Chris Thile makes his second appearance on The Travel Channel's The Traveler’s Guide to Life tonight. His travels brought him to Iowa last weekend to perform his Mandolin Concerto with the Waterloo Cedar Falls Symphony. "Thile gave a lively and intense performance of his newly composed concerto," says the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, and a "sublime" encore of Bach. He was home in NYC to perform with guitarist Michael Daves last night and hits the road again with Punch Brothers this weekend. Banjoist Noam Pikelny recently spoke with the A.V. Club about the group's Grammy nominations, among many other things.
Chris Thile will make his second appearance on The Travel Channel's new series The Traveler’s Guide to Life, as a featured storyteller tonight at 10:30 PM ET. On the series, guests share stories that shed insight on the things that matter most, including, on tonight's episode, "Celebrations," focusing on holidays, rituals, and life-changing events. On last week's episode, "Hometown," Thile and the other guests shared stories of the traditions, food, and significant experiences that draw them back to the places where their journeys began. For more information on the series, visit travelchannel.com.
Thile's travels brought him to Cedar Falls, Iowa, over the weekend to perform his Mandolin Concerto with the Waterloo Cedar Falls Symphony at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center on Saturday night. Thile's piece was paired, on an all-American program, with Ives' Symphony No. 3 and Copland's Appalachian Spring. "Chris Thile gave a lively and intense performance of his newly composed concerto for mandolin," writes George F. Day of the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. "Thile also played several solo encores. One of these was a Partita by J.S. Bach—it was sublime." Read more at wcfcourier.com.
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Thile returned home to New York City briefly to perform a sold-out duo show with singer/guitarist Michael Daves at New York's Rockwood Music Hall last night that kept the audience, included a number of Nonesuch staffers and at least a few folks at the Mandolin Cafe, transfixed into the wee hours of the night. He joins up with his fellow Punch Brothers to resume their tour this weekend with three concerts in Colorado. The band's bassists, Paul Kowert, spoke with Aspen Times, about playing with the group in an article you can read at aspentimes.com.
For more information about the tour, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
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Punch Brothers are up for two Grammy Awards this weekend: Best Country Instrumental Performance on the tune "New Chance Blues," the bonus track on the digital deluxe edition of their latest Nonesuch release, Antifogmatic, at Amazon.com, and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for their work with Dierks Bentley. Banjoist Noam Pikelny recently spoke with the Onion's A.V. Club in his hometown of Chicago about the Grammys, some of the other great experiences he and the band have had this past year, and what's ahead for Punch Brothers. You can read the interview at avclub.com.
The Wall Street Journal's Jim Fusilli sees the best of this year's Grammy nominees in a few of the less publicized categories, including the Punch Brothers' Best Country Instrumental Performance category, which he says "is one of this year's strongest ... The tracks are all great cuts, each a winner in its own way." Read more at wsj.com.
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