Becky Buller

Becky Buller is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter from St. James, Minn., who has traversed the globe over performing bluegrass music to underwrite her insatiable songwriting habit.

Becky has written songs for three Grammy award-winning albums:  she co-wrote “Freedom,” the lead-off track of The Infamous Stringdusters Laws of Gravity (2018 Best Bluegrass Gram-my), “The Shaker” on The Travelin’ McCoury’s self-titled release (2019 Best Bluegrass Gram-my), and “Good-bye Girl” on Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway’s Crooked Tree album (2023 Best Bluegrass Grammy).  Her compositions can also be heard on records by Ricky Skaggs, Rhon-da Vincent and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, to name just a few.

Becky is the recipient of 10 IBMA awards, including the 2016 Fiddler and Female Vocalist.  She is the first woman in the history of the awards to receive the Fiddler nod; she is also the first person ever to win in both vocal and instrumental categories.  Her other awards include the 2020 Collaborative Recording for “The Barber’s Fiddle” and the 2020 Song for co-writing and fiddling on Special Consensus’ “Chicago Barn Dance.”

She has made multiple guest appearances on WSM’s Grand Ole Opry and tours extensively with the Becky Buller Band.  Becky has released seven albums.  Distance And Time, her third album for the Dark Shadow Recording label, was a nominee for the 2021 IBMA Album award.  

Becky’s new album, Jubilee, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass Album Chart for the week of June 1st, 2024.  It features her brilliant road band along with special guest and co-writer Aoife O’Donovan.  Jubilee is a song cycle that shares the story of Becky’s lifelong strug-gle with depression and anxiety, how it reached a crisis point during the pandemic years, and how she made it to the other side.

In April 2023, Becky was inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall Of Fame.

Becky moonlights with the First Ladies Of Bluegrass, an all-female ensemble composed of the first women to win in their respective instrumental categories at the IBMA awards:  Alison Brown (banjo), Missy Raines (bass),  Sierra Hull (mandolin), Becky (fiddle), and Molly Tuttle (guitar).

Equally passionate about bluegrass music education, Becky has over 20 years experience teaching fiddle, singing, and songwriting, both privately and at workshops and camps around the world.  She currently serves on the board of the IBMA Foundation, which awards $50,000 annually in scholarships and grants to spread the word about bluegrass music and support those who create it.

Becky proudly calls Manchester, Tenn., her adopted hometown, where she lives with husband and daughter.