Molly Tuttle became a bluegrass star at precisely the age and stage of her life when she needed to not be a bluegrass artist. But five years later, she's written and recorded Crooked Tree, which Craig Havighurst argues is an album for the bluegrass history books.
When the first iteration of the Songbirds museum closed in the summer of 2020, it looked like the pandemic had taken down a unique and history-laden destination in the under-appreciated Chattanooga music scene. It was a venue, a charitable foundation, a community gathering place and a museum featuring one of the finest (and most accessible) historic guitar collections in the world. But as of last September, it's back with a new look and refreshed mission.