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Punch Brothers at The Rio Theatre
Courtesy of Bennett Jackson | Posted on October 10, 2012
Where
The Rio Theatre
1205 Soquel Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA
Map
(831) 423-8209
When
Fri, November 30, 2012
8:00 PM
Save the date
Musicians
Punch Brothers
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
Friday, November 30, 8:00 PM
Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile
Plus support act: The Milk Carton Kids
At the Rio Theatre
$25/General Admission
No Jazztix or Comps
Doors: 7:00 PM
Punch Brothers are the New York City-based quintet of mandolinist Chris Thile, guitarist Chris Eldridge, bassist Paul Kowert, banjoist Noam Pikelny and violinist Gabe Witcher. Their new album Who’s Feeling Young Now?, produced and engineered by Jacquire King, contains some of the most exhilaratingly direct, sonically daring performances the group has ever recorded. Already, Vanity Fair has hailed the album as “their most expressive work yet as an ensemble — sophisticated, pop-y, kinetic and profound, all at once.” The New Yorker calls it “a mystical alchemy of old-time music and contemporary sensibilities” As the five members, ranging in age from their mid-20′s to mid-30′s, have matured together on the road and in the studio, their approach to writing and performing has, conversely, become looser, simpler, and, in a sense, more unaffectedly youthful. In fact, the title song on the new disc—featuring rumbling bass, skittering violin, and wailing multi-tracked vocals—sounds like hard-charging string-band punk rock....