Saw Chris Thile (thee-lee - who knew?) last night - a solo show. I have known of him forever, but only heard bits and pieces of the Nickel Creek and Punch Bros stuff, and just a bit of the radio show.
Not easy to hold down an auditorium audience with just yourself and a mandolin, but this guy has personality and chops. It wasn't my favorite or anything, and I think it would have helped to have been a fanboy/girl (there were plenty of those), but the guy can pick it, that's for sure. I would have liked to have heard him just do an all-Bach program, but he mixed it up -- did a couple of old time traditional tunes, a Josh Ritter song, a Radiohead song, mixed in a couple of Bach things, couple of Nickel Creek things, couple of things he's written for Live From Here. Anyway, decent time.