Amazon.com: The Punch Brothers are nothing less than a youthful band comprising the most prodigious and sought-after musicians from the cutting edge of bluegrass and folk music. The quintet was brought together by former Nickel Creek star Chris Thile, who, the critic Geoffrey Himes of Washington Post declared, "may well be the most virtuosic American ever to play the mandolin "– adding, not insignificantly, that "he has the flirtatious charisma of a major pop star." Joining him are Chris Eldridge, who Acoustic Guitar has called "the most-talked-about guitarist in the bluegrass world," a member of The Infamous Stringdusters and occasional guest star with dad Ben’s legendary combo, The Seldom Scene; bassist Greg Garrison, who has recorded with John Scofield and Vasser Clements, among many others, and regularly sits in with Leftover Salmon; banjo player Noam Pikelny, an alumnus of Leftover Salmon and the John Cowan Band who also appears on label-mate K.D. Lang’s new disc, Watershed; and fiddle player Gabe Witcher, "a first-call studio player with a big sound and immaculate intonation," according to String magazine, who has been featured, on the Oscar-winning soundtracks of Babel and Brokeback Mountain, among countless other films.
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Rating: - The Best Album I've Heard in Years
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"Punch" is the second album from the newly renamed "Punch Brothers," their first being "How To Grow ... Read More
Rating: - Spellbinding
I am attracted to artists who cross musical genres and create a unique sound. Bluegrass meets classical meets folk meets blues. The Punch Brothers forge ahead into new musical territory with the same fearlessness ... Read More
Rating: - About time for a longer work from a mature composer.
If you'd like to hear what happens when a (primarily) progressive folk composer, a man used to shooting off five-to-ten minute pieces, tries his hand at a mature work of 40 minutes, give this album a listen.
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Rating: - Thile is in his own world
Chris Thile is absolutely a prodigy turned polished, advanced musician.
Trouble is that he gets too far out there in his own complex, chromatic musical world that he loses many of us. The expression to describe ... Read More
Rating: - This album sux
I'm sorry. I usually don't like to be negative...but this album is the worst I've listened to in a long time. It is disjointed and jumbled and never really got me into any kind of a groove with the music or lyrics. Very ... Read More
- The Best Album I've Heard in Years
- Thile is in his own world
- This album sux