Punch Bros with Chris Thile

A CapLive presentation

Formed in 2006, Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile has captured the attention of music lovers across genres and is composed of five young and fiercely talented musicians—Chris Thile (mandolin), Gabe Witcher (fiddle), Chris Eldridge (guitar), Noam Pikelny (banjo), and Paul Kowert (bass). As the San Francisco Chronicle asks, “Why didn't someone think about mixing bluegrass, jazz and classical music together sooner? Chris Thile…is doing it with his new outfit, Punch Brothers, and the result is totally mind-blowing.”

The group’s first album, How to Grow a Woman from the Ground, received a Grammy® Award nomination, and the band’s 2007 Nonesuch Records debut Punch—which features Thile’s ambitious four-movement chamber suite, The Blind Leaving the Blind—has received tremendous critical acclaim. The band debuted the piece in March 2007 at a sold-out performance at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall as part of composer John Adams’ In Your Ear festival.

Learn more about Punch Brothers here.

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