Punch Brothers
01/14/22
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Punch Brothers are mandolinist Chris Thile, guitarist Chris Eldridge, bassist Paul Kowert, banjoist Noam Pikelny, and violinist Gabe Witcher. This band of stellar players has spent more than a decade changing the face of acoustic music, stretching the limitations of instruments, and influencing a generation of young musicians. Their accolades include a Grammy for best folk album for their 2018 release All Ashore, and praise from the media, including the Washington Post, which said, “With enthusiasm and experimentation, Punch Brothers take bluegrass to its next evolutionary stage, drawing equal inspiration from the brain and the heart.”
Punch Brothers first record, Punch, was released in 2008 and combined elements of the band’s many musical interests. In 2009, they began a residency at NYC’s intimate Lower East Side club The Living Room, trying out new songs and ultimately spawning Antifogmatic (2010). In 2012, the band released Who’s Feeling Young Now?, about which Rolling Stone said, “The acoustic framework dazzles–wild virtuosity used for more than just virtuosity.” Their 2015 album, the T Bone Burnett-produced, The Phosphorescent Blues, addresses with straight-up poignancy and subversive humor, the power and the pitfalls of our super-connected world.
In November of 2020, when the world felt so full of uncertainty, Punch Brothers did one thing that they could rely on: they stood in a circle, facing one another, and made music together. A weeklong recording session, after quarantining and little rehearsal outside of a few Zoom calls, had culminated in their new record, Hell on Church Street—a reimagining of Bluegrass great Tony Rice’s landmark album, Church Street Blues—out on Nonesuch in January 2022.
Hell on Church Street is a potent work by a band realizing their own powers and returning to the foundations of their music. Kowert considers this album to “harken back to our early days in the band when we were playing regularly on the Lower East Side, learning all this new material to expand our sonic arsenal.” Pikelny adds, “I can’t imagine making a more personal record, solely through the power of interpretation and delivery. It felt right and proper.”
Church Street Blues was Tony Rice’s great statement. Rice had already made his name as a member of the legendary bluegrass band JD Crowe and The New South and pushed the boundaries of string music as a founding member of the David Grisman Quartet, but this album was him on his own, stripped back to just his guitar, his voice, and an inspired collection of the songs. Performing songs by heavyweights like Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot and bluegrass founder Bill Monroe, Rice’s interpretations of these songs and tunes have since become the standard.
Punch Brothers will re-interpret this classic Rice album and more in concert. Don’t miss this opportunity to see some of acoustic music’s finest on Friday January 14 at the Cascade!
(COVID-19 Policy for this show: At the request of the artist, proof of vaccination or negative test & masks required.)
On-Site COVID-19 Testing available at No Cost to you! – For more information contact the Cascade Box Office at boxoffice@cascadetheatre.org or 530-243-8877
A message from the Punch Brothers:
We are psyched beyond expression to start playing music for you next week as we embark on our “Hell On Church Street” album release tour! We are committed to creating as safe an environment as possible for everybody attending and facilitating these performances. We have made the difficult decision to proceed with a significantly streamlined touring pod, which unfortunately entails foregoing the inclusion of supporting artists on all of our scheduled dates January 11 in Bellingham through January 29 in Toronto. As a reminder, proof of vaccination or a negative PCR test within 48 hours is required for entry. Please get vaccinated or boosted if you’re not already, and remember to wear a mask at the show, for your and your fellow human’s health.
SEE YOU SOON!!!
Yours gratefully,
Punch Brothers
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