Tunes for a Monday Morning
Monday, March 05, 2012
Since I'm in New York City right now, today's tunes come from one of my favorite New York bands, The Punch Brothers. The group was created by singer/songwriter Chris Thile as a "bluegrass-inflected musical experient," with the name taken from a Mark Twain story. The other members of the band are Gabe Witcher, Paul Kowert, Chris Eldridge, and Noam Pikelny. They've got three albums out, including the newly-released Whose Feeling Young Now?
Above: "This is the Song," performed at a radio station in Charlottesville, Virginia. I love this one so, so much.
Below: "Rye Whiskey," a great foot-stomper of a tune, recorded at the same session.
And one more:
"Sometimes," an instrumental piece that shows off the band's dazzling musical chops, recorded for Guitar Magazine.