Molly Tuttle

Molly Tuttle (born 1993) is a vocalist, songwriter, banjo player and guitarist, recording artist and teacher in the bluegrass tradition, noted for her flatpicking, clawhammer,[1] and crosspicking[2] guitar prowess. She has cited Laurie Lewis, Kathy Kallick, and Hazel Dickens as role models.[3] In 2017, Tuttle was the first woman to win the International Bluegrass Music Association's Guitar Player of the Year award.[4] In 2018 she won the award again, along with being named the Americana Music Association's Instrumentalist of the Year.

Molly Tuttle
Background information
Birth nameMolly Rose Tuttle
Born (1993-01-14) January 14, 1993
Santa Clara County, California
GenresBluegrass, Americana, Country Folk
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsGuitar, banjo
Years active2006–present
LabelsCompass Records
Associated actsThe Tuttles with AJ Lee, the Goodbye Girls, Billy Strings
Websitemollytuttlemusic.com

Biography

Early career

Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Tuttle began playing guitar at age 8,[5] and at age 11 played onstage with her father Jack Tuttle, a bluegrass multi-instrumentalist and instructor. At age 15, she joined her family band The Tuttles with AJ Lee. Her siblings Sullivan (guitar) and Michael (mandolin), and mandolist AJ Lee[6] are also in the band.[7]

In 2006, at age 13, Tuttle recorded The Old Apple Tree with her dad, an album of duets.[8]

In 2011, the Tuttles self-released their Introducing the Tuttles album,[9] and the Endless Ocean album in 2013.[10]

2012 was a breakout year for Tuttle. She:

  • was awarded merit scholarships to the Berklee College of Music for music and composition[11]
  • received the Foundation for Bluegrass Music's first Hazel Dickens Memorial Scholarship[12]
  • won the Chris Austin Songwriting Competition at the Merlefest Music Festival[13]
  • was named Best Female Vocalist and Best Guitar Player by the Northern California Bluegrass Society[14]
  • appeared with her dad on A Prairie Home Companion[15]

Collaborations

While studying at the Berklee College of Music, in 2014, Tuttle met and joined the all-female bluegrass group the Goodbye Girls.[13] They combine bluegrass, jazz, and Swedish folk music.[16] Other members are Allison de Groot (banjo), Lena Jonsson (fiddle), and Britanny Karlson (bass). They released an EP Going to Boston in 2014, and the album Snowy Side of the Mountain in 2016.[17] The band has also toured Jonsson's home country Sweden several times.[18]

Tuttle also recorded Molly Tuttle & John Mailander, a duet EP with fiddler John Mailander.[19]

In 2018, she joined Alison Brown, Missy Raines, Sierra Hull, and Becky Buller in a supergroup. The quintet performed at the Rockygrass festival in Lyons Colorado on July 27, 2018. Initially known as the Julia Belles, the group later became known as the First Ladies of Bluegrass. Additional gigs were booked at Analog at the Hutton Hotel in Nashville on Sept 18, 2018 and the IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass Festival on September 28, 2018.

The First Ladies of Bluegrass are featured on the first single from a full length CD by Missy Raines titled Royal Traveler released in 2018 on Compass Records.[20]

Solo career

In 2015, Tuttle moved from Boston to Nashville.[21] Her EP Rise was released in 2017 after a crowdfunding campaign. She wrote all of the songs on the 7-song album, which was produced by Kai Welch.[22] Guests included Darrell Scott, the Milk Carton Kids, Kathy Kallick, and Nathaniel Smith.[23]

She formed The Molly Tuttle Band, which includes Wes Corbett (banjo), Joe K. Walsh (mandolin), and Hasee Ciaccio (bass).[13]

In 2017, Tuttle signed with Alison Brown's Compass Records.[24][25]

Molly was selected by Buddy Miller to join his "Cavalcade of Stars" section of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass on the Rooster Stage on October 6, 2018.

Tuttle released her debut album When You're Ready via Compass Records on April 5, 2019.[26]

Discography

Solo albums
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
US
Heat
[27]		 US
Indie
[28]		 US
Bluegrass
[29]
Rise (EP)
  • Release date: October 13, 2017
  • Label: Compass Records
  • Formats: CD, Digital download
 18 47 2
When You're Ready
  • Release date: April 5, 2019
  • Label: Compass Records
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download
 5 11 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

The Goodbye Girls
  • 2014: Going to Boston (self-released)
  • 2016: Snowy Side of the Mountain (self-released)

Molly Tuttle and John Mailander
  • 2014: Molly Tuttle and John Mailander EP (Back Studio)

The Tuttles With AJ Lee
  • 2012: Introducing the Tuttles With AJ Lee (self-released)
  • 2013: Endless Ocean (self-released)

Molly and Jack Tuttle
  • 2007: The Old Apple Tree (Back Studio)

Also appears on
  • 2015: Mile Rocks - Mile Rocks and Friends (Audio & Video Labs)
  • 2017: AJ Lee - AJ Lee (self-released)
  • 2017: Korby Lenker - Thousand Springs (Relativity)
  • 2017: Bobby Osborne - Original (Compass)
  • 2017: Billy Strings - Turmoil & Tinfoil (Apostol)

Awards and nominations
YearAssociationCategoryNominated WorkResultRef
2016 International Bluegrass Music Awards Momentum Award HerselfWon
2017 Guitar Player of the YearWon[31][4]
2018 International Folk Music Awards Song of the Year "You Didn't Call My Name"Won
Americana Music Honors & AwardsInstrumentalist of the Year HerselfWon[32]
International Bluegrass Music AwardsEmerging Artist of the YearNominated[33]
Guitar Player of the YearWon
Female Vocalist of the YearNominated
Album of the YearRiseNominated
Song of the Year"You Didn't Call My Name"Nominated
Recorded Event of the Year"Swept Away"[A]Won

^ A. with Missy Raines, Alison Brown, Becky Buller and Sierra Hull

References
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  20. "Royal Traveller - Missy Raines". bluegrasstoday.com. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
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