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Brittany Haas

Recording Artist · Active 2004–present · Also a musician
Contemporary Bluegrass

Brittany Haas is a California-born fiddler whose Crooked Still tenure, Hawktail seat, "Live From Here" house-band chair, and 2023 induction into Punch Brothers as Gabe Witcher's replacement have made her one of the defining young fiddlers in contemporary acoustic music — the 2020 Americana Music Honors Instrumentalist of the Year.

  • Born 1987 in Menlo Park, California; full name Brittany Caroline Haas.
  • Started with classical violin at 8; switched to bluegrass fiddle at 13 after hearing Bruce Molsky.
  • Toured with mentor Darol Anger's Republic of Strings starting at age 14 (2001); Anger produced her self-titled debut album (2004).
  • Graduated Princeton University in 2009 with degrees in Evolutionary Biology and Music Performance.
  • Founding fiddler of the chamber-grass band Crooked Still.
  • Performs in Hawktail with Paul Kowert (bass), Jordan Tice (guitar), and Dominick Leslie (mandolin).
  • Toured with Dave Rawlings Machine and was house-band fiddler for "Live From Here" hosted by Chris Thile.
  • Won Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2020 Americana Music Honors & Awards; joined Punch Brothers in June 2023, replacing founding fiddler Gabe Witcher.

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