Coordinates | 51°50′″N107°36′″N |
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Name | Chris Thile |image Christhile.jpg |
Background | solo_singer |
Born | February 20, 1981Oceanside, California, United States |
Origin | United States |
Instrument | Mandolin, bouzouki, mandola, banjo, guitar, tenor guitar, drums, sitar, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, vocals |
Genre | Bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, folk, country, classical, jazz |
Occupation | Musician, singer-songwriter |
Years active | 1994–present |
Label | Sugar Hill (1994–2007)Nonesuch (2007–Present) |
Associated acts | Nickel Creek, Punch Brothers, Mutual Admiration Society, Mike Marshall, Edgar Meyer |
Website | christhile.com |
Notable instruments | Gibson Lloyd Loar F5 Mandolin (serial number 75316), Lynn Dudenbostel F5 Mandolin #5 and #14, Lawrence Smart mandola, Flatiron bouzouki }} |
The three members of Nickel Creek met in Carlsbad, California at That Pizza Place in 1989, listening to weekly bluegrass shows with their parents. Soon they were taking lessons from the same instructor, playing festivals, and even recording albums. Their first, Little Cowpoke, was released in 1994. Nickel Creek has gone on to record several more albums, including their self-titled debut album and This Side, which went platinum and won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album. In 2005, Nickel Creek released Why Should the Fire Die?, which received massive critical acclaim and sold 250,000 units.
Thile has released other solo albums, including the intricate Not All Who Wander Are Lost, released in 2001, and Deceiver in 2004 (in which he wrote, composed, sang, and played every part). In 2008, Thile released a collaboration album with bassist Edgar Meyer, and also plans to release a collaborative album with Hilary Hahn.
Thile began playing the mandolin at the age of five, taking occasional lessons from John Moore. At age eight, Chris' family and the Watkins family formed Nickel Creek. The band performed at many California bluegrass festivals, and as a result Chris had to be home-schooled. At age twelve, he won the prestigious national mandolin championship at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas.
That same year, 1993, Thile made a demo tape and sent it to the Sugar Hill and Rounder record labels. Both labels showed interest, but the Thiles went with Sugar Hill. The next year Chris Thile released his first solo album, Leading Off, featuring mostly original compositions.
In 1995, the Thile family moved to Murray, Kentucky where Chris' father Scott Thile accepted a position at Murray State University as a musical instrument technician. In 1997, Chris released Stealing Second and Nickel Creek released Here to There. Chris went on to attend Murray State University for a few semesters, where he was a music major.
In 2003, Thile teamed up with mandolinist Mike Marshall for the duet album Into the Cauldron, which included original pieces as well as pieces by Charlie Parker and J. S. Bach. In 2004, Thile released Deceiver, an experimental album on which he recorded every track himself. This included electric guitar, piano, drums, violin, viola, cello, and bass. Deceiver demonstrated some pop/rock songwriting in addition to "newgrass."
Thile was also a judge for the 5th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.
In 2006, Thile formed the How to Grow a Band, with whom he recorded How to Grow a Woman from the Ground, Thile's fifth album. In an interview with the Nashville City Paper, Thile described the formation of the band: }}
The band consisted of Chris Thile (mandolin), Gabe Witcher (fiddle/violin), Chris Eldridge (guitar), Greg Garrison (bass), and Noam Pikelny (banjo). Bryan Sutton has also filled in on guitar when necessary while Eldridge played out commitments to The Infamous Stringdusters. In 2007, the band officially changed its name first to "The Tensions Mountain Boys" and then "Punch Brothers."
On March 17, 2007, this group debuted Thile's most ambitious work to date at Carnegie Hall: "The Blind Leaving the Blind", a forty minute suite in four movements. Thile says the piece was written in part to deal with his divorce of 2004.
Punch Brothers released their first album, Punch, February 26, 2008 on Nonesuch Records. The album featured Thile's suite "The Blind Leaving the Blind", as well as other original songs.
To promote Punch, Thile and Punch Brothers planned a year-long tour in 2008, as well as a February 29 appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In late 2008, Paul Kowert replaced Greg Garrison on bass. The Punch Brothers released Antifogmatic on February 15, 2010 and continue to actively tour. On November 5, 2010 The Punch Brothers performed "Rye Whiskey" on 'The Late Show With David Letterman' with Steve Martin guesting on banjo.
In August 2008, Thile and bassist Edgar Meyer announced the release date of the duo's planned debut album. The album was released on Thile's label Nonesuch Records on September 23, 2008. Commenting on the collaboration, Thile said "Edgar is one of the biggest influences on my musical life, and now I’m in a duo with him and writing songs with him. This was my dream. I always wondered what it would be like to be playing music this hard." The duo toured in September and October 2008 to promote the album.
Thile and Michael Daves released their debut album "Sleep With One Eye Open" on May 10, 2011. The album consists of 16 classic bluegrass duets. The two met in 2005 at the bluegrass jam at NYC's Baggot Inn.
In 2009 Thile completed a mandolin concerto entitled Ad astra per alas porci. The work was commissioned by a consortium of orchestras including the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Oregon Symphony, Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Winston-Salem Symphony, Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Portland Symphony Orchestra, and Interlochen Center for the Arts. Thile performed the world premiere of the first movement with the Interlochen Arts Camp World Youth Symphony Orchestra under director Jung-Ho Pak, and premiered his entire concerto with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra on Sept. 17, 2009.
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2011 | 3 | 34 | 3 | ||
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Coordinates | 51°50′″N107°36′″N |
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name | Rasaiah Parthipan |
birth date | November 27, 1960 |
birth place | Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
death date | September 26, 1987 |
death place | Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
nationality | Sri Lankan |
other names | Thileepan |
known for | Hunger Strike |
occupation | Tamil Militant }} |
Rasaiah Parthipan also known as Lt. Col. Thileepan was a LTTE political wing member who died during a hunger strike during the IPKF operation of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
On the 15th of September 1987 at 9.30 a.m at the Nallur Murugan Temple, Thileepan began his fast. His main objective was to bring awareness and action to a list of public demands made by himself and the Tamil Tigers, at a time when the relationship between the LTTE and the IPKF administration was deteriorating.
The publicly stated goals of his fast were
There was widespread grief in Tamil areas. Thousands of people from the North and East flooded Jaffna as news of his death spread.
His death created an anti-Indian mood in Jaffna that was pro-India till then.
Thileepan commemorations in 2001 Tamilnation on Thileepan Hindustan Times report on Thileepan 2006
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