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Mountain Song at Sea, the largest-ever bluegrass festival to ply the oceans, has sailed into the sunset, but not without leaving its mark on the 2000+ bluegrass lovers and artists who came together aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Sky February 1-4. It was a weekend full of musical thrills and island delights, and despite the [...]
All aboooaaaard! All aboard, and bring your…banjos? About 2000 bluegrass fans, artists and press are taking to the high seas of the Atlantic today, February 1, on Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Sky, for the maiden voyage of Mountain Song at Sea, the largest bluegrass festival afloat. Nearly two years in the making, Steep Canyon Rangers [...]
It’s that time of year again, where pundits assess various aspects of the past 12 months. One of the first to do so and publish their list of favourites is PopMatters, the international magazine of cultural criticism. PopMatters’ bluegrass Top Ten listing includes a good sample from mainstream bluegrass with albums from Lou Reid & [...]
One of 2012's holiday hits is the album, Holidays Rule, released by the Starbuck's label, Hear Music, and Concord Music Group. It features a bevy of pop, jazz and indie rocks artists, from Paul McCartney to The Shins, performing new and classic Christmas music in their own unique styles. Two outliers also appear, The Preservation Jazz [...]
Among the many new films set to debut during the Christmas season is This Is 40, written and directed by Judd Apatow, with a bevy of hot Hollywood stars set to splash across the screen. Paul Rudd, Megan Fox, Leslie Mann, John Lithgow and Albert Brooks are all featured within a large ensemble cast. From the [...]
Video from Punch Brothers' visit to the Conan show last night has been posted online. Watch as the boys power through Movement and Location, Chris Thile's ode to the slider tailing away. The band has just embarked on a whirlwind tour, which will take them all across the US between now and the Spring [...]
CMT.com has posted several videos from a recent performance by Punch Brothers, live in their Nashville studio. There are five full songs, taken from their current Who's Feeling Young Now album, and its predecessor, Antifogmatic. Here are a couple, starting with their ingenious instrumental, Flippen... ...followed by their clever, tongue-in-cheek ballad, Next To The [...]
Punch Brothers will be releasing Ahoy on November 13, a five song EP CD including unreleased tracks from the sessions that produced their current album, Who's Feeling Young Now. The disc will contain three covers, a traditional bluegrass song and a new Punch Brothers instrumental.A full track listing follows: Another New World (Josh Ritter) Down Along The [...]
Punch Brothers are one of those acts that help define the dividing line between what is and isn't bluegrass music. Folks who embrace the oft-denigrated "big tent" philosophy see them as a direct antecedent to what Bill Monroe started nearly 60 years ago, while traditionalists see their music as a deviation, if not an abomination, [...]
While at the 2012 Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Colorado this June, Punch Brothers performed Rob Moose's transcription of J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 for bluegrass ensemble, with two violins. It was originally scored for three violins, three violas, three cellos, and harpsichord in the early 18th century. Moose created the arrangement expressly for he and [...]
