From: bogul@nospambog.net   
      
   Personal Review:   
      
   I enjoyed this release. Nickel Creek fans will not be surprised by its   
   musical content or directions. Between the Bands' southern California   
   roots and their relative youthfulness it simply stands to reason that   
   they will be influenced musically by what is going on around them. In   
   this album, I believe they decided to hone in on what they found closer   
   to their hearts and poured their passion behind it more so than just   
   their musicianship.   
      
   You can also hear a deliberate order and flow to the album.   
   Appropriately ending with the question "why should the fire die?". I   
   listened to it one time out of order and it simply didn't have the same   
   effect. I believe the absence of a stand out solo is for this very   
   reason. The album must be listened to as an entity itself and not simply   
   a collection of unrelated material. If you like poppy bluegrass, you'd   
   likely appreciate this album.   
      
   I'm going to see them perform in Boston in October. This will be my   
   third time to see them. They are extremely talented and seeing Chris   
   Thile play is worth the ticket price alone.   
      
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   > John Metzger  wrote in   
   > news:zvoVe.792$D42.483@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com:   
      
   > Album Review - Nickel Creek - Why Should the Fire Die?   
   > By T.J. Simon   
   >   
   > The music of southern California's Nickel Creek is generally lumped,   
   > for lack of a better classification, into the bluegrass (or   
   > "newgrass") category. However, the trio of Sean Watkins (guitar), Sara   
   > Watkins (fiddle), and Chris Thile (mandolin) more accurately performs   
   > a unique brand of contemporary folk that owes more to pop music   
   > conventions than to the rustic refrains of Appalachia. On its third   
   > outing Why Should the Fire Die?, the two key ingredients of the Nickel   
   > Creek formula are in place: watertight instrumentation and   
   > intoxicating three-part harmonies. Unfortunately, the new album lacks   
   > a stand-out single that reaches out and grabs the listener in the   
   > manner that The Smoothie Song or the cover of Pavement's Spit on a   
   > Stranger did on the group's Grammy- winning 2002 release This Side.   
   >   
   > This is an excerpt. To read the complete review, please visit:   
   >   
   > http://www.musicbox-online.com/nc-fire.html   
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