14 Facts About Molly Tuttle

Molly Rose Tuttle was born on January 14,1993 and is an American vocalist, songwriter, guitarist, banjo player, recording artist, and teacher in the bluegrass tradition.

Molly Tuttle is noted for her flatpicking, clawhammer, and crosspicking guitar prowess.

Molly Tuttle has cited Laurie Lewis, Kathy Kallick, Alison Krauss and Hazel Dickens as role models.

In 2017, Tuttle was the first woman to win the International Bluegrass Music Association's Guitar Player of the Year award.

In 2023, Molly Tuttle won the Best Bluegrass Album for Crooked Tree and received a nomination for the all-genre Best New Artist award at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.

In 2006, at age 13, Molly Tuttle recorded The Old Apple Tree with her dad, an album of duets.

In 2012, Molly Tuttle was awarded merit scholarships to the Berklee College of Music for music and composition, received the Foundation for Bluegrass Music's first Hazel Dickens Memorial Scholarship, won the Chris Austin Songwriting Competition at the Merlefest Music Festival, and appeared with her dad on A Prairie Home Companion.

Molly Tuttle's EP Rise was released in 2017 after a crowdfunding campaign.

Molly Tuttle wrote all of the songs on the 7-song album, which was produced by Kai Welch.

Molly Tuttle formed The Molly Tuttle Band, which included Wes Corbett, Joe K Walsh, and Hasee Ciaccio.

Molly Tuttle was selected by Buddy Miller to join his "Cavalcade of Stars" section of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass on the Rooster Stage on October 6,2018.

Molly Tuttle released her debut album When You're Ready via Compass Records on April 5,2019.

In 2021, Molly Tuttle assembled with her new "dream" band, Golden Highway, including Shelby Means on bass, Kyle Molly Tuttle on banjo, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes on fiddle, and Dominick Leslie on mandolin, with everyone sharing or supporting vocals.

Molly Tuttle was diagnosed with alopecia areata when she was three years old, which quickly progressed to alopecia universalis, resulting in total body hair loss.