Punch Brothers, who are currently touring the United States with music from their first all-instrumental album, The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers, stopped by the College of Charleston’s Cistern Yard in Charleston, South Carolina, earlier this year to film a Back Porch Session for Garden & Gun magazine while at Spoleto Festival USA. You can watch the session, including "New Bike" and "Le Ruisseau" from the new album, plus "Clara," from their 2012 album, Who's Feeling Young Now?, here:

The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers is the seventh album from the Grammy-winning band—and its first comprising all instrumental tunes, as well as its first with fiddle player Brittany Haas, who joined the quintet in 2023. The album features eight new original compositions by Punch Brothers plus three traditional songs they arranged. The album’s title is more than a play on words: without lyrics to guide the listener, these are stories, impressions, and emotions communicated entirely with strings through melody, harmony, rhythm, and a literary sense of musical structure. For a band known for pushing acoustic music into unexpected places, going fully instrumental may be the most adventurous move they have made yet. The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers is produced by the band and engineered by Joseph Lorge. You can get the album and hear it here.

For details on Punch Brothers' Unsung Expedition tour and tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.