Acclaimed singer, songwriter, and musician Molly Tuttle releases her Nonesuch Records debut album, Crooked Tree, with her new bluegrass collective Golden Highway. 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 though her father, a music teacher and multi-instrumentalist, and her grandfather, a banjo player. Across these 13-tracks, all of which were written/co-written by Tuttle, she honors the bluegrass tradition while also pushing the genre in new directions.
"I always knew I wanted to make a bluegrass record someday," Tuttle says. "Once I started writing, everything flowed so easily: sometimes I've felt an internal pressure to come up with a sound no one's heard before, but this time my intention was just to make an album that reflected the music that's been passed down through generations in my family. I found a way to do that while writing songs that feel true to who I am, and it really helped me to grow as a songwriter."
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.
She'll Change
Flatland Girl (feat. Margo Price)
Dooley's Farm (feat. Billy Strings)
Big Backyard (feat. Old Crow Medicine Show)
Crooked Tree
Castilleja
The River Knows
Over the Line
Nashville Mess Around
San Francisco Blues (feat. Dan Tyminski)
Goodbye Girl
Side Saddle (feat. Gillian Welch)
Grass Valley
"I always knew I wanted to make a bluegrass record someday," Tuttle says. "Once I started writing, everything flowed so easily: sometimes I've felt an internal pressure to come up with a sound no one's heard before, but this time my intention was just to make an album that reflected the music that's been passed down through generations in my family. I found a way to do that while writing songs that feel true to who I am, and it really helped me to grow as a songwriter."
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.
She'll Change
Flatland Girl (feat. Margo Price)
Dooley's Farm (feat. Billy Strings)
Big Backyard (feat. Old Crow Medicine Show)
Crooked Tree
Castilleja
The River Knows
Over the Line
Nashville Mess Around
San Francisco Blues (feat. Dan Tyminski)
Goodbye Girl
Side Saddle (feat. Gillian Welch)
Grass Valley