Article Contributed by IVPR
Published on 2026-04-03
Photo: Courtesy of Sierra Hull
Nashville, TN - April 3, 2026 - Songwriter, singer, and award-winning mandolinist Sierra Hull is always up for a musical challenge, so when the FreshGrass Institute commissioned her to write a “bluegrass concerto” ahead of their 2023 event, she didn’t hesitate for a reason to add “composer” to her multi-hyphenate title. Jumping at the opportunity to write something on which she and her band could stretch their legs, so to speak, Hull penned a three-movement piece, combining through-composed ideas and arranged parts while also leaving room for improvisational magic, a key ingredient to any bluegrass instrumental. With these compositions, Hull joined contemporaries like Béla Fleck, Rhiannon Giddens, Sarah Jarosz, and Kronos Quartet in being immortalized in the FreshGrass commissions canon.
This week, Hull announced a crisp studio recording of her bluegrass concerto, simply dubbed The Movements, for release on April 10. Hull and her world-class band—Avery Merritt, Erik Coveney, Mark Raudabaugh, and Shaun Richardson—initially entered the studio to record The Movements right after performing the collection at FreshGrass for the first time, but a busy tour schedule and finishing up her latest album, A Tip Toe High Wire, put the three new pieces on the back burner. Thankfully, only for a short while.
“Movement 3 has been a staple in our live shows over the last few years, occasionally sneaking in Movement 1 or Movement 2 when we were craving a challenge,” says Hull. “Folks have been asking for a while now when we would finally release a recording of them, so we are pumped to finally share it with everyone! It’s truly a capture of the earliest days of this group of musicians learning to make music together.”
Check Out Sierra Hull Playing “Movement 3” On CBS Saturdays:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnRv67DahHE
Fans can pre-order or pre-save The Movements ahead of its April 10 release at this link and visit sierrahull.com for more information. For anyone who hasn’t heard Hull’s latest full-length, A Tip Toe High Wire, which earned her four GRAMMY nominations, be sure to check it out here.
Sierra Hull is currently on her spring headlining tour before heading to Europe with Brad Paisley in June. This year, Hull will return to the Outlaw Music Festival tour with Willie Nelson, The Avett Brothers, and more; support Dave Matthews Band at The Gorge Amphitheatre; play at Billy Strings’ inaugural Ionia Freak Fair; and appear at Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival. A full list of tour dates can be found below or at sierrahull.com/tour.
Catch Sierra Hull On Tour:
April 8 / Santa Fe, NM / St. Francis Auditorium
April 9 / Tucson, AZ / Fox Tucson Theatre
April 10 / Phoenix, AZ / Musical Instrument Museum (MIM Music Theater)
April 11 / Las Vegas, NV / Las Vegas Bluegrass Festival
April 12 / Flagstaff, AZ / Orpheum Theater
April 15 / Solana Beach, CA / Belly Up Tavern
April 16 / Santa Barbara, CA / Campbell Hall
April 17 / Grass Valley, CA / The Center for the Arts
April 18 / Napa, CA / Uptown Theatre
April 19 / Redding, CA / Cascade Theatre
April 21 / Vashon, WA / Vashon Center for the Arts
April 22 / Edmonds, WA / Edmonds Center for the Arts
April 23 / Salem, OR / Elsinore Theatre
April 24 / Bend, OR / Tower Theatre
April 25 / Medford, OR / Holly Theatre
May 2 / New Orleans, LA / New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
May 22 / Lexington, VA / Lime Kiln Theater
May 23 / Cumberland, MD / DelFest
May 29 / Ogden, UT / Ogden Music Festival
June 8 / Helsinki, Finland / House Of Culture *
June 9 / Helsinki, Finland / House Of Culture *
June 11 / Ålesund, Norway / Sparebanken Møre Arena *
June 13 / Hamar, Norway / Vikingskipet *
June 19 / Telluride, CO / Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 25 / Davenport, IA / Rhythm City Casino Resort
June 28 / Omaha, NE / Steelhouse Omaha
July 7 / Nashville, TN / Ryman Auditorium
July 12 / Nampa, ID / Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater
July 14 / Kalispell, MT / Wachholz College Center
July 15 / Airway Heights, WA / BECU Live Outdoor Venue ^
July 16 / Portland, OR / Topaz Farm
July 25 / Patchogue, NY / Great South Bay Music Festival
August 18 / Maryland Heights, MO / Hollywood Casino Amphitheater #
August 19 / Prior Lake, MN / Mystic Lake Amphitheater #
August 21 / East Troy, WI / Alpine Valley Music Theatre #
August 22 / Clarkston, MI / Pine Knob Music Theatre #
August 23 / Noblesville, IN / Ruoff Music Center #
August 28 / Ionia, MI / Ionia Freak Fair
September 6 / George, WA / The Gorge Amphitheatre +
September 12 / Evanston, IL / Evanston Folk Festvival
September 24 / Louisville, KY / Bourbon & Beyond
September 26 / Austin, TX / Crossroads Guitar Festival
* supporting Brad Paisley
^ supporting Charley Crockett
# Outlaw Music Festival with Willie Nelson, The Avett Brothers, and more
+ supporting Dave Matthews Band
