The Phosphorescent Blues

T Bone Burnett worked with the band for a month at Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood; Mike Piersante engineered and mixed at Oceanway and The Village Recorders, and Gavin Lurssen and Ruben Cohen mastered it. Thile sings lead and plays mandolin, mandola and bouzouki, Pikelny banjo, Eldridge guitar, Kowert bass and Witcher fiddle, with Jay Bellerose on drums and Burnett on electric guitar on three tracks. Nonesuch says the songs are band-written except two classical pieces, Debussy's "Passepied" and a Scriabin prelude, though "Boll Weevil" is a traditional the band arranged. Singles were "I Blew It Off" and "Julep", the latter nominated for two 2016 Grammys. It reached 37 on the Billboard 200. AllMusic gave 4 of 5, The Music 4.5, and the Daily Cardinal found the album weak but "Boll Weevil" a classic bluegrass romp.