{"product_id":"nickel-creek-dotted-line","title":"Nickel Creek - DOTTED LINE |","description":"\u003cp\u003ePersonnel: Sean Watkins (vocals, guitar); Chris Thile (vocals, bouzouki, mandolin); Sara Watkins (vocals, fiddle); Eric Valentine , Matt Chamberlain (percussion).\n\u003cbr\u003eAudio Mixer: Eric Valentine .\n\u003cbr\u003eA Nickel Creek reunion was perhaps inevitable. Neither Sara Watkins nor Sean Watkins ceased performing together during their seven-year hiatus and while Chris Thile saw some success with the Punch Brothers, the pull of a 25th anniversary reunion was too strong to resist. To accompany a 2014 tour, the trio recorded the new album A Dotted Line, a record that adhered to the group's traditions so much they wound up whittling away most of their progressive leanings. Nickel Creek still has an ear for interesting covers -- here, they pick Mother Mother's \"Hayloft\" and Sam Phillips' \"Where Is Love Now\" -- but the instrumentation on this brief ten-song collection focuses on guitar, mandolin, and fiddle. It's a far cry from the eclectic, electric adventures on Sara Watkins' solo records but the music feels alive and nimble and the originals -- which are primarily group collaborations, although Thile wrote the instrumental \"Elsie\" and Sean wrote the plaintive \"21st of May\" -- are uniformly solid. If there isn't much spark, there is a surplus of warmth; the trio is comfortable and relaxed, and it's hard not to succumb to such friendly, familiar vibes. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 2014-04-01\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Country\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: COUNTRY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 2014-04-01\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Nickel Creek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45222269616243,"sku":"ILKJW4-C0YN-BJ","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0500\/7837\/files\/nickel-creek-dotted-line_WesD0.jpg?v=1783836886","url":"https:\/\/www.lovevinylrecords.com\/products\/nickel-creek-dotted-line","provider":"Love Vinyl Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}