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Punch Brothers will perform twice at New York City's Town Hall this weekend in live performances of MPR's A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. They'll play both tonight and Saturday afternoon, with the latter show to be broadcast live to NPR stations across the country. Coming up, you can catch Punch Brothers' recent CMJ performance at The Living Room on Sirius/XM's The Loft.

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Punch Brothers, fresh from Los Angeles, where they were recording their new album, will perform twice at New York City's Town Hall this weekend in live performances of NPR's A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. They'll play both tonight and Saturday afternoon, and the latter show will be broadcast live to NPR stations across the country. For more information and local listings, visit prairiehome.publicradio.org. (You can catch a pic from the recent album recording session, with Chris Thile at the sound board, on yfrog.com, via the Punch Brothers' Twitter feed.)

Coming up on non-terrestrial radio, Punch Brothers' performance at The Living Room in New York for the Paste magazine CMJ festival showcase earlier this fall will air on XM and Sirius satellite radio. The show will be broadcast on From The Living Room to the Loft, a program of The Loft, which can be found on Sirius Channel 29 and XM Channel 50, beginning December 13, a week from Sunday, at 7 PM, and rebroadcast throughout that week. For more information, visit sirius.com or xm.com.

In other radio news, Punch Brothers fiddler Gabe Witcher will perform at a live concert taping of the NPR program eTown this Monday, December 7. The concert, eTown's special Holiday in New York show, features performances by Tori Amos and Jesse Winchester at the Manhattan Center's Grand Ballroom and will air on December 23. For more information, visit etown.org.

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    Punch Brothers to Perform on NPR's "A Prairie Home Companion" with Garrison Keillor
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    Punch Brothers, fresh from Los Angeles, where they were recording their new album, will perform twice at New York City's Town Hall this weekend in live performances of NPR's A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. They'll play both tonight and Saturday afternoon, and the latter show will be broadcast live to NPR stations across the country. For more information and local listings, visit prairiehome.publicradio.org. (You can catch a pic from the recent album recording session, with Chris Thile at the sound board, on yfrog.com, via the Punch Brothers' Twitter feed.)

    Coming up on non-terrestrial radio, Punch Brothers' performance at The Living Room in New York for the Paste magazine CMJ festival showcase earlier this fall will air on XM and Sirius satellite radio. The show will be broadcast on From The Living Room to the Loft, a program of The Loft, which can be found on Sirius Channel 29 and XM Channel 50, beginning December 13, a week from Sunday, at 7 PM, and rebroadcast throughout that week. For more information, visit sirius.com or xm.com.

    In other radio news, Punch Brothers fiddler Gabe Witcher will perform at a live concert taping of the NPR program eTown this Monday, December 7. The concert, eTown's special Holiday in New York show, features performances by Tori Amos and Jesse Winchester at the Manhattan Center's Grand Ballroom and will air on December 23. For more information, visit etown.org.

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