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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.

Mandolin prodigy Chris Thile released his first of five solo albums when he was just 13 years old. By the time he was 20, he was attracting a huge following as a member of the Grammy Award winning bluegrass ensemble Nickel Creek. Now, Thile and the Punch Brothers are among the most in-demand performers in the bluegrass, folk and traditional music world. Even with the shifting boundaries of what is called “new acoustic music,” The New York Times says the Punch Brothers, “expand the frontier of an emerging style of what might be called American country-classical chamber music.”

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.

“To call the 27-year-old mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile the Les Paul of his instrument describes only one aspect of a musician who could just as rightly be compared to a great classical guitarist.” NEW YORK TIMES

“Mr. Wainwright wrings more human truth out of his contradiction than any other songwriter of his generation.” NEW YORK TIMES

September 10, 2010, 8:00 pm
Bass Concert Hall
$40/$36/$26

SPECIAL DOUBLE BILL
Punch Brothers with Chris Thile, mandolin
Loudon Wainwright III

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Punch Brothers website

Loudon Wainwright III website

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