Brittany Haas

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Brittany Haas
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Haas performing at MerleFest in Wilkes County, North Carolina, in 2011
Background information
Birth nameBrittany Caroline Haas [1]
Born1987
Origin Menlo Park, California, United States
Genres Folk, bluegrass
Occupation Musician
Instrument Fiddle
Member of Crooked Still
Website brittanyhaas.com

Brittany Caroline Haas (born 1987) is an American fiddle player, who also sings and plays the banjo. She is a member of the Boston-based alternative bluegrass band Crooked Still, which is currently on hiatus. She was a regular performer on Live From Here. [2] She tours with the Haas Marshall Walsh trio, and participates in many international fiddlecamps, including the Ossipee Valley Music Festival. As of 2018, she is a member of Hawktail, which includes Paul Kowert and Jordan Tice. The group was formerly known as Haas Kowert Tice. In June 2023 she was announced as the new fiddle player for Americana band Punch Brothers, replacing founding member Gabe Witcher. Her sister Natalie Haas plays cello with a similarly diverse group of musicians.

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Early life

Haas grew up in Menlo Park, California. When she was eight years old, her violin teacher gave her some bluegrass sheet music to practice sight reading. For the next five years she took both classical violin and bluegrass fiddle lessons. When she heard Bruce Molsky, she recalls: "I was like, 'That's what I want to do.'". At 13 years of age, she switched to the fiddle as her primary instrument. [3]

Career timeline

Discography

Solo

With Crooked Still

With The Fundies

With Haas Kowert Tice Trio

With Dave Rawlings Machine

With Lena Jonsson

With Hawktail

With Natalie Haas

References

  1. "THE STORY STARTS WITH YOU". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  2. "Performers and Staff | Live from Here with Chris Thile".
  3. 1 2 19 November 2008 (21 January 2016). "Fiddling away". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Princeton University. Retrieved 10 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. Grant Alden; Peter Blackstock (1 October 2008). No Depression # 76: The Next Generation. University of Texas Press. pp. 68–. ISBN   978-0-292-71928-6.
  5. Sierra Hull and Porchlight Sessions
  6. "Live From The Empty Sea:Brittany Haas & Lauren Rioux". Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  7. Nashville Obsolete Tour Dates Announced