Brittany Haas
Brittany Caroline Haas (1987—) is a bluegrass and old-time fiddle player, banjoist, and vocalist born in Menlo Park, California. She toured with Darol Anger's Republic of Strings at age 14 and released her self-titled solo debut project in 2004. She joined the alternative bluegrass band Crooked Still in 2005, performing on four album releases before the ensemble went on hiatus. She co-founded the acoustic quartet Hawktail and joined the progressive bluegrass band Punch Brothers in 2023. She won the Americana Music Honors & Awards Instrumentalist of the Year in 2020 and received the Berklee College of Music Eisenson Family Prize for American Roots Music in 2025.
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- No. 32 April 2003