Arts & Entertainment

Punch Brothers

WTTW News | March 4, 2010, 7:00 pm

When mandolin superstar Chris Thile needed a banjo player for his latest band, Punch Brothers, he chose Skokie native Noam Pikelny. We go behind the scenes at a Punch Brothers rehearsal.

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