Punch Brothers
Composer-singer-mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile’s new venture – includes Chris Eldridge (guitar), Greg Garrison (bass), Noam Pikelny (banjo) and Gabe Witcher (fiddle)
The band – whose name is taken from the Mark Twain short story, Punch, Brothers, Punch! - are among the most in-demand performers in the worlds of bluegrass, folk, and traditional music.
Thile released the first of five solo albums when he was just 13 and, by the time he was 20, he was attracting a following among pop, country, and alternative-rock audiences as a member of the Grammy Award–winning Nickel Creek.
NPR’s Bob Boilen recently said: “I’ve seen many musicians in my day, but my jaw dropped listening to and watching Thile play… The command he had of his instrument, from frenetically fast strumming to tasty quiet fills, it was just first-rate.”
