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Punch Brothers
Also Playing: Dovekins
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Fri Jan 15
9 pm
Punch Brothers and Dovekins at Fox Theatre
Mandolin prodigy Chris Thile made his name combining bluegrass craftsmanship with unorthodox pop and progressive adventures in the band Nickel Creek, and he takes even more liberties in Punch Brothers. The five-piece string band of crack players debuted in 2008 with Punch, much of which comprises a long, four-track suite, “The Blind Leaving The Blind.” “Suite” is definitely the right word for it: Rather than an extended hot-picking session, it’s a complex piece marked with plentiful shifts of pace and mood, building off traditional themes but flirting with improvisation and dissonant harmonies. Even the lyrics unravel the bluegrass base, centering on yarns of love and sin but shading them with trickier, more detailed introspection.
Fox Theatre 1135 13th St, Denver/Boulder, CO
Mandolin prodigy Chris Thile made his name combining bluegrass craftsmanship with unorthodox pop and progressive adventures in the band Nickel Creek, and he takes even more liberties in Punch Brothers. The five-piece string band of crack players debuted in 2008 with Punch, much of which comprises a long, four-track suite, “The Blind Leaving The Blind.” “Suite” is definitely the right word for it: Rather than an extended hot-picking session, it’s a complex piece marked with plentiful shifts of pace and mood, building off traditional themes but flirting with improvisation and dissonant harmonies. Even the lyrics unravel the bluegrass base, centering on yarns of love and sin but shading them with trickier, more detailed introspection.
Updated 02/22/2012
