Chris Thile, who you might know as the upcoming replacement host of Prairie Home Companion, member of the Punch Brothers, member of Nickle Creek, has a 15 minute video performing J.S. Bach’s Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001 on his mandolin. If you fast-forward to 11:42, it gets even more amazing. A nice way to start the week:
Via.
Article at the Atlantic about the Prairie Home Companion replacement. (also, thanks Austin).
Chris Thile has great songs, but my favorite ones are his covers of The Strokes’ Heart in a Cage, The Strokes’ Reptilia, and White Stripes’ Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground.