The Many Instruments of Sierra Hull
SAYING SIERRA HULL is only a mandolin player is selling the 29-year-old singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist short. But it probably wouldn’t hurt her feelings. After all, mandolin is the instrument that brought her to the Grand Ole Opry stage at the age of 10 and Carnegie Hall two years later, and helped her land a record deal before she could drive a car.
However, mandolin is only part of the story. Guitar, especially, has been in the mix on songs like the multi-instrument workout “Hullarious” on her Rounder Records debut, Secrets, released in 2008 when she was 16. But as Hull evolved from straight bluegrass with her Grammy-nominated Bela Fleck–produced 2016 release, Weighted Mind, she adopted a more experimental approach that showcased her mandolin playing and songwriting with little additional accompaniment.
“It was an amazing experience to strip everything back
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