Chris Thile plays mandolin, writes songs, sings, and has made records both on his own and as part of the groups Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers. As of October, 2016, he has also been the host of a radio program on public radio. That program is Live From Here - previously known as A Prairie Home Companion. Although coming out of the bluegrass tradition, Thile is known for being inclusive and progressive in his approach to songwriting and performing. As part of his Live From Here broadcasts, each time out he features a brand new song that he has written as a kind of comment on his life and times. Thile's latest album, Thanks For Listening, is a collection of these Songs Of The Week, newly recorded in the studio.
Here are the Top 30 new releases played on Studio One Tracks for the week ending Jan. 21, 2018:
1 Neil Young + Promise Of The Real- The Visitor
2 Robert Finley- Goin' Platinum
3 Bettye LaVette- Things Have Changed
4 Mavis Staples- If All I Was Was Black
5 Chris Thile- Thanks For Listening
6 Darling West- While I Was Asleep
7 Bjork- Utopia
8 St. Vincent- Masseduction
9 Fever Ray- Plunge
10 Destroyer- Ken
11 Julien Baker- Turn Out The Lights
12 Jamila Woods- HEAVN
13 Umphrey's McGee- It's Not Us
14 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard- Polygondwanaland
15 Mickey Hart- RAMU
16 The She's- All Female Rock And Roll Quartet
17 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats- Live At Red Rocks
18 Surf Rock Is Dead- We Have No Friends?
19 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds- Who Built The Moon?
20 Bully- Losing
21 Various Artists- Strange Angels: In Flight With Elmore James
22 Various Artists- Dr. Demento Covered In Punk
23 The Sufis- After Hours
24 Kelela- Take Me Apart
25 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings- Soul Of A Woman
26 The Rural Alberta Advantage- The Wild
27 Robert Francis- Indian Summer
28 Robert Plant- Carry Fire
29 Nona Hendryx & Gary Lucas- The World Of Captain Beefheart
30 The Naked Sun- War With Shadows
