And here we are, at the conclusion of another Women Music March. I hope you have enjoyed learning about these extraordinary performing artists or got refreshed on them if you already know them. I also would like give a big THANK YOU to everyone who read, listened, and commented. It really brings Women Music March to life. Also a Thank You to Max and Christian, who wrote their wonderful Guest Posts on Janis and Tal. I owe you guys!

To get a full run-down on every artist who has been covered for Women Music March since March 2020, please look at the end of the post. Also! If you don’t see someone on the list that you think I should feature in the future, please let me know. I’d really like to cover more international artists.

Molly Tuttle, photograph by Erika Goldring

The best gig I ever played was in the summer of 2017 at the National Alopecia Areata Foundation. For those of you who don’t know, alopecia areata is a specific kind of hair loss that is caused by the immune system attacking hair follicles. I was diagnosed with alopecia areata when I was three years old, and within a year, the autoimmune disease had quickly progressed into its rarest form, alopecia universalis, or total body hair loss…

Having alopecia has taught me that there is nothing “normal” about everyone being the same. Humans are beautifully diverse. We all have work to do to make our world a safer and more welcoming place for everyone regardless of appearance, race, age, sexuality, gender identity, disability, or anything else that makes us human. Many of us mean well and don’t realize when we’re using hurtful stereotypes and creating stigma. I think that as a society we can start to heal by educating ourselves and listening to each other’s stories. I hope that by sharing mine I can make the world a better place for the bald kids of the future. Thanks for listening!  – Molly Tuttle

Molly Rose Tuttle (b. 1/14/93) is an American vocalist, songwriter, banjo player, guitarist, recording artist, and teacher in the bluegrass tradition, noted for her flatpicking, clawhammer,and crosspicking guitar prowess. She has cited Laurie Lewis, Kathy Kallick, Alison Krauss, and Hazel Dickens as role models. In 2017, Tuttle was the first woman to win the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Guitar Player of the Year award. In 2018 she won the award again, along with being named the Americana Music Association’s Instrumentalist of the Year. Tuttle won the Best Bluegrass Album and received a nomination for the all-genre Best New Artist award at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.

Early Life:
Molly was born in Santa Clara, California and raised in Palo Alto. She graduated from Palo Alto High School in 2011.

Musical Beginnings:
Tuttle began playing guitar at age 8. At age 11, she played onstage with her father, Jack Tuttle, a bluegrass multi-instrumentalist and instructor. At age 15, she joined her family band The Tuttles with AJ Lee. Her siblings, Sullivan (guitar) and Michael (mandolin,) and mandolist AJ Lee are also in the band. In 2006, at age 13, Tuttle recorded The Old Apple Tree with her dad, an album of duets. In 2011, the Tuttles self-released their Introducing the Tuttles album and in 2013 released the Endless Ocean album. In 2012, Tuttle was awarded merit scholarships to the Berklee College of Music for music and composition, received the Foundation for Bluegrass Music’s first Hazel Dickens Memorial Scholarship, won the Chris Austin Songwriting Competition at the Merlefest Music Festival, and appeared with her dad on A Prairie Home Companion.

Discography:
Solo albums = 4 (one an EP)
With The Goodbye Girls = 2
With John Mailander = 1
With The Tuttles With AJ Lee = 2
With Jack Tuttle (dad) = 1
As a Featured Artist = 7 (including one with Billy Strings!)

Official website: here

And just because I couldn’t resist, I will leave you with:

 

Sources:
wikipedia
top quotes from Molly’s website

Every artist covered so far in Women Music March:

Women Music March 2023
01 Debbie Harry
02 The Judds
03 Neko Case
04 Olivia Chaney
05 L7
06 ani defranco
07 Pauline Oliveros
08 Nicole Atkins
09 Buffy Sainte-Marie
10 Flora Purim
11 Melissa Aldana
12 The Linda Lindas
13 Yumi Zouma
14 Patty Griffin
15 Shirley Manson
16 Amanda Palmer
17Rebecca Lucy Taylor (aka Self Esteem)
18 Brittany Howard
19 Janis Joplin
20 Nita Strauss
21 Julie Miller
22 Tracy Chapman
23 Joan Armatrading
24 Nancy Griffith
25Jensen McRae
26Judy Garland
27Shirley Bassey
28Allison Russell
29Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton
30Tal Wilkenfeld
31Molly Tuttle

Women Music March 2022
1 Vanessa Collier
2 Tanya Tagaq
3 Taylor Momsen (The Pretty Reckless)
4 Lzzy Hale (Halestorm)
5 Judy Collins
6 Joan Baez
7 Jean Richie
8 indigo Girls
9 Odetta
10 Tina Turner
11 Courtney Love
12 Phoebe Snow
13 Carol Kaye
14 Patti Smith
15 Mavis Staples
16 Miriam Makeba
17 Loah
18 Maria McKee
19 Larkin and Poe
20 Rhiannon Giddins (The Carolina Chocolate Drops)
21 Billy Nomates
22 Wendy O. Williams (The Plasmatics)
23 Tammy Wynette
24 Alice Merton
25 Shawn Colvin
26 Potty Mouth
27 Barbra Streisand
28 Wanda Jackson
29 Eva Cassidy
30 Dolores O’Riordan
31 Karen Neal (Queen Bee)

Women Music March 2021 list
1 Rosanne Cash
2 Tori Amos
3 kd lang
4 Jessi Colter
5 Dionne Warwick
6 Annie Lennox
7 Fran
8 Kim Deal (Pixies, The Breeders)
9 Oumou Sangare
10 Reba McEntire
11 Solange
12 Sheila Chandra (Monsoon)
13 Teena Marie
14 Lorde
15 Etta James
16 Fiona Apple
17 Anita O’Day
18 Linda Ronstadt
19 Alison Krauss
20 Billie Eilish
21 Joanna Newsom
22 The Slits
23 Chrissie Hynde
24 Carole King
25 Billie Holiday
26 Bjork
27 Alicia Keys
28 Emmylou Harris
29 Wendy Carlos
30 The Roches
31 Sheryl Crow

Women Music March 2020
1 Aretha Franklin (started on March 8, 2020)
2 Melissa Etheridge (3/9)
3 Bonnie Raitt (3/10)
4 Linda Thompson (3/11)
5 Loretta Lynn (3/12)
6 Ella Fitzgerald (3/13)
7 Loreena McKennitt (3/14)
8 Lauryn Hill (3/15)
9 Karen Carpenter (3/16)
10 Orla Fallon (3/17)
11 Lucinda Williams (3/18)
12 Madonna (3/19)
13 Judee Sill (3/20)
14 Kate Bush (3/21)
15 Nina Simone (3/22)
16 Dolly Parton (3/23)
17 Cynthia Erivo (3/24)
18 Mitski (3/25)
19 Laura Nyro (3/26)
20 Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads) (3/27)
21 Sinead OConnor (3/28)
22 Diana Ross (3/29)
23 Grace Slick (3/30)
24 Joni Mitchell (3/31)