Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway: Crooked Tree

Nonesuch – 075597911794

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: Apr 1, 2022
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 She'll Change (2:41)
02 Flatland Girl (2:35)
03 Dooley's Farm (3:41)
04 Big Backyard (3:17)
05 Crooked Tree (3:52)
06 Castilleja (3:16)
07 The River Knows (3:33)
08 Over The Line (3:01)
09 Nashville Mess Around (2:32)
10 San Francisco Blues (4:04)
11 Goodbye Girl (3:21)
12 Side Saddle (2:44)
13 Grass Valley (3:50)
[Credits]
Molly Tuttle (guitar/vocals) Billy Strings (guitar/vocals) Ron Block (banjo/guitar/vocals) Jerry Douglas (dobro/vocals) Tina Adair (vocals) Sierra Hull (mandolin) Dominick Leslie (mandolin) Bronwyn Keith-Hynes (fiddle) Christian Sedelmyer (fiddle) Darol Anger (fiddle) Jason Carter (fiddle) Cory Younts (harmonica/vocals) Jerry Pentecost (drums/percussion/vocals) Morgan Jahnig (bass/vocals) Mike Bub (bass) Todd Phillips (bass) Viktor Krauss (bass)
Producer: Jerry Douglas and Molly Tuttle, Engineer: Paul Blakemore, Sean Sullivan, Ethan Howard and Ryan Yount
[Notes]
Tuttle’s never-waste-a-note guitar picking propels this collection of instant bluegrass classics that careen lickety-split around the hills and valleys of high lonesome ballads and backwoods tales of mystery and murder. A bluegrass festival on a single album, Crooked Tree shimmers and shines with transporting harmonies, lilting fiddles, thrumming banjos, crystalline mandolins, scampering dobros, and driving guitars.

Home: Billy Strings

Rounder Records 1166100637

Format: 2×Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 27 Sep 2019
Genre: Jazz, Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Taking Water (4:08)
A2 Must Be Seven (3:28)
A3 Running (2:57)
A4 Away From the Mire (7:43)
B1 Home (7:36)
B2 Watch It Fall (4:37)
B3 Long Forgotten Dream (4:29)
C1 Highway Hypnosis (5:08)
C2 Enough to Leave (3:45)
C3 Hollow Heart (2:35)
C4 Love Like Me (2:53)
D1 Everything's the Same (2:54)
D2 Guitar Peace (4:16)
D3 Freedom (2:34)
[Credits]
Billy Strings (guitar/banjo/vocals) Billy Failing (banjo/vocals) Royal Masat (bass/vocals) Jarrod Walker (mandolin/vocals) Molly Tuttle (vocals)
Cover Artist: Sean Williams, Designer: Bill Orner, Photographer: Jesse Faatz
[Notes]
Home begins with 30 seconds of down-tempo guitar arpeggio and fiddle birdsong. It ends with the full quartet — Billy Strings (guitar), Billy Failing (banjo), Royal Massat (upright bass), and Jarrod Walker (mandolin) — crashing through a cover of Bill Monroe's "Big Sandy River." In between, there’s an hour of bluegrass played with a 27-year-old's intensity, a hearty dose of psychedelia, and undeniable star appeal. Born William Apostol, Strings has it all: incomparable chops, powerful vocals, and songwriting smarts.