Chris Thile and Michael Daves are in the midst of their US tour, performing songs from their debut album, Sleep with One Eye Open. The Daily Telegraph gives the album four stars, calling Thile and Daves "a fine vocal duo ... but even more astonishing is their instrumental virtuosity." The Sunday Herald says that "whether they’re working their fingers to the bone or singing their hearts out, this is music of wonderful vitality." Birmingham says "the duo captures the vigorous vibe of the bluegrass jams that originally drew them together and the raucous nature of lives that often inspire such tunes."
Chris Thile and Michael Daves are in the midst of their US tour, performing songs from their debut album, Sleep with One Eye Open, released last week on Nonesuch Records. The duo are in the South this week, with shows in Atlanta, Knoxville, and Charlottesville, before heading North this weekend and into next week.
While in Boston next Tuesday, Thile and Daves will mark the release of their new Jack White-produced 7" single of "Man in the Middle"/"Blue Night," through Third Man Records. Thile and Daves will be giving a free in-store performance at Newbury Comics' Faneuil Hall location, where an exclusive, limited-edition tri-color version of the single will be available. Rolling Stone describes "Man in the Middle" as "a manic bluegrass number with a heavy rock & roll bottom end." You can heard it at rollingstone.com.
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The Daily Telegraph gives their Nonesuch album Sleep with One Eye Open four stars. Thile and Daves "make a fine vocal duo," says reviewer Ivan Hewett, "but even more astonishing is their instrumental virtuosity." Read more at telegraph.co.uk.
The album's repertoire is "Appalachian music that’s as raw as illicit-still moonshine and twice as potent," says the Sunday Herald's Rob Adams. He writes of Thile and Daves that "whether they’re working their fingers to the bone or singing their hearts out, this is music of wonderful vitality."
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Birmingham magazine's Carla Jean Whitley says: "With their interpretations of traditional songs and classics by Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs and others, the duo captures the vigorous vibe of the bluegrass jams that originally drew them together and the raucous nature of lives that often inspire such tunes."
"I've been smiling since I heard the new CD by Chris Thile and Michael Daves," says No Depression reviewer Mando Lines, then offers one of the several videos of the two performing featured on nonesuch.com/media and thiledaves.com to explain why.
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To pick up a copy of Sleep with One Eye Open, head to the Nonesuch Store, where orders include high-quality, 320 kbps MP3s of the complete album plus the bonus download "Sophronie" at checkout. For more on the Thile/Daves tour, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
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