Molly Tuttle was on California Now, a podcast exploring the people and places of the state, to talk about Grass Valley, the Northern California site of the annual Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival, which the South Bay–raised artist would attend with her dad and where she was first exposed to the bluegrass music that inspired her to play. Tuttle wrote the song “Grass Valley” for Crooked Tree, her Grammy-nominated Nonesuch debut album with her band Golden Highway. You can hear what she had to say and a solo performance she made of the song and the album's title track for the show here.
Singer, songwriter, and musician Molly Tuttle is a guest on the latest episode of California Now, a podcast exploring the people and places of the state. This episode focuses on Grass Valley, the Northern California site of the annual Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival, which the South Bay–raised artist would attend with her dad and where she was first exposed to the bluegrass music that inspired her to play. Tuttle wrote the song “Grass Valley” about it and recorded it with her band Golden Highway for her Grammy-nominated Nonesuch debut album, Crooked Tree. You can hear what she had to say about the place and a solo performance she made of the song and the album's title track for the show here via Spotify and Apple Podcasts:
You can watch Molly Tuttle perform “Grass Valley” with her father, Jack Tuttle, a music teacher and multi-instrumentalist, on mandolin and vocals, they released on Father’s Day this year here:
Crooked Tree has been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass, and Tuttle is up for Best New Artist. You can get the album and hear the recently released deluxe digital version, with four bonus tracks, here.
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