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It's been a big week for young Sarah Jarosz. Having just finished exams in her fourth semester at the New England Conservatory of Music, she started touring in support of her new record, Follow Me Down, which hit on Sugar Hill yesterday (5/17). On top of all the CD-release publicity, Sugar Hill had her all [...]
This Friday, April 15, will mark the official premiere of How To Grow A Band, the documentary film by Mark Meatto that followed Chris Thile and Punch Brothers across the US and the UK over the past two years. It will be shown on Friday during the Nashville Film Festival at Nashville’s Regal 16 Green [...]
We have wondered several times on Bluegrass Today whether it shouldn't be a requirement that every artist in any field of music had to make a bluegrass record before they could be voted into their respective Hall of Fame. It seems to be a very popular thing to do, and it's a trend we hope [...]
The nominees for the 53rd Grammy Awards were announced last night, with a number of bluegrass artists prominent on the list, even outside the bluegrass category. Dierks Bentley received a Best Country Album nomination for his Up On The Ridge CD, which is peppered with bluegrass stars, and a nod in the Best Country Collaboration [...]
Video of Steve Martin and Punch Brothers on The Late Show hasn't showed up yet on the CBS site, but as you might have guessed, it has made an appearance on YouTube. Punch Brothers had long been booked for late last week, and Martin took advantage of the opportunity to make a public presentation of [...]
Punch Brothers will be the musical guests on The Late Show with David Letterman this Thursday Friday night (11/4) (11/4). Steve Martin will also be a guest tomorrow, and will use the occasion to make the official presentation of the inaugural Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass to Puncher Noam Pikelny. This [...]
When Punch Brothers performed last month at Watermelon Park in Berryville, VA, Milo Farineau found a chance to speak with fearless leader and mandolinist Chris Thile and banjoist Noam Pikelny before the show. Milo also sent along photos he took during their set. He described the experience thusly: "The guys were sitting around after their [...]
Sirius XM will present a series of four Dierks Bentley concerts this week, each aired live from a different New York City venue. They will be broadcast on The Highway channel (Sirius 60, XM 16), starting this evening (Monday - 10/18). Each night will showcase Bentley in a different setting, from singer/songwriter to acoustic/bluegrass trend-setter. [...]
There is much to report from and about Punch Brothers, Chris Thile's merry band of alt-bluegrass pranksters. Their current Nonesuch album, Antifogmatic, has just been released on vinyl for all you audiophiles out there. It is packaged with a copy of the CD, and an MP3 download for $21 in their web store. The project [...]
Punch Brothers continue to pop up everywhere you look, offering more evidence of how large an audience they have found for their unique acoustic/bluegrass/pop/rock hybrid. Two more prestigious publications have taken a look at their output in the past few days. Their brand new album, Antifogmatic, is reviewed in today's edition of The Wall Street [...]
