Award-winning songwriter-guitarist Molly Tuttle has released an animated video for her new song, “Million Miles.” Taken from her eagerly anticipated album WHEN YOU’RE READY, the new track features Jason Isbell on backing vocals and Sierra Hull on mandolin, and got its premiere via American Songwriter. WHEN YOU’RE READY is Tuttle’s debut full-length and was recorded in Nashville with producer Ryan Hewitt (The Avett Brothers, The Lumineers). Tuttle has announced an extensive North American tour, including such highlights as Merlefest, Newport Folk Festival, Telluride and more. (Scroll down for complete dates.)
“Million Miles” was an unfinished song brought in during a songwriting session with artist Steve Poltz, who mentioned that he and Jewel had started it in the ’90s but never completed it. With their blessing, she finished the song and enlisted Hull and Isbell for the recording. The wistful track, with its delicate verses and catchy singalong chorus, sets the tone for an album that offers subtle moments of reflection as well as dazzling musicianship and songcraft.
“I absolutely loved [the song], but I was kind of nervous to attempt writing another verse,” Tuttle says. “I carried it around with me for a while, and kept being drawn back to it. When I finally sat down and started writing, the rest of the song just flowed out, and I knew I wanted to record it.”
“Molly is such a great writer,” Poltz adds. “I’m so happy she finished our half-written song.”
Already crowned ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ at the 2018 Americana Music Awards on the strength of her debut EP, Tuttle has broken boundaries and garnered the respect of her peers, winning fans for her incredible flatpicking guitar technique and confessional songwriting. Graced with a clear, true voice and a keen melodic sense, the native Californian seems poised for a long and exciting career. WHEN YOU’RE READY showcases her astonishing range and versatility and shows that she is more than simply an Americana artist.
Since moving to Nashville in 2015, Tuttle has been welcomed into folk music, bluegrass, Americana, and traditional country communities — even as WHEN YOU’RE READY stretches the boundaries of those genres.
“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.”
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.
WATCH THE MAKING OF: WHEN YOU”RE READY
MOLLY TUTTLE ON TOUR 2019
FEBRUARY
28 – Colonial Theatre – Idaho Falls, ID
MARCH
1 – Myrna Loy Center for Performing Arts – Helena, MT
2 – Rialto Bozeman – Bozeman, MT
14 – Foundation Performing Arts Center – Spindale, NC
20 – The Ark – Ann Arbor, MI
21 – Prius Hall, Ball State University – Muncie, IN
22 – Sandwich Opera House – Sandwich, IL
23 – Al Ringling Theater – Baraboo, WI
24 – Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant – Minneapolis, MN
APRIL
3 – The Basement East – Nashville, TN
4 – Richard G. Fallon Theatre – Tallahassee, FL
5 – Savannah Music Festival – Savannah, GA
6 – Grand Ole Opry – Nashville, TN
10 – Kitchen Garden Café – Birmingham, UK
11 – Night & Day Café – Manchester, UK
12 – Bristol Folk House – Bristol, UK
13 – St. Lawrence Church – Biddulph, UK
14 – The Stables – Milton Keynes, UK
16 – The Lexington – London, UK
17 – The Forge at the Anvil – Basingstoke, UK
18 – The Greystones – Sheffield, UK
19 – Live Room – Saltaire, UK
20 – Sage Gateshead – Gateshead, UK
27 – MerleFest – Wilkesboro, NC
MAY
2 – Starr Theater at Walton Arts Center – Fayetteville, AR
4 – Ozark Folk Center Music Theater – Mountain View, AR
11 – LEAF Festival – Black Mountain, NC
17 – Pearl Street Warehouse – Washington, DC
18 – The Locks at Sona – Philadelphia, PA
19 – Mauch Chunk Opera House – Jim Thorpe, PA
20 – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY
22 – Hotel Cafe – Los Angeles, CA
23 – Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace – Bakersfield, CA
24 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA
25 – Strawberry Music Festival – Grass Valley, CA
JUNE
22 – Telluride Bluegrass Festival – Telluride, CO
JULY
10 – Winnipeg Folk Festival – Winnipeg, MB
28 – Newport Folk Festival – Newport, RI
AUGUST
31 – Four Corners Folk Festival – Pagosa Springs, CO
