitched voice into soaring cross-genre melodies, and a neat line in whip-smart lyrics".


The guardian

d. 7. Dec. 2017

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John Lewis

d. 7. Dec. 2017

"Thile can be a little too harmonically complex and over-wordy, while his whimsy can irritate (check the jaunty Elephant in the Room, about being trapped with relatives for Thanksgiving). But sometimes - as with Douglas Fir, a heavenly Yuletide duet with Aoife O'Donovan - it hits the spot".


AllMusic

2017

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Marcy Donelson

2017

"Despite its more collaborative origins, Thanks for Listening plays like a singer/songwriter album from Thile, one with moments of humor, poignancy, dread, and playfulness. Particularly "for anyone trying to hear through the din of a boorish year," it captures the Zeitgeist of the first half of 2017 with a very human touch".