Sierra Ferrell

Recording Artist · Also a musician
Folk / Americana

Sierra Ferrell (born 1988 in Charleston, West Virginia) is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and fiddler whose records draw on folk, bluegrass and gypsy jazz. Her 2024 album Trail of Flowers won the Grammy for Best Americana Album.

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  • Grew up with her mother in a trailer after her parents divorced, and listened more to 1990s pop (10,000 Maniacs, Tracy Chapman) than to her home state’s bluegrass.
  • Spent her twenties on the road, hitchhiking, freight-hopping and living in a van, busking between Seattle and New Orleans.
  • Was heard at Nashville’s American Legion Post 82 by producer Gary Paczosa and signed to Rounder Records in 2019.
  • Long Time Coming (2021) reached number 15 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums chart.
  • At the 67th Grammy Awards, “American Dreaming” won Best Americana Performance and Best American Roots Song, and “Lighthouse” Best American Roots Performance.

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