NY Times: Punch Brothers Give "Supremely Entertaining" Performance

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The Punch Brothers played the "American Roots, New Shoots" series at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah, New York, this past weekend, in a mini-festival showcasing "new perspectives on traditional American music." The New York Times describes the "supremely entertaining" show as "cleverly splintered and episodic, with touches of breathless emotion and ... humor."

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The Punch Brothers played the "American Roots, New Shoots" series at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah, New York, this past weekend, in a mini-festival showcasing "new perspectives on traditional American music." In a review of the "supremely entertaining" performance in the New York Times, writer Ben Ratliff describes the show as "cleverly splintered and episodic, with touches of breathless emotion and ... humor." The group played songs from their new album, Antifogmatic; Ratliff writes that "at its most intense, the band’s music suggests prairie landscapes redone by a supremely confident illustrator." Read more at nytimes.com.

Meanwhile, in the ArtsJournal blog, About Last Night, journalist Terry Teachout lists Antifogmatic in the Top Five list of "new things we've liked." He praises the album for its "rich yet coherent stylistic eclecticism," and notes that the band's style is "tantalizingly hard to pigeonhole." Read more at artsjournal.com.

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  • Wednesday, July 7, 2010
    NY Times: Punch Brothers Give "Supremely Entertaining" Performance
    C. Taylor Crothers

    The Punch Brothers played the "American Roots, New Shoots" series at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah, New York, this past weekend, in a mini-festival showcasing "new perspectives on traditional American music." In a review of the "supremely entertaining" performance in the New York Times, writer Ben Ratliff describes the show as "cleverly splintered and episodic, with touches of breathless emotion and ... humor." The group played songs from their new album, Antifogmatic; Ratliff writes that "at its most intense, the band’s music suggests prairie landscapes redone by a supremely confident illustrator." Read more at nytimes.com.

    Meanwhile, in the ArtsJournal blog, About Last Night, journalist Terry Teachout lists Antifogmatic in the Top Five list of "new things we've liked." He praises the album for its "rich yet coherent stylistic eclecticism," and notes that the band's style is "tantalizingly hard to pigeonhole." Read more at artsjournal.com.

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