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Bluegrass Jam Along

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Free fiddle tune backing tracks and interviews with amazing people from the world of bluegrass.

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Brittany Haas on joining Punch Brothers

July 02, 2024 • Matt Hutchinson • Episode 398

My guest on the podcast this week is Brittany Haas, fiddle player with Hawktail and, now, Punch Brothers!

I interviewed Gabe Witcher last June, a few days after he played his final shows with Punch Brothers at Telluride. Almost exactly a year later to the day I spoke with Brittany to chat about joining the band as his replacement. Brittany had just played with Punch Brothers at Telluride, so there was a lovely symmetry to it.

We chatted about how Brittany got the gig, the challenges of replacing one of your favourite fiddle payers in a band you love, how knowing the rest of the band really helped with that process (both musically and socially), how her first shows with the band have been and what Punch Brothers 3.0 might look like.

Brittany also has a brand new record of fiddle duets with Lena Jonsson, called The Snake, which you can stream in all the usual places as well as buy on Bandcamp

Happy picking!
Matt

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