Punch Brothers New Album

The Punch Brothers new album will hit the shelves February 28, 2008. The band signed with Nonesuch Records for this release and the new album will include (but not limited to) Thile’s four-movement composition, The Blind Leaving the Blind, which the band performed at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall earlier this year, as part of label-mate John Adams’ In Your Ear festival. Thile’s solo records and collaborations also will be released by Nonesuch, beginning with an album with composer/bassist Edgar Meyer later in 2008.

The band is currently on a European tour but will return February 13 to begin their US tour. The dates so far are:

Feb 13 7:30P Higher Ground Burlington, Vermont
Feb 14 7:30P Lebanon Opera House Lebanon, New Hampshire
Feb 15 7:30P The Strand Theatre Rockland, Maine
Feb 16 8:00P Stone Mountain Arts Center Brownfield, Maine
Feb 17 7:30P The Swyer Theatre at the Egg Albany, New York
Feb 20 8:30P The Allen Room at Time Warner Center New York, New York
Feb 22 10:30P Wintergrass Music Festival Tacoma, Washington
Feb 23 7:00P The Independent San Francisco, California
Feb 23 10:00P The Independent San Francisco, California
Feb 25 7:30P Sierra Nevada Tap Room Chico, California
Feb 27 8:00P Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, California
Feb 28 7:30P Troubadour Los Angeles, California
Mar 1 9:00P Soho Restaurant & Music Club Santa Barbara, California
Mar 6 8:00P Buskirk-Chumley Theatre Bloomington, Indiana
Mar 7 8:00P Southern Theatre Columbus, Ohio
Mar 9 7:30P Clemons Fine Arts Center Paducah, Kentucky
Mar 27 8:00P Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall Asheville, North Carolina
Mar 28 8:00P Carolina Theatre Greensboro, North Carolina
Mar 29 8:00P The Clayton Center Clayton, North Carolina
Mar 30 7:00P North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center (McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Square) Charlotte, North Carolina
Apr 2 8:00P The Kent Stage Kent, Ohio
Apr 3 7:30P Seton Performance Hall Cincinnati, Ohio
Apr 5 8:00P Gild Hall Arden, Delaware
Apr 6 8:00P Shubert Theater New Haven, Connecticut
Apr 9 6:30P Rams Head On Stage Annapolis, Maryland
Apr 9 9:30P Rams Head On Stage LATE SHOW Annapolis, Maryland
May 25 8:00P Delfest Cumberland, Maryland

You can get a taste of the music from the upcoming CD on Reverb Nation where one track, Punchbowl, can be previewed online.

Here is a selection from "The Blind Leading the Blind" which is the piece that the new album will center around.