Sierra Hull Announces New Project “The Movements” Out April 10th

The name Sierra Hull has been synonymous with “mandolin” for a long time now. Her last few records landing high on both traditionalist lists as well as those seeking something more contemporary or out of the box from the genre. Hull recently took to the socials to announce the release of a new 3 part concerto project with her current band.

The “concerto” format is always an ambitious swing for the bluegrass genre, following in the footsteps of artists like Béla Fleck and Chris Thile, but the dovetailing of bluegrass and classical arrangement isn’t one foreign to Sierra, with parts of this work and more of that tonal symbiosis being present in her touring shows for a couple years at this point.

The recording features her core touring ensemble: Avery Merritt (fiddle), Erik Coveney (bass), Mark Raudabaugh (drums), and Shaun Richardson (guitar/vocals) and in a social media post she writes “Transparently I also thought, “what even is a Bluegrass Concerto??!” I decided I wanted it to be a combination of thorough composed ideas and arranged parts, while also leaving some room for the improvisational magic any good Bluegrass instrumental might have.”

Alongside the release, she will put out a series of videos capturing “new and fresh” takes on the arrangement/improv hybrid piece after the band returned to FreshGrass for the first time since the premiere and recorded a live in-studio version at the festival’s Studio 9 in Fall of 2025. Sierra stating “I think it’s interesting to hear how The Movements have evolved since those earliest days spent playing them.”

Pre-save the record on streaming or keep an eye on her website to order when it releases on the 10th.

And with this release, we hope to unearth a session of one of the Movements shot with Sierra and the band a few summers back…