Growing up at a time when most of her peers chose MySpace over mandolins, Sierra Hull emerged with her 2008 Rounder debut SECRETS as a shockingly talented and mature newgrass tour de force. With her fluidly innovative take on the mandolin, assured vocals and original material, as well as tasteful production and arrangement choices--particularly affecting for a genre known for its cheesy indulgences--Hull has crafted an album as era-defining as Alison Krauss' genre-expanding work in the late `80s and early `90s.