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And speaking of Punch Brothers... They are scheduled to appear on Wednesday's edition of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and will perform Movement and Location, the first single from their just-released Who's Feeling Young Now? project. The show airs February 15 on NBC at 11:35 p.m. (ET/PT). Musical guests generally come on for the show's [...]
Punch Brothers have released another brief video snippet from their new album, Who's Feeling Young Now?, available today from Nonesuch Records. This time it's the song New York City, with Chris Thile and the gang pictured in the studio. Perhaps all these videos will be made available in their entirety at some point, now that [...]
Here's a second video preview from the upcoming Punch Brothers CD, Who's Feeling Young Now, due from Nonesuch on February 14. This one is for the song, Clara, which again shows Chris Thile and his merry band experimenting with the use of bluegrass instruments to play contemporary pop music. Very interesting stuff; can't wait for [...]
Nonesuch has released a video preview for the first single from the upcoming Punch Brothers project. The new album, Who's Feeling Young Now?, is set for release February 14 on both CD and vinyl LP, with a variety of pre-order specials enabled on the band's web site. The video offers a tease of the song Movement [...]
As is becoming the norm, Punch Brothers are offering to trade you a free download of the opening track from their new CD for your email address. The album, Who's Feeling Young Now?, is due February 14 on Nonesuch Records, and you can access the free download via the widget below. Here's a brief sample [...]
Punch Brothers have announced that their next album is finished, with touring in support slated to begin in February 2012. What could be bigger news than an upcoming Punch Brothers tour? How about Crooked Still chanteuse Aoife O'Donovan going out performing with them? The tour officially begins February 23 in Boston, and runs through March 11 [...]
Tonight is the deadline to register for the online lottery to attend the 2012 RockyGrass Academy in Lyons, CO. The Academy is held each year for the week preceding the RockyGrass festival in July, with instructors are typically culled from the fest's headline performers. Classes and workshops are held during the week for all the [...]
Punch Brothers have announced a string of dates in November opening for legendary pop singer/songwriter Paul Simon. The tour starts in New Orleans on the 4th and wanders through the central US for the rest of the month. And following this run, Punch banjo man Noam Pikelny will spend December touring in support of his [...]
I had a chance last week to speak with Punch Brothers banjo maestro Noam Pikelny about his new solo project, Beat The Devil and Carry A Rail, due from Compass October 25. He was very frank in discussing the album, his compositions and his evolving approach to the five string. We'll include his thoughts on [...]
Here is the last batch of DelFest photos from Milo Farineau, taken Saturday night and during Sunday's final set of performances. A big shout out to Diane and Milo Farineau for their coverage of Del's Memorial Day bash. We plan to have them do likewise at a number of other major festivals this summer. You [...]
