Last Thursday, Chris Thile (used to be in Nickel Creek, now rolls with the Punch Brothers) played an intimate little performance talk hosted by the Harvard American Music Club. (Kelly went, too, which means there are more gorgeous pictures with which to commemorate the fine occasion!) He played some old bluegrass, some new bluegrass, some Bach violin pieces (on the mandolin) and some stuff that he's just written that blends bluegrass/folk instrumentation and style with classical form. It's an interesting question, the idea of how folk can (should?) be sophisticated. I liked the Bach and Thile's 'regular' originals, best. Either way, it was a perk-full, Harvardesque night to be sure!