Sierra Hull has always operated at the intersection of technical mastery and genuine musical curiosity, and ‘The Movements’ is where those instincts converge most completely. Commissioned by the FreshGrass Institute ahead of their 2023 event, Hull’s three-part bluegrass concerto combines through-composed ideas, arranged parts, and room for improvisation in a way that places her alongside Béla Fleck, Rhiannon Giddens, Sarah Jarosz, and Kronos Quartet in the FreshGrass commissions canon. The studio recording arrives April 10, and it’s been worth the wait.
Hull and her band, Avery Merritt, Erik Coveney, Mark Raudabaugh, and Shaun Richardson, recorded ‘The Movements’ right after their FreshGrass debut, but a busy tour schedule and the completion of her album ‘A Tip Toe High Wire’ pushed the release back. “Movement 3 has been a staple in our live shows over the last few years,” Hull says. “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.” The recording captures the earliest days of this particular group of musicians finding their footing together, and that energy is audible throughout.
The rest of Hull’s 2026 calendar reflects her standing in the roots music world. She’s currently on a spring headlining tour before joining Brad Paisley in Europe in June. Later in the year she’ll return to the Outlaw Music Festival Tour with Willie Nelson and The Avett Brothers, support Dave Matthews Band at the Gorge Amphitheatre, appear at Billy Strings’s inaugural Ionia Freak Fair, and perform at Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival.