Molly Tuttle – So Long Little Miss Sunshine
Grammy Award winner Molly Tuttle shares her album, So Long Little Miss Sunshine, via Nonesuch Records.
The album includes the previously released singles “The Highway Knows”, “That’s Gonna Leave A Mark”, “Old Me (New Wig).”
Recorded in Nashville with producer Jay Joyce (Orville Peck, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson), the fifth full album from the singer, songwriter, and virtuoso guitarist marks a sonic departure from her recent work. Tuttle says, “I’ve been wanting to make this record for such a long time. Part of me was scared to do such a big departure, and that went into the album title.” Eventually, she decided, “‘You know what? I’m just not going to care what people think. I’m going to do what I want.’”
On her new album—a hybrid of pop, country, rock, and flat-picking, plus one murder ballad—Tuttle goes to a whole new place. Her virtuoso guitar work takes center stage on this album more than ever, and for the first time, she introduces her banjo playing into two of her recordings.“I like to be a bit of a chameleon with my music. Keep people guessing and keep it full of surprises,” she says.
So Long Little Miss Sunshine was recorded with drummer/percussionists Jay Bellerose and Fred Eltringham, bassist Byron House, and Joyce on multiple instruments. Ketch Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show) also plays banjo, fiddle, and harmonica, as well as singing harmony; much of the LP was co-written with Secor, who is also Tuttle’s partner. “We spend so much time together, we live together, and anytime I have a song idea, or he has one, it’s just so easy to transition from whatever we’re doing into writing a song.”
Tuttle also conceived the artwork for So Long Little Miss Sunshine, which features multiple Mollys, each wearing a different wig except for one with nothing on her head at all. Tuttle has been bald since she was three years old due to the autoimmune condition alopecia areata; she acts as a spokesperson for the National Alopecia Areata Foundation.
Tuttle and her new live band will be on the road for the majority of the remainder of the year, with fifty-eight shows through mid-December.
Tour Dates:
8/15 – State Theatre – State College, PA
8/16 – Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots – Manchester Center, VT
8/17 – Point of the Bluff Vineyards – Hammondsport, NY
8/21 – The Ramkat – Winston-Salem, NC
8/22 – Georgia Mountain Fair – Hiawassee, GA
8/23 – Marcus King Family Reunion – North Charleston, SC
8/30 – Rhythm & Roots Festival – Charlestown, RI
9/10 – Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL
9/11 – Masonic Cathedral Theatre – Detroit, MI
9/12 – Globe Iron – Cleveland, OH
9/13 – Carnegie Homestead Music Hall – Pittsburgh, PA
9/15 – Opera House – Toronto, ON
9/17 – Royale – Boston, MA
9/18 – Brooklyn Steel – Brooklyn, NY
9/20 – XPoNential Music Festival – Philadelphia, PA
9/23 – The Beacon Theatre – Hopewell, VA
9/25 – Greenfield Lake Amphitheatre – Wilmington, NC
9/26 – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC
9/27 – Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
9/28 – Tennessee Theatre – Knoxville, TN
9/30 – Victory North – Savannah, GA
10/1 – The Plaza Live – Orlando, FL
10/2 – Capitol Theatre – Clearwater, FL
10/3 – Moon Crush (Avett Brothers) – Miramar Beach, FL
10/4 – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA
10/10 – The Hawthorn – St. Louis, MO
10/11 – Liberty Hall – Lawrence, KS
10/12 – Slowdown – Omaha, NE
10/14 – The ELM – Bozeman, MT
10/16 – The Showbox – Seattle, WA
10/17 – Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
10/18 – Holly Theater – Medford, OR
10/19 – Cascade Theatre – Redding, CA
10/25 – Ogden Theater – Denver, CO
11/2 – Suwannee Hulaween – Live Oak, FL
11/12 – Poplar Hall – Appleton, WI
11/13 – Grand Theater – Wausau, WI
11/14 – Varsity Theatre – Minneapolis, MN
11/15 – Stoughton Opera House – Stoughton, WI
11/16 – Englert Theater – Iowa City, IA
11/18 – Castle Theatre – Bloomington, IL
11/20 – Vogue – Indianapolis, IN
11/21 – Memorial Hall – Cincinnati, OH
11/22 – Athenaeum Theatre – Columbus, OH
11/23 – TBD – Roanoke, VA
12/3 – Antone’s – Austin, TX
12/5 – Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
12/6 – House of Blues – San Diego, CA
12/7 – Arlington Theater – Santa Barbara, CA
12/10 – Rialto Theatre – Tucson, AZ
12/11 – The Fonda – Los Angeles, CA
12/12 – Tower Theatre – Fresno, CA
12/13 – The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
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