Despite the weekend's spring forward to Daylight Saving Time, winter still managed to get the better of Punch Brothers. Regrettably, the guys had to postpone their scheduled Saturday night performance at the 930 Listening Room in Louisville, Kentucky, due to a major winter storm. They did manage to play the night before at the Southern Theatre in Columbus, Ohio, despite the already wintry weather, for what the Columbus Dispatch's Curtis Schieber says was "nearly two hours of magical music making."

In his concert review, Schieber calls attention to the affinity between Chris Thile and his fellow Punch Brothers, "who not only share his love of integrating diverse styles into the mix but with whom he shares an uncanny instrumental intuition." Shieber found, at the Columbus show, that this bond "served the five best during the centerpiece of the concert, Thile's extended four movement suite, The Blind Leaving the Blind." He also cites the recording of the piece on Punch, and recognizes that all five band members

are marvelously suited to the task, as the piece demanded precision and abundant technique to make the recording successful. Last night, it came alive with a richly organic interplay and a deep sensitivity for the material and each other.

To read the complete review, visit dispatch.com.

Punch Brothers are taking a couple of well-deserved weeks off from touring before starting up again in Lexington, Kentucky, but will be featured on NPR's World Cafe tomorrow afternoon. You can listen live on xpn.org beginning at 2 PM. For further tour information, click here.

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