Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway's Album 'Crooked Tree' Now on Vinyl; "Flatland Girl" Video Released
Acclaimed singer, songwriter, and musician Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway’s new album, Crooked Tree, is out today on vinyl via Nonesuch Records—Tuttle’s first release on the label—following its recent release on CD and digital. You can get it and hear it here. Recorded live at Nashville’s Oceanway Studios, Crooked Tree was produced by Tuttle and Jerry Douglas and features collaborations with Sierra Hull, Old Crow Medicine Show, Margo Price, Billy Strings, Dan Tyminski and Gillian Welch. The album explores Tuttle’s love of bluegrass, which she discovered through her father, a music teacher and multi-instrumentalist, and her grandfather, a banjo player. Across these thirteen tracks, all of which were written/co-written by Tuttle, she honors the bluegrass tradition while also pushing the genre in new directions.
Tuttle has released a video for the album track "Flatland Girl," which she co-wrote with Ketch Secor and features Margo Price. You can watch the video, made by Robert Edridge-Waks, here:
Here is some of the critical acclaim for Crooked Tree:
“Molly Tuttle’s fingers move so quickly, she could pick your pocket without breaking stride. Though she’s only been releasing albums for three years, the sharpest ears in Americana music have taken notice.” —The New York Times
“Tuttle’s guitar playing, with its sly sense of rhythm and incisive, articulate lines, is a central protagonist in arrangements that steer the possibilities of a bluegrass band toward cinematic sophistication. The poised clarity of her singing suggests that she’s taken in everything around her, from her immediate surroundings out to distant horizons, before plotting where she’ll stand.” —NPR Music
"Crooked Tree feels like the album Molly Tuttle was destined to make." —Uncut
"Everything sounds alive, vital, and perfectly in focus." —Mojo
“Ask anyone who has heard her, and they’ll likely say Molly Tuttle is too talented to stay in one lane.” —Billboard
“Flatpicking prodigy…alongside lightning-fast picking, the album showcases song-sized world-building.” —Tennessean
“One of the best six-string players on planet earth.” —American Songwriter
“Crooked Tree may be the best album of the year so far; the musicianship and songwriting on the album stand without parallel.” —Folk Alley
“You can practically hear the crackle of flames rising from Tuttle’s acoustic…such is the speed and precision of her award-winning, dead-on-perfect picking.” —Guitar World
“She’s risen to the highest pantheons of gifted young guitarists, and excelled in such a way as to assure her own superstardom…wonderful new record” —Bluegrass Today
“In our contemporary time of great political divide, Tuttle’s recent single ‘Big Backyard’…is a nugget of peace and wisdom.” —Nashville Scene
“Crooked Tree feels like a party where everyone is invited.” —No Depression
“A satisfyingly solid collection of new originals.” —Glide
“Crooked Tree is the Molly Tuttle record we’ve been waiting for, one that is firmly rooted in bluegrass, but imbued with her own sharp style as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter.” —Arts Fuse
“Dazzling guitar work…her finest album to date.” —Holler
“Tuttle manages to deftly navigate a steep challenge—staying true to tradition while giving it a contemporary facelift for her strong songwriting to shine through.” —Country Standard Time
In celebration of the new music, Tuttle and Golden Highway—Bronwyn Keith-Hynes (fiddle), Dominick Leslie (mandolin), Shelby Means (bass) and Kyle Tuttle (banjo)—continue their extensive headline tour later this month. See below for the complete itinerary; for all the latest, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
In addition to Tuttle (vocals, guitars), Douglas (dobro), Keith-Hynes (fiddle) and Leslie (mandolin), Crooked Tree also features musicians Darol Anger (fiddle), Ron Block (banjo), Mike Bub (upright bass), Jason Carter (fiddle), Viktor Krauss (upright bass), Todd Phillips (upright bass), and Christian Sedelmyer (fiddle) with additional harmony vocals from Tina Adair, Lindsay Lou, and Melody Walker.
Raised in Northern California, Tuttle attended Berklee College of Music and moved to Nashville in 2015. In the years since, she has released two full length albums: her 2019 debut, When You’re Ready, and …but i’d rather be with you, a covers album released in 2020. NPR Music praised When You’re Ready saying, “Tuttle applies remarkable precision to her pursuit of clarity … handsomely crafted melodies that gently insinuate themselves into the memory,” while the Wall Street Journal added, “stunning acoustic guitar-picking … invigorating, mature and attention-grabbing first album.” Additionally, of …but i’d rather be with you, the New Yorker said, “the record’s star is ‘She’s a Rainbow’ … in Tuttle’s reading, the song uses a bluegrass spirit to look to the past—and a feminist allegiance to peek at the future.”
An award-winning artist, Tuttle was named Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2018 Americana Music Awards and the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Guitar Player of the Year in both 2017 and 2018, the first woman in the history of the IBMA to receive the honor. Tuttle has performed around the world, including shows with Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, Hiss Golden Messenger, Jason Isbell, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Dwight Yoakam as well as at several major festivals including Bonnaroo, Newport Folk, and Pilgrimage.
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway's Album 'Crooked Tree' Now on Vinyl; "Flatland Girl" Video Released
Acclaimed singer, songwriter, and musician Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway’s new album, Crooked Tree, is out today on vinyl via Nonesuch Records—Tuttle’s first release on the label—following its recent release on CD and digital. You can get it and hear it here. Recorded live at Nashville’s Oceanway Studios, Crooked Tree was produced by Tuttle and Jerry Douglas and features collaborations with Sierra Hull, Old Crow Medicine Show, Margo Price, Billy Strings, Dan Tyminski and Gillian Welch. The album explores Tuttle’s love of bluegrass, which she discovered through her father, a music teacher and multi-instrumentalist, and her grandfather, a banjo player. Across these thirteen tracks, all of which were written/co-written by Tuttle, she honors the bluegrass tradition while also pushing the genre in new directions.
Tuttle has released a video for the album track "Flatland Girl," which she co-wrote with Ketch Secor and features Margo Price. You can watch the video, made by Robert Edridge-Waks, here:
Here is some of the critical acclaim for Crooked Tree:
“Molly Tuttle’s fingers move so quickly, she could pick your pocket without breaking stride. Though she’s only been releasing albums for three years, the sharpest ears in Americana music have taken notice.” —The New York Times
“Tuttle’s guitar playing, with its sly sense of rhythm and incisive, articulate lines, is a central protagonist in arrangements that steer the possibilities of a bluegrass band toward cinematic sophistication. The poised clarity of her singing suggests that she’s taken in everything around her, from her immediate surroundings out to distant horizons, before plotting where she’ll stand.” —NPR Music
"Crooked Tree feels like the album Molly Tuttle was destined to make." —Uncut
"Everything sounds alive, vital, and perfectly in focus." —Mojo
“Ask anyone who has heard her, and they’ll likely say Molly Tuttle is too talented to stay in one lane.” —Billboard
“Flatpicking prodigy…alongside lightning-fast picking, the album showcases song-sized world-building.” —Tennessean
“One of the best six-string players on planet earth.” —American Songwriter
“Crooked Tree may be the best album of the year so far; the musicianship and songwriting on the album stand without parallel.” —Folk Alley
“You can practically hear the crackle of flames rising from Tuttle’s acoustic…such is the speed and precision of her award-winning, dead-on-perfect picking.” —Guitar World
“She’s risen to the highest pantheons of gifted young guitarists, and excelled in such a way as to assure her own superstardom…wonderful new record” —Bluegrass Today
“In our contemporary time of great political divide, Tuttle’s recent single ‘Big Backyard’…is a nugget of peace and wisdom.” —Nashville Scene
“Crooked Tree feels like a party where everyone is invited.” —No Depression
“A satisfyingly solid collection of new originals.” —Glide
“Crooked Tree is the Molly Tuttle record we’ve been waiting for, one that is firmly rooted in bluegrass, but imbued with her own sharp style as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter.” —Arts Fuse
“Dazzling guitar work…her finest album to date.” —Holler
“Tuttle manages to deftly navigate a steep challenge—staying true to tradition while giving it a contemporary facelift for her strong songwriting to shine through.” —Country Standard Time
In celebration of the new music, Tuttle and Golden Highway—Bronwyn Keith-Hynes (fiddle), Dominick Leslie (mandolin), Shelby Means (bass) and Kyle Tuttle (banjo)—continue their extensive headline tour later this month. See below for the complete itinerary; for all the latest, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
In addition to Tuttle (vocals, guitars), Douglas (dobro), Keith-Hynes (fiddle) and Leslie (mandolin), Crooked Tree also features musicians Darol Anger (fiddle), Ron Block (banjo), Mike Bub (upright bass), Jason Carter (fiddle), Viktor Krauss (upright bass), Todd Phillips (upright bass), and Christian Sedelmyer (fiddle) with additional harmony vocals from Tina Adair, Lindsay Lou, and Melody Walker.
Raised in Northern California, Tuttle attended Berklee College of Music and moved to Nashville in 2015. In the years since, she has released two full length albums: her 2019 debut, When You’re Ready, and …but i’d rather be with you, a covers album released in 2020. NPR Music praised When You’re Ready saying, “Tuttle applies remarkable precision to her pursuit of clarity … handsomely crafted melodies that gently insinuate themselves into the memory,” while the Wall Street Journal added, “stunning acoustic guitar-picking … invigorating, mature and attention-grabbing first album.” Additionally, of …but i’d rather be with you, the New Yorker said, “the record’s star is ‘She’s a Rainbow’ … in Tuttle’s reading, the song uses a bluegrass spirit to look to the past—and a feminist allegiance to peek at the future.”
An award-winning artist, Tuttle was named Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2018 Americana Music Awards and the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Guitar Player of the Year in both 2017 and 2018, the first woman in the history of the IBMA to receive the honor. Tuttle has performed around the world, including shows with Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, Hiss Golden Messenger, Jason Isbell, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Dwight Yoakam as well as at several major festivals including Bonnaroo, Newport Folk, and Pilgrimage.
Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway’s new album, Crooked Tree, is now on vinyl, following its recent release on CD and digital. The album, recorded live in Nashville, was produced by Tuttle and Jerry Douglas and features collaborations with Sierra Hull, Old Crow Medicine Show, Margo Price, Billy Strings, Dan Tyminski, and Gillian Welch. The tracks, all written or co-written by Tuttle, explore her lifelong love of bluegrass. "Molly Tuttle's fingers move so quickly, she could pick your pocket without breaking stride," says the New York Times. NPR calls it "dashingly virtuosic." It "feels like the album Molly Tuttle was destined to make," says Uncut. You can watch the new video for the album track "Flatland Girl," featuring Margo Price, and get tickets for Tuttle and the band's tour here.
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Acclaimed singer, songwriter, and musician Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway’s new album, Crooked Tree, is out today on vinyl via Nonesuch Records—Tuttle’s first release on the label—following its recent release on CD and digital. You can get it and hear it here. Recorded live at Nashville’s Oceanway Studios, Crooked Tree was produced by Tuttle and Jerry Douglas and features collaborations with Sierra Hull, Old Crow Medicine Show, Margo Price, Billy Strings, Dan Tyminski and Gillian Welch. The album explores Tuttle’s love of bluegrass, which she discovered through her father, a music teacher and multi-instrumentalist, and her grandfather, a banjo player. Across these thirteen tracks, all of which were written/co-written by Tuttle, she honors the bluegrass tradition while also pushing the genre in new directions.
Tuttle has released a video for the album track "Flatland Girl," which she co-wrote with Ketch Secor and features Margo Price. You can watch the video, made by Robert Edridge-Waks, here:
Here is some of the critical acclaim for Crooked Tree:
“Molly Tuttle’s fingers move so quickly, she could pick your pocket without breaking stride. Though she’s only been releasing albums for three years, the sharpest ears in Americana music have taken notice.” —The New York Times
“Tuttle’s guitar playing, with its sly sense of rhythm and incisive, articulate lines, is a central protagonist in arrangements that steer the possibilities of a bluegrass band toward cinematic sophistication. The poised clarity of her singing suggests that she’s taken in everything around her, from her immediate surroundings out to distant horizons, before plotting where she’ll stand.” —NPR Music
"Crooked Tree feels like the album Molly Tuttle was destined to make." —Uncut
"Everything sounds alive, vital, and perfectly in focus." —Mojo
“Ask anyone who has heard her, and they’ll likely say Molly Tuttle is too talented to stay in one lane.” —Billboard
“Flatpicking prodigy…alongside lightning-fast picking, the album showcases song-sized world-building.” —Tennessean
“One of the best six-string players on planet earth.” —American Songwriter
“Crooked Tree may be the best album of the year so far; the musicianship and songwriting on the album stand without parallel.” —Folk Alley
“You can practically hear the crackle of flames rising from Tuttle’s acoustic…such is the speed and precision of her award-winning, dead-on-perfect picking.” —Guitar World
“She’s risen to the highest pantheons of gifted young guitarists, and excelled in such a way as to assure her own superstardom…wonderful new record” —Bluegrass Today
“In our contemporary time of great political divide, Tuttle’s recent single ‘Big Backyard’…is a nugget of peace and wisdom.” —Nashville Scene
“Crooked Tree feels like a party where everyone is invited.” —No Depression
“A satisfyingly solid collection of new originals.” —Glide
“Crooked Tree is the Molly Tuttle record we’ve been waiting for, one that is firmly rooted in bluegrass, but imbued with her own sharp style as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter.” —Arts Fuse
“Dazzling guitar work…her finest album to date.” —Holler
“Tuttle manages to deftly navigate a steep challenge—staying true to tradition while giving it a contemporary facelift for her strong songwriting to shine through.” —Country Standard Time
In celebration of the new music, Tuttle and Golden Highway—Bronwyn Keith-Hynes (fiddle), Dominick Leslie (mandolin), Shelby Means (bass) and Kyle Tuttle (banjo)—continue their extensive headline tour later this month. See below for the complete itinerary; for all the latest, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
In addition to Tuttle (vocals, guitars), Douglas (dobro), Keith-Hynes (fiddle) and Leslie (mandolin), Crooked Tree also features musicians Darol Anger (fiddle), Ron Block (banjo), Mike Bub (upright bass), Jason Carter (fiddle), Viktor Krauss (upright bass), Todd Phillips (upright bass), and Christian Sedelmyer (fiddle) with additional harmony vocals from Tina Adair, Lindsay Lou, and Melody Walker.
Raised in Northern California, Tuttle attended Berklee College of Music and moved to Nashville in 2015. In the years since, she has released two full length albums: her 2019 debut, When You’re Ready, and …but i’d rather be with you, a covers album released in 2020. NPR Music praised When You’re Ready saying, “Tuttle applies remarkable precision to her pursuit of clarity … handsomely crafted melodies that gently insinuate themselves into the memory,” while the Wall Street Journal added, “stunning acoustic guitar-picking … invigorating, mature and attention-grabbing first album.” Additionally, of …but i’d rather be with you, the New Yorker said, “the record’s star is ‘She’s a Rainbow’ … in Tuttle’s reading, the song uses a bluegrass spirit to look to the past—and a feminist allegiance to peek at the future.”
An award-winning artist, Tuttle was named Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2018 Americana Music Awards and the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Guitar Player of the Year in both 2017 and 2018, the first woman in the history of the IBMA to receive the honor. Tuttle has performed around the world, including shows with Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, Hiss Golden Messenger, Jason Isbell, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Dwight Yoakam as well as at several major festivals including Bonnaroo, Newport Folk, and Pilgrimage.
Ahead of the long-awaited world premiere of Omar, the opera composed by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC, next Friday, Giddens has released her own recording of the song “Julie’s Aria” from the opera. The recording was made by Giddens with guitarist Bill Frisell and her frequent collaborator Francesco Turrisi. Omar is based on the life and autobiography of enslaved Muslim scholar Omar Ibn Said, who was forcefully brought to Charleston from Africa in 1807. “My work as a whole is about excavating and shining a light on pieces of history that not only need to be seen and heard," Giddens says, "but that can also add to the conversation about what’s going on now. This is a story that hasn’t been represented in the operatic world—or in any world.” Omar will also be performed by LA Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Boston Lyric Opera, San Francisco Opera, and Carolina Performing Arts at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
The Black Keys’ eleventh studio album, Dropout Boogie, is out now. “Some of the stickiest alt-boogie of their career,” says Rolling Stone. “Still raw, fast and loose,” adds the Associated Press. Classic Rock magazine exclaims: “Rock'n'roll in 2022 doesn't get any better than this.” The band was on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform the tracks “It Ain’t Over” and “Wild Child"; you can watch both here. The Black Keys will tour North America for the first time in three years starting in July. The band will take part in an iHeart Radio album release party tonight.
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