{"id":148798,"date":"2025-10-03T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/?p=148798"},"modified":"2025-10-03T08:54:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:54:52","slug":"sierra-hull-breaks-down-spitfire-acoustic-guitar-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/sierra-hull-breaks-down-spitfire-acoustic-guitar-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Hull Breaks Down \u201cSpitfire\u201d | Acoustic Guitar Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Sierra Hull Breaks Down \u201cSpitfire\u201d | Acoustic Guitar Sessions\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vvHRFPhef1w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month<em>, AG<\/em> caught up with mandolinist, guitarist, and songwriter Sierra Hull at the revered San Francisco live music venue the Independent. In an intimate backstage setting, Hull and guitarist Shaun Richardson delivered rousing performances of \u201cSpitfire\u201d and \u201cTruth Be Told.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hull also shared the story behind \u201cSpitfire\u201d\u2014an ode to her grandmother\u2014and the techniques she uses to play the song. Watch the video and then check out the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/store.acousticguitar.com\/products\/no-355-november-december-2025\">November\/December 2025 issue of Acoustic Guitar<\/a><\/strong> for the tab and notation (see page 50).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in the issue, Hull, in conversation with <em>AG<\/em> senior editor Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers, goes deep on how mandolin and guitar work together to power her songwriting and creativity\u2014and how the two instruments influenced her latest release, <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sierrahull.merchtable.com\/music\/a-tip-toe-high-wire-cd\/?\">A Tip Toe High Wire<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this backstage Session, bluegrass singer-songwriter Sierra Hull shares music and insights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"In this backstage Session, bluegrass singer-songwriter Sierra Hull shares music and insights","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1528,1532],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1542],"class_list":["post-148798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flatpicking-guitar-performance-videos","category-guitar-singing-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sierra_SESSIONS-copy-sm.jpg?fit=900%2C506&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":1542,"user_id":2,"is_guest":0,"slug":"joeystringletter-com","display_name":"Joey Lusterman","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d62788a8fb3719a625c95a649fc05b0d673d8921c9f2491f0a36cc588ee3c452?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Lusterman","first_name":"Joey","job_title":"","description":"Opinionated creative slash beginning guitarist. 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