Thile Carnegie Hall show reviewed

Chris Thile & The Tensions Mountain BoysWhen Brance reminded us last week about the debut of The Tensions Mountain Boys at Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall), I was hoping to see at least one review in the New York press over the weekend. But no…

I’ve been on the lookout for reviews, and have found but a few – surprisingly, given the amount of anticipation that Chris’ new through-composed piece, The Blind Leaving The Blind, had been generating in advance of its coming out party on March 17.

Here are three that I’ve found online, for anyone curious about the new Thile music:

If we find any more, we’ll post an update.

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comment #20381 By terrortubby on 04.04.07 6:04 pm

I’ve posted the setlist and banter for this show on my blog.

[...] songs off of “How to Grow a Woman from the Ground.” Other reviews are linked from the bluegrass blog. Setlist, some banter and bad photos [...]

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