Brittany Haas is widely regarded as one of the most influential fiddlers of her generation. In this wide-ranging conversation you’ll be hearing about her early career, touring with Darol Anger at age 14, the bands Croooked Still, Hawktail and Punch Brothers with Chris Thile. She reflected on the challenges and thrill of a touring life, the Nashville scene, her teaching through Artistworks, and dynamics of being a woman in Bluegrass. We talked about mentors Bruce Molsky and Tony Trishka, her time at Princeton studying Evolutionary Biology, and the need for self-care and boundaries. 

We are featuring music from several of her albums, including her recent projects with sister Natalie and the Swedish musician Lena Jonsson.

 Like all my episodes, you can also watch this on my YouTube channel or listen to the podcast on all the podcast platforms, and I’ve also linked the transcript to my website: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/brittany-haas

See below for other suggested episodes, linked for your convenience, along with links for newsletter and support pages! 

 Brittany Haas website

Hawktail

The Snake with Lena Jonsson

Haas with sister Natalie

Impromptu Sessions (banjo album)

Brittany Haas debut album

the Punch Brothers website (Energy Curfew Music hour podcast)

 I’m sure that you’ll enjoy my conversations  with Adam Hurt

Janie Rothfield

 Joe K. Walsh

 Martin Hayes

  Tracy Silverman

 Alexis Chartrand 

 Gina Burgess 

  Guy Donis

 and  Kirsty Money

It’s a joy to bring these meaningful conversations to you, but this project costs me quite a bit of money and lots of time; please support this series through either my merchandise store or buy me a coffee on my Ko-fi page

For the merch, it features a unique design by artist Steffi Kelly and you can browse clothes, stickers, notebooks, water bottles and more, everything printed on demand https://www.leahroseman.com/beautiful-shirts-and-more

Why not sign up for my newsletter where you’ll get access to exclusive information about upcoming guests?

 Please check out my back catalogue, with episodes going back to 2021.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro

(02:31) Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School, childhood mentors Bruce Molsky Darol Anger, Alasdair Fraser, family support

(05:43) sister cellist Natalie, new album Haas

(08:26) The Rose Gardener from the album Haas (link in description