Interview: Molly Tuttle

Molly Tuttle has received much acclaim for her guitar chops, including winning the International Bluegrass Music Award’s Guitar Player of the Year twice, and also the Americana Music Association’s Instrumentalist of the Year award. Her fretwork, singing, and songwriting was also recognized with two Grammy Awards for Best Bluegrass Album with her previous band Golden Highway.

In addition to being a superstar of the bluegrass genre, Tuttle’s wonderful new album So Long Little Miss Sunshine shows that she can also bring engaging pop sensibilities to her music without compromising her virtuosity. In fact, her guitar playing on the album is arguably even more prominent than on her previous recordings.

This interview was for a preview article for Noozhawk.com for Molly Tuttle’s concert at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara on December 7, 2025. It was done by phone on November 19, 2025. (Ebru Yildiz photo)

Interview: Leo Kottke

Leo Kottke is an extraordinary acoustic guitar player, with a style that draws on folk, blues, and jazz, but comes together in a way all his own. His musical career took off with his 1969 album 6 and 12 String Guitar, and since then he has released dozens of albums and entertained countless audiences with his guitar prowess, singing, and hilarious stories between songs.

This interview was conducted by phone on 11/18/11, and was the basis for a preview article on his 12/2/11 concert at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara.

UPDATE: At the end of this post, I’ve added Kottke’s email replies to questions that were the basis for a preview article for his 11/8/14 concert at the Lobero Theatre. They were received on 10/28/14.

Concert Review: Jeff Bridges and T-Bone Burnett

Review of Jeff Bridges and T-Bone Burnett concert at Lobero Theatre, 3/12/11. (John Conroy photo)