Whereas Molly Tuttle has technically been a part of the bluegrass scene since 2006, the 29-year-old reached new heights in 2022, netting two nominations on the 2023 Grammys: Greatest New Artist and Greatest Bluegrass Album.

This yr noticed the artist launch her first mission since 2020’s …however I’d Somewhat Be With You. Tuttle’s third studio album Crooked Tree, recorded together with her band Golden Freeway, arrived in April 2022, and landed her the Greatest Bluegrass Album nomination.

As for the Greatest New Artist nod, Tuttle might be up towards Anitta, Domi & JD Beck, Latto, Omar Apollo, Samara Pleasure, Muni Lengthy, Tobe Nwigwe, Måneskin and Moist Leg within the class, come Music’s Greatest Evening on February fifth, 2023.

Listed here are 5 issues to know abut Molly Tuttle previous to the 2023 Grammy Awards, and take a look at the complete listing of nominations right here.

1. She comes from a musical household

Like many different Greatest New Artist nominees, Tuttle’s profession in music started at a younger age. As an eight-year-old, she began taking over guitar earlier than enjoying on stage together with her father Jack Tuttle, a bluegrass multi-instrumentalist, three years later. She launched her first album, The Outdated Apple Tree, at age 13; the mission consisted of duets together with her father. At 15, Tuttle joined her household band, The Tuttles with AJ Lee.

2. She performs effectively with others

Tuttle has carried out with a number of bands over the course of her profession, relationship again to her faculty years. In 2014, whereas finding out on the Berklee Faculty of Music, Tuttle joined Goodbye Women, an all-women bluegrass band. The group would launch two tasks and toured in Sweden, the house nation of the group’s fiddle participant, Lena Johnson. Different teams that Tuttle carried out in embrace supergroup the First Women of Bluegrass (that includes Tuttle, Alison Brown, Missy Raines, Sierra Hull, and Becky Buller) and her very personal The Molly Tuttle Band.

3. She’s already used to the award present circuit

Whereas these two nominations mark the primary time Tuttle has landed Grammys recognition, she’s no stranger to accolades. She first received the Momentum Award on the Worldwide Bluegrass Music Awards in 2016, and has been acknowledged on the ceremony yearly since, racking up quite a few nominations and wins. She was additionally named the Americana Music Affiliation’s Instrumentalist of the 12 months in 2018.

4. She made historical past in 2018

As a well-recognized identify on the Worldwide Bluegrass Music Awards, Tuttle would make historical past on the award ceremony by turning into the primary lady to win the present’s Guitar Participant of the 12 months honor in 2017. In 2018 she received the award once more, and was named Instrumentalist of the 12 months.

5. She’s a seasoned collaborator

Whether or not or not it’s via teams, her solo work, or that includes on different artists’ tasks, Tuttle has labored with a big selection of musicians. Her personal tasks have featured Margo Value, Billy Strings, and Outdated Crow Drugs Present, and he or she has featured on tracks by Bobby Osborne, Korby Lenker, and Béla Fleck.

See the complete listing of 2023 Grammy Awards nominations right here.

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