Wednesday 17 April 2019

FOCUS ON Molly Tuttle: Debuts on Billboard Country Sales & Official UK Album Charts

Compass Records proudly announce the release of award-winning guitar virtuoso Molly Tuttle’s debut album





























REMAINING UK DATES
Thurs 18 April 2019 – The Greystones, Sheffield (Greystones Road, Sheffield S11 7BS) £16.50 Event
Fri 19 April 2019 – Live Room, Saltaire (Caroline Social Club, Caroline Street, Saltaire Shipley BD18 3JZ) £14 Event
Sat 20 April 2019 – Sage Gateshead Sage 2, Gateshead £13.60 Event

On the Official UK Country Album Top 20 (Week Ending 18 April 2019) WHEN YOU'RE READY (Compass) made a debut at No.6 and bowed at No.4 on the Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40 (Week Ending 18 April 2019).

On Billboard Country Sales (pure sales; old methodology) it made a debut at No.16 selling 1,800 copies. 


Release Date: 5 April 2019
Label: Compass Records

Debut #4 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#50 UK iTunes all-genres)
Debut #6 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#43 US iTunes all-genres)

11 Tracks
Time: 40:02
Genre: Americana

1. Million Miles 2. Take The Journey 3. Make My Mind Up 4. When You're Ready
5. The High Road 6. Don't Let Go 7. Light Came In (Power Went Out)
8. Messed With My Mind 9. Sleepwalking 10. Sit Back and Watch It Roll 11. Clue

Watch “Take The Journey”:


REVIEWS
Most of these 11 new songs begin with Tutlle's solo finger-picking guitar, and it's lovely. So's her voice  - Mojo (Rating: 80/100)

Molly Tuttle was right to take time before releasing her first complete CD. The production, playing and songwriting coalesce into a striking statement that shows an already developed artist well on her way to the next level of her still nascent career. - American Songwriter (Rating: 80/100) /

When You're Ready is a sharply confident debut, as Tuttle proves an expressive vocalist and an idiosyncratic songwriter. - Uncut (Rating: 7/10)

Left to her own devices, Tuttle has emerged as a deft songwriter with an open heart, a keen ear for melody, and a flair for pairing dusty folk with Americana-kissed country-pop. - Allmusic (Rating: 3.1/2 STARS)

What drew people to Tuttle's music to begin with was that delightfully dissonant combination of sweet singing and monster-shredder guitar playing, and that's just not what this album delivers. - Exclaim (Rating: 6/10)

“Tuttle doesn't need the window dressing. Some of her material is a little thin, but as a songwriter she has a winning way with a melody. And the final cut, "Clue," shows her capabilities as a performer. The song highlights Tuttle's voice, with long vowels that soar and bluesy twists that suggest her next record will be better” – Associated Press 

WHEN YOU’RE READY, produced by Ryan Hewitt (The Avett Brothers, The Lumineers) showcases her astonishing range and versatility and shows that she is more than simply an Americana artist.
Between her expressive, crystalline voice and astounding flatpicking guitar skills, Tuttle has made history…”  Rolling Stone Country
An insightful, gifted songwriter who was crowned “Instrumentalist of the Year” at the 2018 Americana Music Awards on the strength of her EP RISE, Tuttle has broken boundaries and garnered the respect of her peers, winning fans for her incredible flat-picking guitar technique and confessional songwriting. Graced with a clear, true voice and a keen melodic sense, the 25-year-old seems poised for a long and exciting career. When You’re Ready, produced by Ryan Hewitt (The Avett Brothers, The Lumineers) showcases her astonishing range and versatility and shows that she is more than simply an Americana artist.
Since moving to Nashville in 2015, the native Californian has been welcomed into folk music, bluegrass, Americana, and traditional country communities – even as When You’re Ready stretches the boundaries of those genres. Over the past year, Molly has continued to accumulate accolades, winning Folk Alliance International’s honor for Song of the Year for “You Didn’t Call My Name” and taking home her second trophy for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Guitar Player of the Year (the first woman in the history of the IBMA to win that honor).

WHEN YOU’RE READY is infused with an intoxicating wash of drums and electric guitar while still keeping Tuttle front and center. “I wanted to keep the focus on the songs,” she says, “but also make an interesting guitar record.”
“Come for Molly Tuttle’s impressive acoustic guitar skills and stay for her traveler’s anthem.” — REFINERY29

The album opens with “Million Miles,” a song that her songwriting collaborator Steve Poltz brought to her, mentioning that he and Jewel started it in the ‘90s and didn’t complete it. With their blessing, she finished the song and enlisted Sierra Hull to play mandolin and Jason Isbell to sing background vocals. The wistful track sets the tone for an album that offers subtle moments of reflection as well as dazzling musicianship.

Tuttle wrote or co-wrote all 11 tracks since moving to Nashville, giving the project a unified feeling. “A lot of the songs are more personal than I’ve written before, and many of them are conversational, like one person talking to another,” she says. But, when it comes to the messages of the songs, each one stands apart. “Take the Journey” provides encouragement, even as “The High Road” finds two individuals going their own way. Later, the subdued “Don’t Let Go” concludes with a spaced-out slow groove, while “Lights Came On (Power Went Out)” amplifies the album’s youthful energy. “Sleepwalking,” a gentle love song, may be the album’s most impassioned and emotionally intense moment.

“Her songs, singing and solos, much like her demeanor, tend to have an inward- looking elegance to them; they’re the outward expressions of a searching mind and a longtime dedication to cultivating her craft.” —Jewly Hight, NPR
“[Molly Tuttle] sings with the gentle authority of Gillian Welch, yet plays astoundingly fleet flat-picking guitar like Chet Atkins on superdrive.” —Paul Zollo, American Songwriter Magazine

“Molly Tuttle, blew away the unsuspecting crowd with her rapid fire bluegrass guitar work that would put even the most talented shredders to shame. It was a marvel to see such incredible technical skill combined with a sweet voice and fun, barn-storming songwriting.” —Write to the Beat

“Among the most brilliant guitarists in this new generation is Molly Tuttle, who seems as effortlessly conversant when flatpicking as when playing in the clawhammer style, and who is equally gifted as a singer-songwriter.” —Premier Guitar
“…a sort of high-wattage Alison Krauss-Taylor Swift hybrid — Tuttle effortlessly delivers a mélange of styles to accompany her powerful guitar licks throughout.” — Rolling Stone Country

“You will not believe the voice and talent this lady possesses”! – Alex Krupa’s Country Show

“I think she's got a real potential her voice a girlish innocence in between bluegraas and folk….She’s doing great things, more on the country spectrum than last album” – Marie Crichton BBC Shropshire

Embed: WE MET REBA: Celebrating being part of the #AmericanCurrents2018 exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (March 6).


Hello from London! I had a great time hanging out with Whispering Bob Harris on his BBC Radio 2 show this afternoon! 










































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ABOUT: Tuttle grew up in California in a musical family, performing at festivals with her father and two brothers. As a young girl, she took violin lessons but eventually grew more interested in playing guitar. Fortunately, her father Jack Tuttle is a noted instructor in the Bay Area. “My dad brought me home a little guitar and he would sit with me whenever I wanted to play it and show me something,” she recalls. “He was really encouraging, and I think that’s what made me stick with the guitar. I liked having a fun thing to do with my dad and practicing didn’t feel like a chore.”
By the age of 11, Tuttle was attending bluegrass jams and decided that she wanted to do more singing. She took voice lessons from one of her neighbors, a classical vocal coach who taught proper technique without sacrificing phrasing. As a young woman interested in bluegrass, Tuttle admired bold songwriters like Hazel Dickens and looked up to Bay Area bluegrass musicians such as Laurie Lewis and Kathy Kallick.
As Tuttle matured, her musical tastes soon ranged from Bob Dylan and Gillian Welch to The Smiths and Neko Case. Because she kept seeing Townes Van Zandt referenced to by songwriters she admired, Tuttle dug into his catalog and found “White Freightliner Blues.” Her own exceptional rendition has become a showcase for her nimble playing, as well as a graceful nod to her musical heroes. And the circle continues; her own instructional videos of the song online have been discovered by the next generation of pickers, who look to her as a role model and for inspiration.
A virtuosic, award-winning guitarist with a gift for insightful songwriting, Molly Tuttle evolves her signature sound with boundary-breaking songs on her compelling debut album, When You’re Ready.
I love so many types of music,” she says “and it’s exciting to be a part of and embraced by different musical worlds, but when I’m creating I don’t think about genres or how it will fit into any particular format – it’s just music.”

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