When
Feb 18, 2010 (Thursday)
What
Mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile grew up performing in the award-winning newgrass (and beyond) band Nickel Creek. His new band the Punch Brothers - whose name is taken from the Mark Tw...
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Event details: Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile
Description
Mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile grew up performing in the award-winning newgrass (and beyond) band Nickel Creek. His new band the Punch Brothers - whose name is taken from the Mark Twain short story, Punch, Brothers, Punch! - combines the talents of the hottest young pickers in modern bluegrass - Gabe Witcher, Naom Pikelny and Paul Kowert. Together they produce a fresh cutting-edge sound that seamlessly blends bluegrass traditions with breathtaking innovation. Their first album, How to Grow a Woman from the Ground, released in 2006, was Grammy nominated for Best Instrumental Performance. Call 910.962.3500 or 800.732.3643 for tickets.
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Punch Brothers
At the conclusion of The Blind Leaving the Blind, the 40-minute, four-movement suite that is the heart of Punch Brothers’ Punch—the band’s Nonesuch debut—composer-singer-mandolin player Chris Thile conjures up the image of a heartbroken young man nursing his psychic wounds at a bar with his friends. In real life, the 26-year old Thile, who was recovering from his own tattered marriage as he developed the piece, took a more constructive approach, joining four of his own musical buddies to form a kind of super group/support group. The quintet did visit some bars along the way, but, more importantly, over the course of two years, these perfor...Links
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