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A very talented young singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, (rockstar_not may want to check this out) I just happened upon this young lady today on YouTube. Since she’s going to be performing near where Scott lives twice in the next week, I thought maybe he’d like to check out her show. Quote:
The International Bluegrass Music Association announced on Wednesday, August 15, that Sierra Hull is a nominee for 2012 IBMA Mandolin Player of the Year.
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the evidence of Sierra’s uncommon maturity—musical and personal (one might say she embodies the perfect balance of humility and capability)—has been there all along, and won her formidable fans: by age 11, Alison Krauss had called with an invitation to the Opry stage; by 12, Rounder was expressing interest; first Ron Block and now Barry Bales have served as co-producers, and her studio bands have featured the cream of the contemporary bluegrass crop—Stuart Duncan, Randy Kohrs and Bryan Sutton this time, alongside members of Sierra’s own crack band Highway 111. Then there’s the fact that Berklee gave her the school’s most prestigious award, the Presidential Scholarship, a first for a bluegrass musician; her choice to accept it, to delay her dream of hitting the road full-time after high school in favor of expanding her musical worldview, was hardly a light one. If ever the “child prodigy” label did Sierra justice, its usefulness has completely fallen away and a distinctive new identity emerged. What you hear on Daybreak is one of bluegrass’s few full-fledged virtuosic instrumentalist/singer/songwriters, and one who’s gracefully grown into her gifts. While her mandolin playing has always possessed clarity and fleet-fingered precision, here she attacks her solos with newfound spontaneity and depth of feeling; she calls it “playing with a point to prove.” Her singing—always straight and true—has more heartfelt power behind it, to results Bales describes, simply, as “doing the songs justice.”
Here she is at 11 years old taking a mandolin solo with Allison Krauss at the Grand Ole Opry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDZ9PN5K06Q
She’s all growed up now after graduating from Boston’s Berklee College School of Music on a Presidential Scholarship and she’s on her third CD. Here are some tasty clips from her new CD:
http://www.sierrahull.com/daybreak/
Mac and Don Gaynor will likely approve.
Did I mention that she’s prettier than a “speckled pup?”
http://www.sierrahull.com/
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Good god I have clothes older than her!!! Wow!!
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Yup, she's great. I got to meet and play with her at the Grass Valley Bluegrass Festival a few years ago. She was in Junior high, I think. A very sweet girl and a significant talent. This tube captures her a little more in the way I remember her: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA82NOHXIP0&feature=related
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Don Gaynor approves! I hear Alyson and Emmylou in her voice and that's a complement. Thanks, Bob.
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Well, I just bought Sierra’s “Daybreak” CD on Amazon. That little gal can play and “sang!” I wish they’d had digital delivery on this one! I guess I’ll have to wait for the CD. In the clip from when she’s only 11 years old, I love how Sierra holds her own on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry with 4 HUGE names in bluegrass and has a ball doing it. (Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Dan Tyminski and Ron Block!) You can tell by the way she looks at Alison that Alison is her musical hero. Can you imagine playing with your musical hero at 11 years old on the biggest venue in your genre, … and nailing it?
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She is a fabulous young lady as well as an accomplished musician. Interestingly, she's the first Bluegrass artist ever to win a Presidential Scholarship from Berkeley School of Music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D0TGcQmZ8oDefinitely someone to watch grow. Thanks again for introducing her, Bob.
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Mac approves as well.
Strong Performance.
--Mac
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Yeah she's good. As a matter of fact, Woodland Park (where she will be locally) happens to be where I've attended the lion's share of home concerts in our area.
There's a great musician's/artist community in the Dub P and we like sitting around playing music for each other, I guess.
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I just ran across this clip of Sierra playing one of the instrumentals off her new CD. It's a very good quality clip and shows just how serious her mandolin chops are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ihs2PPf8s&feature=relatedI'm looking forward to getting the CD in the mail so I can hear full versions of the other clips.
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Wow, Robert! Sierra's part was phenomenal, as usual, but, to my tired old ears, the fiddle was too far back. Was that just a case of my high end hearing loss or do you notice that also?
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Wow, Robert! Sierra's part was phenomenal, as usual, but, to my tired old ears, the fiddle was too far back. Was that just a case of my high end hearing loss or do you notice that also?
I listened to it a couple times more after your comment and here's my take. I think the fiddle solo is well balanced, but the fiddle backup is almost non existent. I don't think it was the soundman. I believe it's the fiddle player.
He's no doubt got the chops for backup, but I don't think he realizes how important the fiddle "chop" is, ... especially when the mandolin is playing lead and he needs to take her place on the back beat.
Good ear Don.
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I hear the chop come in and out. It's pretty clear when the guitarist takes the lead. Unless the mix engineer is riding his fader, I think it's also the player. With that said, the chop is pretty clear during Sierra's last solo right before the outro.
I didn't miss it until reading your posts, so perhaps they just arranged it that way.
-Scott
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Well, … here’s another high quality vid from the same recording session featuring Sierra’s vocals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHa_0sd5qhI&feature=plcpThis must be the actual recording session for her CD since it’s on the official Rounder Records site.
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I couldn't help but notice that she didn't give the fiddle picker a break on this'n. Until proven otherwise, I'll say he's the least talented member of her band. On the other hand, the Dobro(c) player is very good, Jerry Douglas-esque.
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Bob, Wonderful! Young, fearless, extremely talented AND good looking! I'll keep on watching. Joe G.
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