Noam Pikelny
US banjo player
Noam Pikelny
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Background information | |
Born | ( 1981-02-27 ) February 27, 1981 (age 42) [1] |
Origin | Chicago , Illinois |
Genres |
Progressive bluegrass
Bluegrass |
Instrument(s) | Banjo |
Labels | Compass Records , Rounder Records |
Member of | Punch Brothers |
Formerly of |
Leftover Salmon
Caitlin Canty |
Website | noampikelny.com |
Noam David Pikelny (born February 27, 1981, in Chicago, Illinois [2] ) is an American banjoist . He is a member of the group Punch Brothers and was previously in Leftover Salmon as well as the John Cowan Band. Pikelny is a nine-time Grammy Award nominee, winning once in 2019 for Best Folk Album . [3]
History
Pikelny started playing banjo when he was 8 years old. [4] He took lessons at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music. In high school, he began studying with Greg Cahill of the Chicago bluegrass band The Special Consensus .
Pikelny was in Leftover Salmon from 2002 until leaving in 2004 to play in the John Cowan Band from 2004 to 2006 - playing on the band's "New Tattoo" record, just before the formation of Punch Brothers in that same year. Chris Thile of Nickel Creek was planning to form a string quintet, but did not know what direction he wanted to take it, except that he wanted it to include fiddler Gabe Witcher . After Thile had a jam session with Witcher, Pikelny, bassist Greg Garrison and guitarist Chris Eldridge , he decided he wanted the band to be a quintet. The band was called "The How to Grow a Band" in 2006 when they were the backing band on Thile's solo release How to Grow a Woman from the Ground , as well as the following supporting shows. [5] After on and off touring throughout 2007 coinciding with Nickel Creek's Farewell (For Now) Tour , the band's name was changed to the "Tensions Mountain Boys" briefly, and subsequently to Punch Brothers (borrowed from a short story by Mark Twain ). Punch Brothers released their first official album as a band, Punch , on Nonesuch Records on February 26, 2008.
A native of Skokie, Illinois , Pikelny currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee . [6]
Awards
Pikelny was the recipient of the 2010 Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. [7] On November 5, 2010, he appeared on Late Show with David Letterman playing a comedic version of " Dueling Banjos " alongside Martin, and later performed with Martin and Punch Brothers. [8] Pikelny's 2011 album Beat the Devil and Carry a Rail was nominated for Best Bluegrass Album in the 2013 Grammy Awards . [9]
In 2014 at the International Bluegrass Music Awards he was named banjo player of the year by the International Bluegrass Music Association , an award that he also received in 2017. [10] He also received the album of the year award for Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe [11] - the same album that would be nominated for "Best Bluegrass Album" at the 57th annual GRAMMY® Awards in 2015. [12]
In 2019 Punch Brothers won a Grammy Award for best Folk Album for their album "All Ashore."
Discography
Solo recordings
Title | Album details |
Peak chart
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US Grass | US Heat | ||
In the Maze |
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Beat the Devil and Carry a Rail |
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3 | 27 |
Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe |
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2 | 21 |
Universal Favorite |
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2 | – |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Leftover Salmon
Year | Title | Label |
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2003 | O' Cracker Where Art Thou' | Pitch-a-Tent |
2004 | Leftover Salmon | Compendia |
Punch Brothers
Year | Title | Label |
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2006 | How to Grow a Woman from the Ground | Sugar Hill |
2008 | Punch | Nonesuch |
2010 | Antifogmatic | Nonesuch |
2012 | Who's Feeling Young Now? | Nonesuch |
2015 | The Phosphorescent Blues | Nonesuch |
2018 | All Ashore | Nonesuch |
2022 | Hell on Church Street | Nonesuch |
References
- ↑ Bluegrass Unlimited June 2007
- ↑ "MTV Music" . MTV .
- ↑ https://www.grammy.com/artists/noam-pikelny/6022 [ bare URL ]
- ↑ Leahey, Andrew (2017-03-01). "See Punch Brothers' Noam Pikelny Perform Lively 'Old Banjo' " . Rolling Stone . Retrieved 2019-01-30 .
- ↑ Royko, David. "Pikelny is pros' top banjo picker" . Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 27 June 2012 .
- ↑ Dickinson, Chrissie (January 23, 2013). "Take your picker: Student and teacher vying for bluegrass album Grammy" . Best Bluegrass Album at the Grammys . Chicago Tribune . Retrieved January 24, 2013 .
- ↑ "Noam Pikelny Wins the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass". September 8, 2010 .
- ↑ "Late Show with David Letterman". November 5, 2010 .
- ↑ MTV news staff (2012-12-06). "2013 Grammy Nominations: The Full List" . MTV . Retrieved 2012-12-08 .
- ↑ Betts, Stephen L. (2017-09-29). "2017 Bluegrass Awards: Earls of Leicester Named Entertainer of the Year" . Rolling Stone . Retrieved 2017-09-30 .
- ↑ "Balsam Range Named IBMA's Entertainer of the Year" . Country Music Television. 3 October 2014 . Retrieved 4 October 2014 .
- ↑ "57th Grammy Awards Nominees" . Billboard. 5 December 2014.
External links
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Twitter
- Noam Pikelny on Facebook
- Punch Brothers Official Website
- Interview at ukbluegrass.com
- Banjo Newsletter Interview from 2008
- Banjo Newsletter Interview from 2004
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