Punch Brothers is an American band consisting of Chris Thile (mandolin), Brittany Haas (fiddle/violin), Noam Pikelny (banjo), Chris Eldridge (guitar), and Paul Kowert (bass). Their style has been described as "bluegrass instrumentation and spontaneity in the strictures of modern classical" as well as "American country-classical chamber music".
Punch Brothers
Punch Brothers, NC Museum of Art, July 16, 2015. Photo by Julianne G. Macie
Noam Pikelny (banjo), Chris Thile (mandolin), Greg Garrison (bass), and Chris Eldridge (guitar) at Wintergrass, 2008
Christopher Scott Thile is an American mandolinist, singer, songwriter, composer, and radio personality, best known for his work in the progressive acoustic trio Nickel Creek and the acoustic folk and progressive bluegrass quintet Punch Brothers. He is a 2012 MacArthur Fellow. From 2016 to its cancellation in 2020, he hosted the radio variety show Live from Here.
Thile hosting A Prairie Home Companion in 2016
Chris Thile with Punch Brothers at Wintergrass, 2008
Chris Thile with Punch Brothers at Wintergrass, 2008
Thile hosting A Prairie Home Companion with guest Brandi Carlile