Biography

"The recording is a delight from beginning to end...I don't believe you have to be a lover of bluegrass or country to enjoy this collaboration between these two young talents. Their music is so accessible and engaging that any listener, whether a metal head or jazz aficionado, will find something to enjoy on Molly Tuttle & John Mailander." -San Diego Troubadour

"Molly and John combine for what may be one of the most beautiful Bluegrass songs I have ever heard. Molly sings like an angel while masterfully playing the banjo on “Another Side/Tell Me.” John – a Berklee graduate and renowned live performer and session musician – plays the fiddle amazingly and contributes soulful vocals as well. The song radiates with a certain degree of purity that is hard to find in today’s contemporary music. Kind-hearted lyrics, soulful vocals and absolutely magnificent musicianship make “Another Side/Tell Me” a very special song."
-New Music Charts Magazine

About Molly & John --
Young, award-winning musicians Molly Tuttle and John Mailander both grew up playing bluegrass music and are highly respected recording and performing artists; both attended Boston's Berklee College of Music.

- Molly Tuttle (MollyTuttle.net) is a musical phenom. Though she is just 21 years old, this is Molly's 4th CD and she has racked up an impressive number of awards since she started performing music at age 11. Molly has over 2 million Youtube views for the music videos she's made with her musical family and others. Pandora Music sought her out to make a music video about Molly when she was just 14, and The Ellen show invited her on twice. Molly is a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist known for her beautiful songwriting, singing, outstanding flatpicking on guitar and her accomplished clawhammer and three-finger bluegrass banjo playing, as well as her remarkable clawhammer guitar music. At a very young age she began singing and learning guitar from her music teacher father, Jack Tuttle (who in turn learned bluegrass picking from his father Jerry Tuttle on the family farm in Illinois). Molly was inspired to write songs by the music of Hazel Dickens, one of her greatest heroes. Molly recorded her first album, The Old Apple Tree at age 13. She’s appeared on the Prairie Home Companion; and at Hardly, Strictly Bluegrass Festival; Savannah Music Festival; Strawberry Music Festival; Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, and numerous other festivals and venues across North America. She's been awarded the Hazel Dickens Memorial Award from the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music, Merlefest's first place songwriting award, Best Guitarist & Best Band awards from the Northern California Bluegrass Society, 2nd Place Duet Silver Water Tower Trophy from Prairie Home Companion, Boston's FreshGrass Festival 2nd Place Band Award, and music composition and performance merit scholarships from Berklee College of Music. Molly will graduate from Berklee in May, 2014 with the prestigious Artist Diploma awarded in the past to Julian Lage, Sierra Hull and other stand out students of Berklee.
Molly is a member of The Tuttles with AJ Lee, the Molly Tuttle Trio, Molly Tuttle & John Mailander, and The Good Bye Girls who will tour Sweden this summer. Molly has been thrilled to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston and she just graduated from Berklee this year. She was honored to receive Berklee's highly selective Artist Diploma. She is now devoting herself full-time to music.

- John Mailander (JohnMailander.com) is a San Diego based musician and graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. He is in demand throughout the Southern California and Boston areas for live performance, session work and instruction. Playing in a variety of styles on the fiddle, mandolin and various other stringed instruments, he has become known for his soulful voice as a soloist, improviser and writer.

John has shared the stage with acclaimed artists including the Alison Brown Quartet, Victor Wooten, Tim O'Brien and Christopher Guest. He was one of sixteen musicians selected to participate in the Savannah Music Festival's prestigious Acoustic Music Seminar in both 2012 and 2013. John played fiddle in Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's musical, Bright Star, for its premier run in New York. He has performed at events including the San Diego Symphony Summer Pops, Fresh Grass Music Festival and Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival. John maintains a busy performance schedule with artists including Tony Trischka & Territory, Molly Tuttle, Chris Stuart & Backcountry, Darol Anger and others. At Berklee, John studied under the instruction of John McGann, Darol Anger and Julian Lage. John's website is: http://www.johnmailander.com/

John & Molly create beautiful music together which has a young, vibrant feel combined with top notch musicianship.