Punch Brothers perform 'Flippen'

During their sold-out debut Melbourne Recital Centre performance, Punch Brothers moved beyond the stage mic to take full advantage of Elisabeth Murdoch Hall’s superb acoustics. Now the critically-acclaimed group returns with their brilliant musicianship and a brand new album The Phosphorescent Blues.
Punch Brothers’ virtuosity transforms an amalgam of musical styles into a genre all unto itself. Chris Thile (mandolin), Chris Eldridge (guitar), Paul Kowert (bass), Noam Pikelny (banjo) and Gabe Witcher (violin) swing from an evocative full-band arrangement of ‘Passepied’ from Claude Debussy’s Suite Bergamasque into tunes reminiscent of old America in the Appalachians all with a healthy dose of bluegrass joy.
Join us to relive the stunning performance of Flippen from their August 2016 concert.
Dynamic, thrilling, daring and freewheeling, Punch Brothers pack a punch!
Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre.

[@williamkavanagh8805]

And some people are critical of these guys? Get a life. They are the greatest band on the planet.

[@donnastoner8376]

That bass!!!. Paul is amazing and never does it the same.

[@EvilSean62]

how is this not huge !!!?

[@fanu4059]

Gabe is unbelievable as always

[@Bryan-th6rc]

that solo was fucking insane

[@cisumevolneblok]

Väsen would be proud.

[@williamkavanagh8805]

This is the only band I ever want to see. Will they ever come to Ireland?

[@tpf1952]

Dang! They are so wonderful!

[@brucegelman5582]

Chris is as far as I know the only one who can play mandolin like that.Superb generational talent.

[@feelinghealingfrequences7179]

tristan scrogins and jordan thice and dozens of other amateurs can replicate this mando picking
u might find looking up mandolin competition

[@feelinghealingfrequences7179]

also italian mandolin orchestra have players better than chris texhnically u wont hear any finger movement squeekks

[@jakehewitt2697]

No one is coming up with the stuff Chris does. Obviously his technique is amazing, but his innovation and feel is what got him the MacArthur genius grant and not the dozens of other amateurs

[@seanschmidt2793]

Old fellar in Eastern Kentucky, named Kenny Blanton would blow your mind.

[@niure86]

It's a Swedish "polska", which is a kind of dance tune

[@firstnameisthename1552]

chris thile loves an ol solo hahaha

[@tkbikesnc6079]

when it begins you get out of the way!

[@otiscarr]

Wow.

[@ifolkinrock]

Glad I stuck around for Critter’s break.

[@DRNEGOLICIS]

He fuckin owns that mandolin!

[@bossHogOG]

Most professionals have their own.

[@antjechristopeit9454]

Love it!!!

[@scottconroy2712]

Holy flip!

[@indranilmajumdar2089]

Yah man

[@gregarityNow]

How is there an advert in the middle of this 😒🤬

[@johnmutschler-vj5dr]

No doubt

[@lucyfoster4082]

Why no Noam solo?

[@RowanGolightly]

Fabulous, as always! Frankly, I could do with less of a four minute dulcimer solo and more of all five marvelous musicians all together. That bass, that bango, that fiddle, that guitar!

[@EvilSean62]

nobody is plugged in ... they know how close to be to the mic...

[@bossHogOG]

Let’s clap over the music so nobody can hear it. Derp derp

[@HyperSonic707]

That solo around 5min lost me :-/ good song otherwise!

[@lucyfoster4082]

Wouldn’t the god Thile like to play an instrument with more resonance and less picky and fret slidey noises?

[@samuelhorner6200]

Lucy Foster dude. No

[@ToxicallyMasculinelol]

he has a band for that

[@feelinghealingfrequences7179]

1:44 fiddle starts and ruins the melody with strange harmony

[@benmaddox5777]

You better change your name because those harmonies were completely diatonic. They weren’t strange at all.

[@jakehewitt2697]

What are you talking about