Rebecca “Becky” Haley Buller is an American bluegrass singer-songwriter, fiddle player, and music teacher. Buller is the first woman to win the International Bluegrass Music Award for Fiddle Player of the Year as well as the first artist to win awards in both vocal and instrumental categories in the same year.

Career

Becky is the recipient of 1
International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA)
awards, including the 2020 Song Of The Year, “Chicago Barn Dance” (co-written with Missy Raines and Alison Brown); 2020 Collaborative Recording for “The Barber’s Fiddle”; 2016 Fiddler and Female Vocalist and the 2018 Gospel Recorded Performance for the song “Speakin’ To That Mountain”. The first single from Buller's new album ''Distance and Time'', "The Barber's Fiddle", was released on March 27, 2020 and subsequently won Buller her ninth IBMA Award. The album's second single, "Tell the Truth (Shame the Devil)", featuring

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was released on May 1, 2020. Although originally touted for release in July, the album's release was pushed back due to October.

Band

The Becky Buller Band *Becky Buller - vocals, fiddle *Jacob Groopman - guitar *Daniel Hardin - bass *Wesley Lee - mandolin
Ned Luberecki
- banjo First Ladies of Bluegrass
Buller is also a member of the First Ladies of Bluegrass, a

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featuring the first women to win the IBMA Award in each respective instrumental category. Buller won the Fiddle Player of the Year award in 2016. *

Alison Brown Alison Brown (born August 7, 1962) is an American banjo player, guitarist, composer, and producer. She has won and has been nominated for several Grammy awards and is often compared to another banjo prodigy, Béla Fleck, for her unique style of ...

- banjo, vocals *Becky Buller - fiddle, vocals *

Sierra Hull Sierra Dawn Hull (born September 27, 1991) is an American bluegrass singer-songwriter, mandolinist, and guitarist. Hull was signed to Rounder Records at the age of 13 and released her debut vocal album, ''Secrets'', in 2008 at the age of 16. ...

- mandolin, vocals *

Missy Raines Missy Raines (born April 6, 1962) is an American bassist, singer, teacher, and songwriter. She has won 10 International Bluegrass Music Awards for Bass Player of the Year. Missy Raines was the first woman to win IBMA Bass Player of the Year awa ...

- bass, vocals *

Molly Tuttle Molly Rose Tuttle (born January 14, 1993) is an American vocalist, songwriter, banjo player and guitarist, recording artist and teacher in the bluegrass tradition, noted for her flatpicking, clawhammer, and crosspicking guitar prowess. She has ...

- guitar, vocals

Personal life

Buller studied

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in Johnson City, graduating in 2001. She served as a member of the

International Bluegrass Music Association The International Bluegrass Music Association, or IBMA, is a trade association to promote bluegrass music. Formed in 1985, IBMA established its first headquarters in Owensboro, Kentucky. In 1988 they announced plans to create the International ...

board of directors between 2013 and 2017 and was chair of the IBMA Songwriter's Committee from 2013 to 2016. She lives in

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with her husband and daughter.

Discography

Songwriting credits

Credits taken from Buller's official website.

Awards and nominations

References

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