Tag: Punch Brothers

American Songwriter’s Bluegrass Moment

| May 7, 2012 | 0 Comments
American Songwriter’s Bluegrass Moment

The May/June issue of American Songwriter magazine has a lot to offer bluegrassers, although not on the songwriting front. The country music issue is filled with insights about Chris Thile and the Punch Brothers, Dierks Bentley and the man himself, Bill Monroe. I know what [...]

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MerleFest 2012 in pictures

| May 2, 2012 | 6 Comments
MerleFest 2012 in pictures

The 25th MerleFest was a blast and I had an amazing time shooting all of the spectacular musicians. This was my 5th time at the festival, and even though I wandered around quite a bit from stage to stage, I tended to stay around The [...]

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How To Grow A Band on screens this week

| April 12, 2012 | 1 Comment
How To Grow A Band on screens this week

Finally! After three years of shooting and editing – and another year of finagling and politicking – the Punch Brothers movie, How To Grow A Band, is set to hit the screen this week. This highly-anticipated independent documentary is the work of Mark Meatto, who [...]

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How To Grow A Band to debut in April

| March 22, 2012 | 0 Comments
How To Grow A Band to debut in April

After a handful of delays lasting several years, Mark Meatto’s film, How To Grow A Band, is finally scheduled to open in April. The project is an in-depth look at Chris Thile’s ambitious composition, The Blind Leaving The Blind, which he wrote for Punch Brothers’ debut [...]

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Dierks and Punch Brothers on Ellen

| March 13, 2012 | 0 Comments
Dierks and Punch Brothers on Ellen

Today’s edition of the Ellen Show will include a performance from Dierks Bentley and Punch Brothers. They are teaming up to reprise their combined efforts on Bob Dylan’s Senór from Bentley’s 2010 Up On The Ridge album. That track is included in a CD compilation [...]

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Movement and Location live

| March 9, 2012 | 1 Comment
Movement and Location live

Daylight Savings Time starts this weekend, and while digital clocks and appliances have made re-setting less of an issue, the advent of the time change does still herald a number of important milestones. It means that college basketball is coming to a head, and major [...]

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Punch Brothers in Roanoke

| February 20, 2012 | 0 Comments
Punch Brothers in Roanoke

Dean Hoffmeyer also grabbed a few photos of Punch Brothers in Roanoke, VA last night.

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Punch Brothers on Leno, and in Vanity Fair

| February 14, 2012 | 0 Comments
Punch Brothers on Leno, and in Vanity Fair

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 [...]

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Another Punch Brothers video

| February 14, 2012 | 0 Comments
Another Punch Brothers video

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 [...]

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Another Punch Brothers preview

| January 24, 2012 | 1 Comment
Another Punch Brothers preview

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 [...]

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