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Punch, the debut CD from Chris Thile's Punch Brothers, is among the nominees in the Best CDs of 2008 listener poll at NPR.com. The band is encouraging their many fans and friends to register at the NPR Community site, and cast a vote for them in the poll. Punch is certainly high on my list [...]
Punch Brothers fans can check out three live cuts from the guys posted at Daytrotter.com. There are live versions of Punch Bowl and the first movement of The Blind Leaving The Blind, both tracks from the band's current CD, Punch. They also cut a version of Wilco's Poor Places which they have been doing in [...]
There are two special bluegrass radio shows on Friday morning (10/24) that will be streamed live online. Unfortunately, their air times coincide, so you'll have to choose your own best option. First up at 10:15 a.m., Jeanette Williams will join Carol Beaugard on WFDU to talk about her new CD, Thank You For Caring, and [...]
Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer were the sole guests on Monday's (10/20) Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour, with the full 60 minutes dedicated to the music of their recent CD/DVD project, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile. Host Michael Jonathan also conducts brief interviews with both artists. Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile features both an audio CD [...]
Each year when the IBMA Awards nominations are announced, there are a couple of glaring absences in the roll call. For 2008, neither Cherryholmes nor any members of Punch Brothers were nominated, and Punch received only a single nomination, for Graphic Design, which it did not win. Perhaps The Bluegrass Intelligencer has stumbled onto the [...]
Nonesuch is set to release a CD/DVD combo project from Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile, titled Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile. The CD includes 12 new instrumental compositions the two have c0-written, performed with Thile on mandolin and Meyer on bass. The companion DVD features 50 minute's worth of live performances, rehearsals and conversation between [...]
Well... the vote is in and Punch Brothers were defeated in the ESPN Baseball Tonight band competition by country singer Gretchen Wilson. The contest was in honor of the 100th anniversary of the venerable Take Me Out To The Ballgame, written by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilze in 1908. Several popular musical acts were [...]
The Punch Brothers have advanced to the final three in the ESPN's Take Me Out To The Ballgame - Battle of the Bands. The Brothers are now competing against Gretchen Wilson and Ozomatli for the top spot. You can still vote for their bluegrass version of the song in this final round (even if you [...]
Brance posted a few weeks back about the online fan poll on ESPN's Baseball Tonight web site to choose among nine new versions of the venerable diamond classic, Take Me Out To The Ballgame. The competition was arranged to mark the 100th anniversary of the song's first appearance, and the show's producers asked nine popular [...]
Mandolin master Chris Thile has had a long love affair with America's favorite pastime. Thile's great-great-grandfather is Baseball Hall of Famer, Sam Thompson. Thile himself, at one time, hoped to be a ball player. His first solo CD, Leading Off, featured a baseball diamond as part of the graphic content on the cover. His second [...]
