Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile; Loudon Wainwright III
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Friday, September 10, 2010, 8:00 pm
Bass Concert Hall
$40/$36/$26
Presented in partnership with L Style G Style
Texas Performing Arts celebrates the best of American acoustic music with a special double-bill featuring the exciting bluegrass/folk sound of the Punch Brothers with Chris Thile and folk music icon Loudon Wainwright III.
Collecting five singular abilities and viewpoints into one musical force, Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile have established their place among the most dynamic and talented presences across the full range of contemporary music-making. As performing and recording artists, composers and interpreters, technicians and stylists, they continue to push the boundaries of possibility while maintaining an unerring devotion to the basic audience experience.
For nearly forty years Loudon Wainwright III has been one of America’s most cherished music icons. His legendary wit and satirical genius have expanded his cultural reach from troubadour to silver screen regular. Using a witty, self-mocking style, Wainwright has recorded over twenty albums on eleven different labels, including 2009’s High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project which won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. His critically acclaimed 2007 release, Strange Weirdos, music from and inspired by the movie Knocked Up, won him a new generation of fans.
“...this top shelf acoustic quintet is a virtuosic revelation…” BOSTON GLOBE on the Punch Brothers
“Mr. Wainwright wrings more human truth out of his contradiction than any other songwriter of his generation.” NEW YORK TIMES
REVIEWS, RESOURCES, AND MORE
Radical Pickers – New York Times article
Bluegrass Modernists Punch Their Own Ticket – Wall Street Journal article
Punch Brothers website
Loudon Wainwright III website
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Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, The Living Room, New York, March 12, 2009. Footage appears courtesy of Shaftway Productions and their upcoming feature documentary filmHow To Grow A Bandabout Punch Brothers. Visit www.punchbrothersmovie.com for more clips and details.
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Please be aware that as you near Bass Concert Hall for this event, our building will look a bit different than usual. Due to the home football game happening on Saturday, there is a tent and fencing in place around the Bass plaza. Please do not let this deter you, we will have staff members positioned outside the building to help direct guests into the lobby.
Additionally due to the fence, the easiest way for mobility impaired guests to get into the building will be for them to be dropped off in front of the plaza, if possible.
Thanks and enjoy your show!
-Texas Performing Arts Guest Services/Front of House Operations Department
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