D’Addario interview with Sierra Hull
Here’s another artist interview, this time with a younger legend in our bluegrass world. It’s one that the D’Addario company filmed with their endorser, Sierra Hull. Sierra talks about learning to play the mandolin as a pre-teen, getting to perform with artists like Sam Bush and Alison Krauss as a youngster, and how the bluegrass […]
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight from The McCourys
Del, Ronnie, and Rob McCoury set up shop at Carter’s Vintage Guitars in Nashville recently to shoot a performance video of the bluegrass classic, I Wonder Where You Are Tonight, to help spread the word about next month’s big shindig in Phoenix, AZ, the Del McCoury Pickin’ Party. Officially titled The McCoury & Douglas Family […]
Autographed instruments auction to benefit NITO and Sweet Relief
A raft of bluegrass artists, including Sam Bush, Sierra Hull, Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Russell Moore, and several others, have autographed a pair of bluegrass instruments for a special auction to benefit musical artists and music industry professionals in need. The auction is being held on the Charitybuzz web site, in […]
Sierra Hull’s new signature Gibson F-5 Master Model mandolin
Sierra Hull with her signature Gibson F-5 Master Model mandolin – photo courtesy of Gibson Gibson has announced two new Sierra Hull custom signature model F-5 mandolins, a top professional grade Master Model for those who demand the very highest standards, and a similarly-appointed F-5G for more budget-conscious buyers. Folks in the bluegrass world have […]
Sierra Hull Master Model mandolin coming from Gibson
Gibson has announced the imminent release of a pair of new mandolins, surely of interest to bluegrass musicians. The Sierra Hull F-5 Master Model mandolin and a Sierra Hull F-5G are set to begin shipping on October 7. Sierra is clearly among the most creative and technically advanced players to ever hold a mandolin, certainly […]
Sierra Hull on PBS Newshour
Yesterday’s edition of PBS Newshour included a feature on mandolin monster Sierra Hull, in the form of an interview with special correspondent Tom Casciato. Recorded earlier this year when Hull and her touring band stopped at The Hamilton Live in Washington, DC, they talk about her new album, A Tip Toe High Wire, and look […]
Reach from Becky Buller with Alison Brown, Sierra Hull, Missy Raines, and Molly Tuttle
For her next single, singer, songwriter, fiddler, and bandleader Becky Buller has assembled a group of Nashville superpickers on a twice-removed cover from the 1970s. She enlisted Molly Tuttle on guitar, Sierra Hull on mandolin, Alison Brown on banjo, and Missy Raines on bass. The song she’s chosen, Reach has been a hit first for […]
Steam Powered Aereo Plane video from John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project Volume 2
Here’s some wonderful news for fans of the inimitable John Hartford, one of the giants of bluegrass and old time music, who left us with a wealth of songs and tunes when he died in 2011. Thankfully his daughter, Katie Harford Hogue, collaborated with fiddler Matt Combs to produce a book of John’s unrecorded music, […]
Country Christmas video from Sierra Hull
Sierra Hull has released a limited edition 7” vinyl Christmas record called Holiday Favorites Vol 1, with two new tracks for the 2024 season. For the A side she’s chosen Country Christmas, a classic from Loretta Lynn’s first Christmas album in 1966. Sierra swings it up a bit with her talented band, and turns in […]
Pickin’ Up the Pieces benefit show report
All star band at Yee-Haw Brewing in Knoxville for flooding victims (10/22) – photo © Colton Zenni Pickin’ Up The Pieces, the all-star bluegrass and Americana benefit concert in Knoxville, TN, organized by teen mandolin wunderkind Wyatt Ellis, turned out to be a fabulous event that is still raising money for flood victims of Hurricane […]
