Before teaming up with Brad Mehldau at the Hilbert Circle Theatre for an amazing night of music, Chris Thile from the Punch Brothers stopped by to play a quick set in front of a packed Sun King Studio 92 audience. Below are the lucky VIP’s who attended this performance. Photos provided by Rhythm In Focus Photographer.

Photo Courtesy Rhythm In Focus Photography

Chris Thile of Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek stopped by Sun King Studio 92 on April 18, 2013 before his show with Brad Mehldau at Hilbert Circle Theater. Listen to the music and conversation below!

“Scarlet Town”

Interview

“St. Anne’s Reel”

“Fast As You Can”

“Blue As The Day”

Photos Courtesy Rhythm In Focus Photography.

Photos Courtesy Rhythm In Focus Photography.

Sun King Studio 92 is the WTTS live performance space in downtown Indianapolis. 92-3 VIPs are invited to attend these intimate, acoustic Sun King Studio 92 tapings, and always receive advance word about the shows through 92-3 VIP-mail (click here to become a 92-3 VIP today). Listen to 92-3 WTTS to hear live Sun King Studio 92 performances, or click here to check out the latest sessions.

The Avett Brothers – 11/4/16

Death Cab For Cutie – 12/1/15

Vance Joy – 9/16/15

Cage The Elephant – 6/8/15

Spoon – 9/12/14

Amos Lee – 11/9/13

The Head And The Heart – 10/24/13

Tristan Prettyman – 4/10/13

Atlas Genius – 2/28/13

Imagine Dragons – 11/27/12

Sun King Studio 92 Spotlight: Tune in weekdays at 2pm for the Sun King Studio 92 Spotlight. We’ll play a live performance from the vast live archives of Sun King Studio 92 each day.

Here are the artists who’ve stopped by over the years:

2020

• Michigander 2/25/2020
• Calexico and Iron & Wine 2/12/2020
• North Mississippi Allstars  1/23/2020
• G. Love 1/16/2020

2019

• Leif 12/5/19
• Wilco 11/11/19
• White Reaper 10/2/19
• Noah Kahan 9/24/19
• Devon Gilfillian 8/27/19
• Jade Bird 8/9/19
• Gregory Alan Isakov 7/31/19
• BAILEN 6/10/19
• Durand Jones & The Indications 5/10/19
• lovelytheband – 4/30/19
• Jeff Tweedy – 3/21/19
• Ian Daniel – 1/19/19
• The Nude Party – 2/19/19

2018

• Rayland Baxter – 12/3/18
• Zoe Tucker – 11/2/18
• Matt Maeson – 10/12/18
• Flora Cash – 9/25/18
• St. Paul & The Broken Bones – 9/22/18
• Roscoe & Etta – 9/20/18
• Billy Raffoul – 8/27/18
• Brett Dennen – 8/24/18
• JT Larsen – 8/17/18
• Dermot Kennedy – 7/31/18
• Dispatch – 7/25/18
• Passenger – 7/20/18
• The Doobie Brothers – 6/23/18
• Mt. Joy – 6/18/18
• The Record Company – 6/1/18
• Vance Joy – 5/21/18
• Jade Bird – 5/12/18
• Levi Driskell – 7/11/18
• The Wood Brothers – 4/19/18
• Moon Taxi – 2/9/18

2017

• Lo Moon – 12/21/17
• Keller & Cole – 12/14/17
• Anderson East – 10/17/17
• Real Estate – 10/6/17
• Brandon Whyde – 9/29/17
• Van William – 9/21/17
• Mondo Cozmo – 9/20/17
• Portugal. The Man – 8/25/17
• Phillip Phillips – 7/25/2017
• Robert Randolph and The Family Band – 06/23/17
• Magic Giant – 06/08/17
• Michael Kiwanuka – 06/07/17
• Jennie DeVoe – 06/06/17
• Marcus King Band – 02/14/17
• Dan Layus – 02/2/17
• Bobby Bazini – 02/1/17

2016

• Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – 11/23/16
• The Avett Brothers – 11/4/16
• Jonathan Edwards – 09/23/16
• Barns Courtney – 07/28/16
• Kurt Vile – 07/27/16
• Switchfoot – 07/15/16
• Josh Kaufman – 06/22/16
• The Record Company – 06/13/16
• Leon Bridges – 06/3/16
• The Struts – 04/28/16
• X Ambassadors – 04/10/16
• Wolf Alice – 04/9/16
• Declan McKenna – 03/31/16
• Jason Isbell – 02/19/16
• Lily & Madeleine – 02/12/16
• Jack Garratt – 01/20/16

2015

• The Revivalists – 12/14/15
• Hunter Smith Band– 12/10/15
• Death Cab For Cutie – 12/1/15
• Guster – 11/13/15
• JR JR – 11/12/15
• Anderson East – 10/30/15
• Collective Soul – 10/27/15
• Maia Sharp – 10/23/15
• A.L.O. – 10/15/15
• Good Old War – 10/1/15
• The Decemberists – 9/29/15
• Vance Joy – 9/16/15
• Lord Huron – 9/15/15
• Kaleo – 8/24/15
• Violent Femmes – 6/17/15
• Goodbye June – 6/12/15
• Dawes – 6/11/15
• Elle King – 6/9/15
• Cage The Elephant – 6/8/15
• Saint Motel – 6/3/15
• Delta Rae – 4/30/15
• Greg Holden – 4/30/15
• Shakey Graves – 4/3/15
• The Temperance Movement – 3/13/15
• Jamestown Revival – 3/6/15
• Houndmouth – 3/5/15
• JJ Grey & Mofro – 2/26/15

2014

• Jennie DeVoe – 12/9/14
• Eric Hutchinson & Tristan Prettyman – 11/18/14
• Pete Yorn – 10/7/14
• Knox Hamilton – 10/1/14
• Trampled By Turtles – 9/17/14
• Spoon – 9/12/14
• Nikki Lane – 8/26/14
• Josh Kaufman – 8/15/14
• OK Go – 8/14/14
• Phillip Phillips – 8/5/14
• Ingrid Michaelson – 8/4/14
• Walk The Moon – 7/24/14
• St. Paul & The Broken Bones – 7/19/14
• The Oh Hellos – 7/15/14
• G. Love – 7/2/14
• Boy & Bear – 6/25/14
• LP – 6/10/14
• The Hold Steady – 4/25/14
• Jake Bugg – 3/19/14
• Dan Croll – 2/21/14
• Walk Off The Earth – 1/22/14
• Lily & Madeleine – 1/20/14

2013

• Toad The Wet Sprocket – 11/18/13
• Amos Lee – 11/9/13
• Brett Dennen – 11/4/13
• The Head And The Heart – 10/24/13
• Saints Of Valory – 10/10/13
• Warren Haynes – 10/1/13
• Lee DeWyze – 8/26/13
• Matt Nathanson – 8/2/13
• The Mowgli’s – 7/16/13
• The Wild Feathers – 7/1/13
• The Lone Bellow – 6/24/13
• Robert Cray – 6/19/13
• Lily & Madeleine – 6/6/13
• Jake Shimabukuro – 6/4/13
• Elenowen w/ Amy Stroup – 5/30/13
• Leagues – 4/25/13
• Chris Thile – 4/18/13
• Tristan Prettyman – 4/10/13
• Serena Ryder – 4/4/13
• American Idiot Broadway Cast – 4/3/13
• Family Of The Year – 3/29/13
• Ryan Bingham – 3/22/13
• Atlas Genius – 2/28/13
• moe. – 2/11/13
• Matt Costa – 1/29/13
• Walk The Moon – 1/21/13
• Joshua Radin – 1/17/13

2012

• Churchill – 12/6/12
• Imagine Dragons – 11/27/12
• The Whigs – 11/13/12
• Trampled By Turtles – 10/19/12
• Delta Rae – 10/5/12
• Michael Kiwanuka – 9/25/12
• Sara Watkins – 8/14/12
• Clark, Devoe, and Crane – 7/24/12
• The Weeks – 7/20/12
• Great Lake Swimmers – 6/21/12
• Ed Sheeran – 6/18/12
• Punch Brothers – 6/6/12
• The Lumineers – 5/25/12
• A.L.O. – 5/24/12
• Mike Doughty – 5/15/12
• Feist – 4/30/12
• Jon McLaughlin – 4/17/12
• Good Old War – 4/16/12
• The Head And The Heart – 3/9/12

2011

• John Hiatt – 11/18/11
• The Civil Wars – 11/4/11
• Matthew Sweet – 10/12/11
• BoDeans – 10/7/11
• Truth & Salvage Company – 10/5/11
• The Wood Brothers – 9/30/11
• Scars On 45 – 9/9/11
• Train – 8/18/11
• The Head And The Heart – 8/4/11
• Matt Nathanson – 7/15/11
• David Gray – 7/6/11
• Carbon Leaf – 6/16/11
• Iron & Wine – 6/10/11
• Brett Dennen – 6/2/11
• Shawn Mullins – 3/7/11
• G. Love – 2/25/11
• Marc Broussard – 2/17/11
• Fitz & The Tantrums – 2/14/11

2010

• Steven Page – 12/10/10
• Will Hoge – 11/29/10
• KT Tunstall – 11/19/10
• Shooter Jennings – 10/7/10
• Bob Schneider – 9/22/10
• John Ondrasik (Five For Fighting) – 9/14/10
• Cowboy Mouth – 9/8/10
• Gov’t Mule – 8/20/10
• Big Head Todd & The Monsters – 8/19/10
• BoDeans – 7/30/10
• Doobie Brothers – 7/22/10
• Greg Laswell – 7/13/10
• Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears – 6/28/10
• Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – 6/8/10
• Ingrid Michaelson – 6/5/10
• A.L.O. – 5/27/10
• Band Of Horses – 5/7/10
• Martin Sexton – 4/22/10
• Train – 3/31/10
• NeedToBreathe – 3/25/10
• David Gray – 3/24/10
• Citizen Cope – 03/02/10

Click here for a list of Sun King Studio 92 performances from 2009 and earlier.