Features
Tuesday, December 25 2012
The Best Bluegrass of 2012
Any genre as historic as bluegrass will experience undulations in style and popularity, but we’re certainly at an unprecedented peak of interest, if not in traditional bluegrass music, at least in bluegrass-oriented sounds.
Friday, May 4 2012
No Concern of Yours: An Interview with Punch Brothers
He's been in Grammy-winning bands, has worked with some of the best producers in the world, has a documentary coming out about him, and more -- but Chris Thile still doesn't see what the big fuss is about.
Wednesday, December 15 2010
The Best Bluegrass of 2010
All in all, it was a banner year for bluegrass. With so many of the genre's most exciting bands in action in 2010, bluegrass fans were offered quite a smorgasboard.
Friday, December 19 2008
The Best Bluegrass of 2008
The year's best bluegrass music is chock full of harmonies that recall classic dueting brothers, tight-knit family pickin', and even bluegrass for people who don't like bluegrass.
Reviews
Friday, May 4 2012
Punch Brothers: 17 April 2012 - Lexington, KY
Never mind what the group appears to be, as their style transcends the limits of instrumental preferences.
Thursday, March 1 2012
Punch Brothers: Who's Feeling Young Now?
Chris Thile returns with a third set with the Punch Brothers, as these five prog-grass cats push their craft further into the string-band mindwarp.
Thursday, July 28 2011
Telluride Bluegrass Festival: 16 - 19 June 2011 (Sunday)
Four days of sun, banjos, snow, Mumfords, fiddles, and rock gods at 10,000 feet.
Wednesday, August 4 2010
Punch Brothers: Antifogmatic
Chris Thile and a group of young bluegrass all-stars make complex chamber-bluegrass that is intricate, marvelous, and elusive.
