Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - DelFest 2023 x No Depression

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Guitar and vocal: Molly Tuttle
Mandolin: Dominick Leslie
Banjo and vocal: Kyle Tuttle
Fiddle: Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
Bass and vocal: Shelby Means

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Audio: Juan M Soria IG @juanmsoria_ Supported by @UniversalAudio

True to her California roots, the first song “El Dorado” is partly inspired by a childhood trip to the Sierra Nevada foothills to learn about the 1840s CA gold rush. One of the most endearing veins to Tuttle’s songwriting is that she writes what feels true to personal experience, not always what is fitting to the bluegrass genre. Sometimes the two styles line up cleanly, sometimes the spaces where they don’t intersect yield the good stuff.

This entire mini-set is evidence of the good stuff, including the second song “Crooked Tree,” the title track from Tuttle’s Grammy Award–winning 2022 album, and the third song “San Joaquin,” a boot-stomper featuring devastating three-part harmonies from Tuttle, bassist Shelby Means, and banjoist Kyle Tuttle.

Come to think of it (*editors note, too late… ha!), each of these three songs feature delicious three-part harmonies from Tuttle, Tuttle and Means, in addition to featuring Bronwyn Keith-Hynes’ biting fiddle and Dominick Leslie holding the high end on mandolin.

This specific collection of musicians has meaningfully shaped the outcome of City of Gold, says Tuttle, “I really wrote these songs with this band in mind… we’ve toured together over a hundred dates and really gelled as a band, so when we went into the studio it felt natural… it’s exciting to have our first piece of work as a band.”

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