The story
Molly grew up at bluegrass camps and turned into the most technically dazzling flatpicker of her generation. Her band Golden Highway re-energized the bluegrass mainstream without sanding any of the edges off.
Influences
- Doc Watson
- Hazel Dickens
- Laurie Lewis
Associated acts
- Billy Strings
- Sierra Hull
- Golden Highway
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Molly Tuttle on tape
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Pull the thread
USA · 1944 — 1997
Townes Van Zandt
The patron saint of the kitchen-table songwriters.
USA · 1953 — present
Lucinda Williams
Louisiana made audible.
USA · 1978 — present
Sturgill Simpson
Walked into Nashville with a haircut and an attitude.
USA · 1991 — present
Tyler Childers
Appalachia, unfiltered and unembarrassed.
USA · 1988 — present
Sierra Ferrell
Sings like she found the songs in a creek bed.
USA · 1984 — present
Charley Crockett
Keeps the bones, throws out the gristle.
USA · 1979 — present
Jason Isbell
Wrote 'Southeastern' and meant it.
USA · 1983 — present
Margo Price
Outlaw country with a working-class spine.