Sierra Hull & Milk Carton Kids

Sierra Hull
Sierra Hull is a seven-time IBMA Mandolin Player of the Year, two-time GRAMMY nominee, and one of the most dynamic voices in bluegrass and Americana. Her latest album, A Tip Toe High Wire, marks a bold new chapter – her first independent release – spotlighting her songwriting and instrumental prowess. Featuring guest appearances by Béla Fleck, Tim O’Brien, and Aoife O’Donovan, the album balances tradition with innovation.

“She’s positioning herself as a musical force not only in bluegrass, but in various genre circles.” – Rolling Stone
“A Tip Toe High Wire upholds her reverence for bluegrass traditions, while simultaneously looking forward with unique collaborations.” – Billboard

Hull has shared stages with legends like Alison Krauss, Eric Clapton, Sturgill Simpson, Slash, and Robert Randolph, blending technical mastery with heartfelt storytelling. In 2025, Hull performed on NPR’s Tiny Desk and The Kelly Clarkson Show in support of the album. Building on an already accomplished year, Hull became the first female artist honored with a Gibson signature mandolin and was also awarded the Tennessee Governor’s Distinguished Arts Award.

The Milk Carton Kids
Waltzing into disaster and its aftermath, The Milk Carton Kids’ “All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do” marked the first time that acoustic duo Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale have brought a band into the studio with them. “We wanted to do something new,” Pattengale says. “We had been going around the country yet another time to do the duo show, going to the places we’d been before. There arose some sort of need for change.”

It worked out well for the band, with now having 3 studio albums since then, including 2023’s GRAMMY-nominated “I Only See The Moon” and their latest album, “Christmas in a Minor Key.”