Chris Thile can rock a mandolin.

If you don’t know who Chris Thile is, perhaps it’s time for you to find out. Thile, 26, has spent the better part of his young career performing with his soon-to-be-ex bluegrass band, Nickel Creek, though now that they’re broken up, he seems to be doing more solo work (which you can thank … someone for) and performing alongside other bands.

This YouTube is a performance of a J.S. Bach piece (Gigue D Minor Partita). On a mandolin. That’s right. That instrument your crazy uncle used to try to teach you on his farm when your parents went out of town and left you in his incapable hands.

His Web site is fairly bland (ChrisThile.com), but his MySpace has a few of his songs from his solo album, “How to Grow a Woman from the Ground.” And they’re all good.