Video: Introducing Works Progress Administration

WPA isn't so much a supergroup as a collection of excellent sidemen. There's a lot to admire with a gang this accomplished, but whether the songs will move you is another story. Calling Works Progress Administration a "supergroup" might be pushing it. Rather than the Justice League of Americana, this new collective is more like the Justice Society, which was, of course, a team made up of superheroes that excluded those who had their own individual comic series. Indeed, WPA is a group of excellent sidemen: Sean and Sara Watkins (fiddler and guitarist behind Chris Thile in Nickel Creek), [...]

WPA I suppose I could have also titled this one "Attention Nickel Creek Fans" or "Attention Toad The Wet Sprocket Groupies", but bumpershine is pretty much Elvis country, so when in doubt, you go with what you know. The WPA is a musical collective that (most likely) owes its genesis to 2004's The Mutual Admiration Society album and the ensuing tour with Pete Thomas . This 2009 version of this "admiration society" known as Works Progress Administration or WPA is set to release [...]