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Punch Brothers are fixin' to come rarin' back in 2015, with a new album and tour announced starting in February. A single track has been released today on video as a tease. It's a grass-pop ballad sure to whet the appetite of Punch Brothers fans everywhere. [jwplayer player="1" mediaid="60954"] The 2015 tour dates are listed [...]
Special project bands have become a substantial part of the contemporary music scene, in a sort of self-perpetuating cycle. As the members of more top groups look for performance vehicles outside of their regular band formats, other members of those groups feel the pull as well. The bluegrass world sees this a bit less frequently, [...]
Today is St. Patrick's Day, and whether you prefer a green beer or a Shamrock Shake (like myself), you have to appreciate some good drinking songs on one of the year's biggest days for alcohol consumption. Because the number of bluegrass drinking songs is higher than the number of bluegrass songs about vertically-challenged magicians who [...]
Perhaps the biggest change for World of Bluegrass in Raleigh for 2013 is the city's scheduling of a major downtown street fair to coincide with the weekend Wide Open Bluegras Festival during IBMA week. Wide Open Bluegrass is a ticketed event, with performances from Doyle Lawson, Steve Martin with Steep Canyon Rangers, Seldom Scene, Dailey [...]
Here's Jason Lombard's first gallery of images from Telluride 2013, celebrating the festival's 40th Anniversary.
The International Bluegrass Music Association has begun to announce the scheduled performers for the 2013 Wide Open Bluegras Festival, their weekend concert event that follows the conclusion of the World of Bluegrass Business Conference and International Bluegrass Music Awards in September. This 2 day festival, formerly known as Fan Fest, will be held in the [...]
Mark Meatto's brilliant documentary, How To Grow A Band, will soon be finding its way to your favorite digital device and, hopefully, your DVD and BluRay player. The film follows the Punch Brothers' initial 2008 tour in support of Chris Thile's The Blind Leaving The Blind, his 40 minute, through-composed piece in four movements. Meatto captured a very [...]
Punch Brothers are taking the summer off for the most part, with several members using the time to tour on their own. The band has but three shows scheduled as a group: at the Spoleto Festival in May, and at Telluride and ROMP in June. Chris Thile will be working a string of dates with [...]
It was announced a few months ago that bluegrass' own Chris Thile will be awarded a MacArthur genius grant. Congratulations. There isn't a more deserving artist. But hold your applause. His award is eclipsed by the honor he is receiving this week: An Album Of The Week! (Now you can applaud, toss your hats, throw [...]
Our ace photographer, Milo Farineau, was in the house when Punch Brothers hit Charlottesville, VA on Monday (2/11). He sent along this gallery he shot at The Jefferson Theater.
