Molly Tuttle, Billy Strings: "Sittin On Top Of The World," insane levels of acoustic work


Molly Tuttle & Billy Strings

Modern Bluegrass Mavericks & Flatpicking Virtuosos

Molly Tuttle and Billy Strings are two of the most electrifying and transformative figures in contemporary acoustic roots music. While both are rooted in lightning-fast traditional flatpicking and bluegrass heritage, each has forged a distinct, visionary style: Tuttle seamlessly weaves nimble flatpicking with sharp, indie-folk songwriting and clawhammer textures, whereas Strings pushes acoustic boundaries with psychedelic improvisation, soaring high-octane bluegrass speed, and genre-blurring heavy metal and rock influences.

Molly Tuttle

Bluegrass Innovator & Flatpicking Phenom

  • Style: A GRAMMY Award-winning artist renowned for her pristine flatpicking, innovative open-string techniques, and poignant, narrative-driven songwriting.
  • Backing Ensemble: Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway.
  • Notable Albums: When You're Ready (2019), Crooked Tree (2022 – GRAMMY Winner for Best Bluegrass Album), City of Gold (2023), Into the Wild (2025).

Billy Strings

Psychedelic Bluegrass Innovator & Jam-Band Icon

  • Style: A GRAMMY Award-winning guitar phenomenon who revolutionized the acoustic scene by injecting traditional bluegrass with unbridled punk energy, cosmic psychedelic improvisation, and stellar flatpicking mastery.
  • Backing Ensemble: Billy Strings Band.
  • Notable Albums: Turmoil & Tinfoil (2017), Home (2019 – GRAMMY Winner for Best Bluegrass Album), Renewal (2021), Me/And/Dad (2022), Highway Prayers (2024).

Molly Tuttle and Billy Strings, "Sittin On Top Of The World," Grey Fox 2019

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