Chris Thile sings Josh Ritter's 'Another New World' @ Whelan's - Dublin, IE, 14 September

Chris Thile covers Josh Ritter's 'Another New World' @ Whelan's - Dublin, September 2011.
There's a clear association between this song and Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Annabel Lee", which is about a narrator's love for a girl named Annabel Lee. Their love is so strong that the angels grow envious, and send a wind, 'chilling and killing my Annabel Lee'.

[@amandagregg3028]

This is my favorite performance of anything ever.

[@dankenny9500]

This guy is a gift to the world. An incredibly well written song performed by a guy who has completely mastered his instrument. Watched it maybe 20 times and will watch it another 20 I’m sure… Thanks Chris!

[@kennethmardis2132]

Same here played this at least a dozen times this week. Chris is so good

[@RedThorn00]

Watching Chris Thile play makes me completely understand the mythologies of gods and divine muses of music. He plays mandolin like a man possessed and I absolutely envy him for it.

[@remywelch2096]

This is what I imagine a performance by Kvothe from the Name of The Wind would be like...even to the point of bringing the audience from tears to joy in a matter of seconds. Pure genius.

[@MamaSaidStringBand]

Remy Welch what a brilliant reference, Chris Thile already has his pipes to be sure

[@TheWolfenMole]

That was my exact thought too! Chris Thile is definitely Edema Ruh.

[@TheJmhertz12345]

Holy shit yes!

[@TheJmhertz12345]

This comment just amplified my love for both the books and chris thile!

[@BlueGorilla68]

Spot on!

[@OskarforbergSWE]

The guy who goes "aahhh" one second after the (magnificent) last note. That guy. He's been paying attention. "aahhh" Wonderful ending, wonderful song, fantastic playing and singing, and a great audience.

[@______7152]

Oskar Förberg time of the ahh?

[@kh2freek]

...one second after the last note

[@LukeDayInTheUK]

10:11

[@joemeehan1962]

i just couldn't help myself.. pure joy....

[@herbertaikin9385]

True music lover, you are

[@beethovenian]

The line "And I won't call it rescue" makes the song for me. Absolutely heart wrenching love story.

[@michaelschneider5574]

Dash Nesbitt Yes, and the lines that immediately follow

[@seanmatthewking]

@xut_the_shit 02 Another beautiful line

[@seanmatthewking]

Absolutely

[@trumanalley9995]

Give this man his pipes!

[@piratep]

I've been coming back to this video for years. It was genius to transition from Another New World into the Bach partita. It really helps soften the edge from such a painful song. The former makes the latter more beautiful and emotive.

[@TheIowegian]

Just came back to it again myself. Someone uploaded a reading of the Annabel Lee and I remembered this video and hunted it down. It’s been 3 years. Time for you to give this another listen. A well spent 10 minutes.

[@WtfYoutube_YouSuck]

Old Worlds were once New Worlds and, sometimes, Old Worlds can be made New Worlds.

[@belascialoja4812]

You can't reasonably expect music to get much better than this.

[@andrewgalloway7344]

oh yes you can .... punch brothers !!!!!

[@Mylifeinsound]

I love this man more than words can express.

[@WtfYoutube_YouSuck]

Same. I'd follow him to the Arctic and back.

[@emtsnake84]

I love how the Partita sounds on the mandolin as opposed to the violin. and I also love how he's doing it 100% from memory, wistfully Thile-gazing into the audience as he plays.

[@WtfYoutube_YouSuck]

Absolutely amazing.

[@TyldaRower]

sometimes watching very talented musicians makes me feel jelous, when i watch chris thile i feel nothing but joy. And Hope.

[@hutfullabugs]

I love that after playing something immense and heavy and sad, Chris sort of apologizes for it with a bit of impressive but humorous playing. Like, "Okay I made you cry a little so here's me shredding some classic stuff."

[@jackettech]

I come back to this video about once or twice a year. This is one of my favorite performances of all time.

[@jackettech]

Yep, here I am again.

[@tpf1952]

I must agree!

[@jackettech]

Back again

[@twofeetaway4127]

Hey Y’all I’m back too

[@WtfYoutube_YouSuck]

I come back to this video once a month.

[@ktrob2495]

History will remember Chris Thile as one of the greats. I feel privileged to have seen him perform. I hope to see him on many more occasions.

[@KyleHurd]

KT Rob I saw him when he did the reunion tour and album with nickel Creek.... They were better than their album. But my fav is punch brothers and I've never saw them but I really wanna.

[@bippy201]

Go Bucks I saw Punch Brothers once and it was amazing! I’m always astonished how each member is always on the same page as the rest. Their timing, even with really complex pieces, is amazing.

[@JeyGifford]

I believe this confirms that Chris Thile is an alien. No way that kind of music comes from a human being.

[@lildave151]

I love Josh Ritter and this song is one of my favorites. A cover by the amazing Chis Thile? What a perfect combination.

[@WtfYoutube_YouSuck]

Josh Ritter writes songs like authors write novels.

[@tonekilltech]

@@WtfKZbin_YouSuck heard

[@alex0589]

A compelling story about explorers dying in a storm and a Bachasm. All on one tiny instrument. In an irish pub. Respect.

[@WtfYoutube_YouSuck]

All held captive.

[@grubbybuckets9019]

The song is about cheating on your girlfriend, Chris Thile's favorite topic.

[@DYSERT75]

I bet I have listened to this song at least 500 times...thank you for sharing, Robert!

[@jenbailey8483]

haha me too! :)

[@WtfYoutube_YouSuck]

YES.

[@brucegelman5582]

Only one Chris can ever exist.Lucky us.

[@pearlyq3560]

WOW! WOW! W-O-W!!!! Someone pick my jaw off the floor! Haunting, so beautiful, ethereal. This man is ingenious.

[@stephenbradshaw2327]

how can he not look at his finger placement on his mandolin during his solo at 3:27? Seriously.. that's insane.. One of the best musicians in the world.

[@KyleHurd]

Stephen Bradshaw in the history of ever even

[@wuffpaw]

One of Thile's greatest solos. It may even have been improvised.

[@SecksyMan]

most beautiful mandolin solo ever

[@cz7425]

God bless Josh Ritter.

[@RobertMilesAI]

I'm so glad he sightly flubs that note at 9:16 so we know he is actually a human being

[@rmaher1212]

The prelude to the transition into Bach was so incredibly seamless. There's a reason he got a McArthur genius Grant

[@ErickNunesMusic]

It really is almost impossible to believe that anyone could be this great just doing his job.... a true master at his craft.💛🎶

[@RT-me3wn]

The second solo, roughly around 6:30, so invocative of a terrible sea gale, painfully cold and blinding in white ice. Really brings you into the story.

[@taipan4523]

Starting around 6:57 you can hear a Bach piece: Violin Partita No.3 in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Prelude

[@azzans]

+Weird Beard That's why they laugh ;^)

[@thenovelists]

At 33, it's possible that I've never seen a more moving solo performance. He is not human.

[@Halfadrop]

the solo at 3:27 is astonishing

[@KyleHurd]

This is why he's one of the greatest musicians in the world today!

[@tornagh9200]

He looks like he is having a seizure though

[@KyleHurd]

FUCKYOURSELF GOOGLE who cares, it's perfect

[@taylorfremont]

I totally agree. I am so grateful this was posted. I think this might be the best solo I have heard from Thile. Thank God we live in a time where recordings are so easily made. We are all super lucky this dude made the decision to record this!

[@WtfYoutube_YouSuck]

@@KyleHurd He is also the most accurate bobble head doll.

[@takingupserpents9090]

I remember seeing him wow the people at the campground when he was only around 11 years old at the telluride bluegrass festival..

[@ryanevans666]

That man's "ugh." of astonishment at 10:10 is what I was doing about every ten seconds throughout.

[@finalaxiom0]

I've listened to this like 5 times in a row. And every time, I'm convinced my phone is ringing in the distance at 2:20...

[@maltesetony9030]

This is stunning, just stunning.

[@DanielHeikalo]

This guy is quite simply astounding, in so many genres.

[@redeyexpress1]

Sends chills down my spine..pure gold

[@jedijenkeez45]

Mr. Thile should win a Grammy for this performance.

[@markc2421]

Greatest musician of our era IMO

[@eosdelb]

I went to see him tonight in chapel hill tonight. He is phenomenal. Funny as hell too.

[@prayerflagjpf]

He is a different performer solo. Everyone should see him in that format; I've had the same blessing. Glad you enjoyed it so much, Grady.

[@matthewserraino8919]

This is the peak of music

[@wsjohnston3956]

Otherworldly.

[@thinkerguy4]

A sublime 10:15.

[@alex0589]

another worldly

[@Xenolyn]

What an amazing creature, Mr. Thile is.

[@ClaytonCampbell]

Oh my word! This has been one of my favorite songs since I first heard it in November and this version is hands down the best I have ever heard. So haunting and beautiful!

[@pssfl11]

Chris Thile is my hero. This made me tear up no joke

[@WtfYoutube_YouSuck]

Thank you SO MUCH for this.

[@WilliamPacholski]

every time I watch this I think how is this even real

[@MamaSaidStringBand]

There is no better rendition of this song

[@RodGab749]

When I saw this I died because my life was now complete. Then his solo brought me back to life.

[@flyboy4361x]

You don't get to be THAT good without thoroughly enjoying it.

[@yuk0ncornelius]

...because when you haven't already open-jaw wowed the audience enough for seven minutes, there's always Bach.

[@WtfYoutube_YouSuck]

He's a romantic.

[@charliethecockatoo2159]

@@WtfKZbin_YouSuck He's utterly delicious.

[@rewster123]

This video should have 12 million views, not 12 thousand.

[@Lambizzel]

Probably one of the most beautiful songs ever written

[@gregday3500]

This song was always in the back of my head as I watched ‘The Terror’. As the sea turned the color of sky turned the color of sea turned the color of ice. That’s the line.

[@Fleaflickerpa123]

Greg Day you get it. That’s the line.

[@FlatlandMando]

To have been in that live audience must have been memorable. Really this is more than a song. It is a theatre piece.

[@idlechatter1234]

He is so good!! Ethereal, other-worldly good!!! I could just cry listening to this.

[@pariahmouse7794]

I think I love him...❤

[@pariahmouse7794]

Nope. I am QUITE LITERALLY in love with him...

[@NateMcMurph]

Hope everybody made it to the party!(da) Josh Ritter, what a composer!

[@thinkerguy4]

2018. Who's coming around here to listen?

[@cpatty4loans]

a modern love stort with timeless lines. incredible!

[@sandrinepi]

Wow, he is absurdly good.

[@WtfYoutube_YouSuck]

uh...no. he's the finest there ever was.

[@AndrewzProduction896]

Divine performer.

[@michaelmuggeridge1852]

He gets a better tone out of a mandolin than anybody I've heard

[@andstr4150]

true musicianship is being able to pour your heart in the moments notice. this dude tours and makes moments like this

[@Utoober67]

Unbelievable. And that perfect harmonic at 2:07 -ish to finish the first solo... O.O

[@pulseofnature4879]

outstanding

[@jeremy3591]

Just saw him play this live!!! A. Ma. Zing.

[@fancyfree8228]

He’s only gotten better since then!

[@buddybellwether2188]

I have to say, I like this version much better than Josh's. I'm sure that most wouldn't agree, but Chris's timing, voice and overall telling of the poem is better. I will give Josh props for coming up with a deep side story to Poe's poem. Although, with Poe, he made it more vague until the very end that Annabel Lee was a ship and not a woman. Great song writing by Josh and excellent performances by both!

[@thescowlingschnauzer]

Josh Ritter's track is one entity, Punch Brothers performing the song is another entity, and Chris Thile performing this song solo and throwing in Bach is an entity unto itself as well.

[@thescowlingschnauzer]

***** There are covers are just a lesser version of the same entity, like the Counting Crows cover of Big Yellow Taxi. Then there are covers that overshadow the original, an enhancement of the original entity, like Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins and the cover by Elvis Presley. Then there are covers that are strong but the original is also strong enough to coexist with it, two separate but equally worthy entities, like Hurt by Nine Inch Nails and the cover by Johnny Cash or Crying by Roy Orbison and the cover by KD Lang. More words to impress you. Don't forget to comment on my knowledge of musicology as well as my vocabulary.

[@thescowlingschnauzer]

***** You're welcome. Thank you for once again using more words than my original post to explain how my original post could be shorter. I'm sure fans of Chris Thile, Josh Ritter, mandolin, Bach, or any of the other elements of this video feel much enlightened by your contribution.

[@thescowlingschnauzer]

***** Yes, Chris Thile fans are indeed "hear" because we know more about music than the average Joe. Perhaps you could say something about Chris Thile's music. Based on your previous comments I'm expecting wordy oversimplifications and unrequested assessments of intelligence, but hope springs eternal.

[@CelticAndyTheBard]

is it hard going through life as a douche or is it just so natural to you that it doesn't even phase you anymore?

[@dzinermom]

This is ten minutes of heavenly music! Thank you so much for sharing it.

[@Mbaker316]

Chris Thile is Absolutely the best mandolin player in the entire world! Freakishly and delightfully beautiful performance. This Lloyd Loar is singing with joy for his majestic love of music.

[@pnells568]

Some people make music, but Chris Thile IS music.

[@tpf1952]

Holy Cow! Breathtaking!

[@CAMPFIRESKY]

NICE !!!! Josh would love this !

[@gunterandyuri]

I love watching this guy perform.

[@OskarforbergSWE]

This is fantastic. Loved every second.

[@Rithis]

Just saw Josh Ritter, recognized the song because of this video. Soooo goooood.

[@kaosearth1]

I am blown away- more so by the beautiful responses people have posted. This is Love.!

[@SEAMUS123456]

Absolutely in awe

[@monologtube]

The pairing of "Another New World" with that Bach Partita works so well.

[@joshkirkwood8945]

Absolute perfection

[@b3rnardblack]

Putting a mid video ad here was criminal

[@thescowlingschnauzer]

A thousand time yes.

[@williamtrakas3142]

If the playing was any less brilliant then the most amazing thing about this video would be that that mandolin stayed perfectly in tune through all of that!!

[@GravityBoy72]

Magnificent.

[@sherrygardner3948]

Possibly the most beautifully sad song I've ever heard.

[@julieweast]

great video! what an eerie but beautiful song.

[@sarahvandervlist2452]

Magnifique!

[@pascaltedeschi4703]

le plus grand instrumentiste de notre epoque... Il vous laisse sans voix... Prodigieux

[@happee2000]

Thank you.

[@craigwg]

Incredible.

[@1700D]

Amazing.

[@Schank17]

Stunning.

[@thescowlingschnauzer]

This version is better at being this version, and Ahoy! is better at being Ahoy! Fortunately we live in a world with room for both.

[@GravityBoy72]

He is brilliant. Totally brilliant.

[@carolmiller5713]

A beautiful song covered beautifully! 👏🏻

[@alexpatch63]

Chris Thile is the man.

[@seanypants91]

cant believe i missed this!! lucky to catch the punch brothers in 2012 it was amazing!

[@Buri22able]

Unbelievable brilliant! nothing less...