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 10 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 The Fairfield Four 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 supergroup 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 - banjo, vocals Becky Buller - fiddle, vocals Sierra Hull - mandolin, vocals Missy Raines - bass, vocals Molly Tuttle - guitar, vocals
Personal life
Buller studied public relations at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, graduating in 2001.
She served as a member of the International Bluegrass Music Association board of directors between 2013 and 2017 and was chair of the IBMA Songwriter's Committee from 2013 to 2016.
She lives in Manchester, Tennessee with her husband and daughter.
Discography
Songwriting credits
Credits taken from Buller's official website.
Awards and nominations
References
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American musicians 21st-century American singer-songwriters 21st-century American women musicians 21st-century American women singers American bluegrass fiddlers American women singer-songwriters American women music educators Musicians from Minnesota Musicians from Tennessee People from Manchester, Tennessee Singer-songwriters from Minnesota Singer-songwriters from Tennessee