Punch Brothers to Perform at Boch Center Shubert Theatre for New Album
THE UNSUNG ADVENTURES OF PUNCH BROTHERS is presented by the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame
Punch Brothers—mandolinist Chris Thile, guitarist Chris Eldridge, bassist Paul Kowert, banjoist Noam Pikelny, and violinist Brittany Haas are celebrating the release of their biggest album since 2019, The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers, with a performance at the historic Boch Center Shubert Theatre, Friday, November 13, 2026. This show is presented by the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame.
The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers is the seventh album from the Grammy-winning band—and its first comprising all instrumental tunes as well as its first with fiddle player Brittany Haas, who joined the quintet in 2023. The record features eight new original compositions by Punch Brothers as well as three traditional songs they arranged (complete track list below).
The new album's title is more than a play on words: without lyrics to guide the listener, these are stories, impressions, and emotions communicated entirely with strings through melody, harmony, rhythm, and a literary sense of musical structure. For a band known for pushing acoustic music into unexpected places, going fully instrumental may be the most adventurous move they have made yet. The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers is produced by the band and engineered by Joseph Lorge, who most recently received a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album/Non-Classical for his work on Pino Palladino and Blake Mills' That Wasn't a Dream.
Recorded at Guilford Sound Studio in Vermont last fall and winter, The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers is an album of music without words. Thile, who founded the band in 2006, says, “This music is the result of what feels to me like our deepest but also most joyful exploration of the American string band in the twenty years we've been making music together. Something about the dichotomy of all the water under the bridge plus a new, brilliant teammate in Brittany. We all felt like kids in a candy store … so many possibilities and so much energy with which to pursue them, except with the kind of collective discipline and clarity of intent that only decades of collaboration affords.”
Punch Brothers, formed by Chris Thile in 2006, is known for pushing the boundaries of acoustic music. The band has garnered critical acclaim, including a Grammy for Best Folk Album for All Ashore (2018). Over the past two decades, Punch Brothers has become a pioneer in modern string music, with albums like Antifogmatic (2010), Who's Feeling Young Now (2012), and The Phosphorescent Blues (2015) showcasing the group's genre-defying sound. The band's most recent album, Hell on Church Street (2021), is a reimagining of, and homage to, the late bluegrass great Tony Rice's landmark solo album Church Street Blues.
Tickets On Sale Friday, May 8th at 10:00 AM. Punch Brothers has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 per ticket goes to supporting organizations working for equity, access, and dignity for all. VIP packages are available.
Tickets are available at the Boch Center Box Office, www.bochcenter.org, and via Ticketmaster. The Shubert Theatre is located at 265 Tremont Street in Boston, MA
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