Punch Brothers formed in 2006. Founder Chris Thile (vocals, mandolin) joined with four other virtuoso musicians: fiddler Gabe Witcher, banjoist Noam Pikelny, bassist Paul Kowert and guitarist Chris Eldridge. I saw the band live in Raleigh North Carolina at the […]
With the new year comes new shows, but also brings out new albums, and what a great way to start than with the Punch Brothers putting out The Phosphorescent Blues. The band’s fourth album was pruoduced by the great T […]
The members of Punch Brothers were the subject of the 2011 documentary, How to Grow a Band, and in fact started out using that as their name. If there was ever any doubt, The Phosphorescent Blues shows that the band is fully grown. […]
When I was a kid, I had a record player that was contained in a white plastic carrying case, so I could snap it together and bring my music with me anywhere I wanted to go in the house. Mostly, I […]
