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Sara Watkins
Sara Watkins
American musician
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Chris Thile
Chris Thile
American musician and radio personality.
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Punch Brothers
Punch Brothers
American band
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Sean Watkins
Sean Watkins
American musician
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Sarah Jarosz
Sarah Jarosz
American musician
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Stuart Duncan
Stuart Duncan
American musician
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Sierra Hull
Sierra Hull
Bluegrass musician, songwriter
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Edgar Meyer
Edgar Meyer
American musician and composer
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Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss
American bluegrass-country singer-songwriter and musician
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Infamous Stringdusters
Infamous Stringdusters
band that plays bluegrass music
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Greg Leisz
Greg Leisz
American musician
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Rascal Flatts
Rascal Flatts
American country rock band
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Glenn Kotche
Glenn Kotche
American musician
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The SteelDrivers
The SteelDrivers
bluegrass band from the USA
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Dailey & Vincent
Dailey & Vincent
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Bryan Sutton
Bryan Sutton
American musician
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Glen Phillips
Glen Phillips
American musician
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Dale Ann Bradley
Dale Ann Bradley
American musician
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Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
American country singer
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Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
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Mountain Heart
Mountain Heart
musical artist
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The Chicks
The Chicks
American country music group
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T Bone Burnett
T Bone Burnett
American record producer, musician, and songwriter (born 1948)
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Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs
American singer
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Rhonda Vincent
Rhonda Vincent
American musician
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Jennifer Nettles
Jennifer Nettles
American singer
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Jerry Douglas
Jerry Douglas
American musician
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Shannon Lawson
Shannon Lawson
American musician
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The Greencards
The Greencards
American progressive bluegrass band
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Gabe Witcher
Gabe Witcher
American bluegrass fiddler
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Benmont Tench
Benmont Tench
American musician
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Todd Phillips
Todd Phillips
musician, composer, producer
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The Grascals
The Grascals
American bluegrass music group
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Antonio Sánchez
Antonio Sánchez
Mexican jazz drummer, composer
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Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
American country music singer
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Third Day
Third Day
American Christian rock band
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The Black Keys
The Black Keys
American rock band
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Russ Barenberg
Russ Barenberg
American musician
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Scott Vestal
Scott Vestal
musical artist
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Brad Paisley
Brad Paisley
American country music singer, songwriter
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Del McCoury
Del McCoury
American musician
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Union Station
Union Station
American bluegrass band
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Little Big Town
Little Big Town
band
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Sugarland
Sugarland
American country music duo
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Jon Brion
Jon Brion
American musician
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Sara Bareilles
Sara Bareilles
American recording artist; pop rock singer-songwriter and pianist
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Chris Stapleton
Chris Stapleton
American country music singer-songwriter
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Jason Aldean
Jason Aldean
American country music singer
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Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show
Americana string band based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Michael Cleveland
Michael Cleveland
American musician
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Gaby Moreno
Gaby Moreno
Guatemalan singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Mark O'Connor
Mark O'Connor
American fiddle player
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Dwight Yoakam
Dwight Yoakam
American singer
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Martina McBride
Martina McBride
American country music singer and songwriter
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Eric Church
Eric Church
American musician
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Nickel Creek (formerly known as the Nickel Creek Band) is an American Americana music group consisting of Chris Thile (mandolin), and siblings Sara Watkins (fiddle) and Sean Watkins (guitar). Formed in 1989 in Southern California, they released six albums between 1993 and 2006. The band broke out in 2000 with a platinum-selling self-titled album produced by Alison Krauss, earning a number of Grammy and CMA nominations.

Their fourth album “This Side” won a 2003 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Following a fifth studio album and a compilation album, the band announced an indefinite hiatus at the conclusion of their 2007 Farewell (For Now) Tour. Following numerous solo projects from the band members, Nickel Creek reformed in 2014 with announcement of a new album and subsequent tour.