Are Molly Tuttle and Billy Strings friends?

Billy Strings is an award-winning American guitarist and bluegrass musician whose album Home won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album in 2021.

Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle share a close friendship and have collaborated on multiple occasions. Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle first recorded together on Strings’ 2017 release, Turmoil & Tinfoil.

Their musical camaraderie blossomed when they were both just 24 years old and even extended to being roommates at one point. Strings contributed to Tuttle’s Grammy-winning 2022 album, Crooked Tree, on the track “Dooley’s Farm.”

Billy Strings is known not only for his instrumental prowess but also as one of acoustic music’s most expressive vocalists. His melodies often carry a breezy quality, but there’s depth within the lyrics, especially evident in songs like “The Fire on My Tongue”.

Billy Strings has performed at festivals including Frankfort Bluegrass Festival (Frankfort, IL), Hookahville, Blue Ox, Pickathon, Merlefest, DelFest, High Sierra Music Festival, Lollapalooza, Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, John Hartford Memorial Festival, Aiken Bluegrass Festival, Appaloosa Music Festival, Wheatland Music Festival, Red Wing Roots Music Festival, Bristol Rhythm & Roots, Rooster Walk, French Broad River Festival, Makers Trail Festival, Under the Big Sky Festival and the All Good Presents 4848 Festival.