Hannah Read is an award-winning fiddle and guitar player, songwriter, singer and composer based in the Northwest of the US. She grew up in Scotland and regularly performs, records and tours across genres on both sides of the Atlantic.

Hannah’s work as a soloist and bandleader has received critical acclaim — from Way Out I’ll Wander (Hudson Records), an album of “nine gorgeous originals” (The Guardian), to her Appalachian old-time duo Cross The Rolling Water with banjoist Michael Starkey. This led on to her most recently commissioned conceptual albums The Fungi Sessions Vol. 1 (2023) and the soon to be released The Fungi Sessions Vol. 2 coming April 2026. 

Hannah wrote this fungi-inspired two part suite of instrumental music whilst watching stunning timelapse footage of mycelium growing (captured by Scottish mycologist, Dr. Patrick Hickey). This collaboration has recently developed into an immersive audio-visual exhibition The Fungi Sessions, programmed at The Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh throughout Autumn/Winter 2025. This mesmerising work has been described as a “memorable partnership between science and music” (The Scotsman). 

As a collaborator Hannah weaves between musical worlds: touring internationally with Julien Baker (Boygenius) and recent collaborations with Big Thief, Lord Huron, Benjamin Lazar Davies, Mikaela Davies, TORRES, Tony Trischka, Nora Brown, Mipso, Lucy Dacus, Lola Kirke, Karine Polwart, Rowan Rheingans, Jacksonport, The Fretless and Andy Monaghan (Frightened Rabbit). Recent live highlights have included playing on The Daily Show, at Newport Folk Festival, All Things Go Festival, The Merriweather Pavilion, London Jazz Festival and on BBC Scotland. 

She is a passionate teacher and has taught at music camps and courses throughout North America, Europe and the UK. Her infectious animating principles of curiosity and adventure runs through all of her work, and she continues to interweave these varied musical experiences into all that she does. 

Hannah is endorsed by D’Addario Strings.