The name may conjure up images of a Saturday morning cartoon, but the Punch Brothers aren’t superheroes or wrestlers seeking ratings.

They’re a talented group of musicians who will be in concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 24 in the Performing Arts Center on the campus of Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville. Tickets are $22 orchestra and $20 balcony and can be purchased at the Student Services Center in the Administration Building or by calling the center at (660) 562-1212. For more information, log on the Northwest Web site at www.nwmissouri.edu.

“They have a really unique sound,” says Angel McAdams, director of campus activities at Northwest.

That unique sound often is described as a blend of progressive bluegrass, classical and chamber music. Like many artists, labeling the Punch Brothers’ music with a certain genre doesn’t hit a high note with Chris Thile, the group’s founder and mandolin player.

“It’s music made by a group of guys that love and cherish music,” Thile says.

And that music, Thile says, includes some bluegrass influences, jazz influences, classical influences — let’s face it, a lot of different influences.

“I want to play music that has something to say about the music that I love to make,” Thile says.

The Punch Brothers came together “very, very slowly,” Thile says, but when he found the right people, it morphed into a band very quickly. Thile, a member of the Grammy-winning band Nickel Creek (disbanded for now, Thile says) formed the Punch Brothers two years ago. Other members include Chris Eldridge (guitar), Gabe Witcher (fiddle), Noam Pikely (banjo) and Paul Kowert (bass), who recently joined the band when bassist Greg Garrison left.

Thile’s solo album, “Growing a Woman from the Ground Up,” brought the Punch Brothers attention, earning critical raves. The new album, “Punch,” has brought more kudos for the band, especially for its 40-minute, four-movement suite “The Blind Leaving the Blind.”

Thile says the band already is working on another CD and that “I’ll add another 18- to 20-minute piece.”

Audiences can expect to hear the Punch Brothers’ interpretations of music by Bach, The Beatles, the White Stripes and Radiohead, plus original compositions.

“It’s all music, melody, harmony,” Thile says. “It’s all the same.”

It’s what the Punch Brothers are all about. And the name? According to the band’s Web site, www.punchbrothers.com, that came from the title of a Mark Twain short story, “Punch, Brothers, Punch.”

No, definitely not a Saturday morning cartoon.