Punch Brothers - Hell On Church Street

Hell On Church Street is the sixth studio album by American bluegrass band Punch Brothers, released in January 2022 via Nonesuch Records.

Punch Brothers comprise Chris Thile (mandolin), Gabe Witcher (fiddle/violin), Noam Pikelny (banjo), Chris Eldridge (guitar), and Paul Kowert (bass). Their style has been described as "bluegrass instrumentation and spontaneity in the structures of modern classical" as well as "American country-classical chamber music". The band's 2018 album All Ashore was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album at the 61st Grammy Awards in February 2019.

Hell on Church Street is the band's reimagining of, and homage to, the late bluegrass great Tony Rice's landmark solo album Church Street Blues.

The record features a collection of songs by Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Bill Monroe, and others.

Recorded at Nashville's Blackbird Studio in November 2020, during a time of great uncertainty, Hell on Church Street was intended as both its own work of art and a gift to Rice, who died that Christmas.

Punch Brothers said of Tony Rice and Church Street Blues: "No record (or musician) has had a greater impact on us, and we felt compelled to cover it in it's entirety, with the objective of interacting with it in the same spirit of respect-fuelled adventure that Tony brought to each of it's pre-existing songs."

This album is on black vinyl with a printed inner sleeve, pressed in the US via Nonesuch Records.