molly tuttle

"There's a crossover with bluegrass. I just think there's a cool common ground to be found there ..."

"Take the journey, no matter where it starts and where it ends," she sings on the chorus. "Take the journey / Someday you'll make it back home."

Get to know the up-and-coming artist before she releases her full-length debut album, 'When You're Ready', in the spring of 2019.

Keep your eyes (and ears!) on these rising stars.

'Everyone has some form of hero's journey in their own lives ...'

Who gets your vote?

"It'll be my first full-length, and it's all music I've written since moving to Nashville ..."

Who's it gonna be? Well, no one knows yet ... but that doesn't mean we can't guess.

The IBMA crowned its 2017 awards winners on Sept. 28, with Molly Tuttle becoming the first woman to win Guitar Player of the Year.