Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These kids. They grow up so fast. Wasn’t it just yesterday that Billy Strings, already the talk of the new generation bluegrass ...
When Billy Strings, neé William Apostol, decided to call his 2019 album Home, he wasn't being metaphorical: Music is a very real home for the flat-picking virtuoso and singer-songwriter, dating all ...
In his mid-teens, Billy Strings was the lead guitarist in a Grand Rapids, Michigan, prog-rock band called A Day of Moments. He was a high school dropout and hadn’t touched an acoustic guitar in years.
Even as a toddler, Billy Strings seemed to understand bluegrass. "When he was in his highchair, and I had a friend over and we were playing one day, I looked over and he's right in rhythm with his ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For all the bragging rights he has earned by selling out Rupp Arena on two consecutive nights two years in a row, Billy Strings ...
A new wave of talent, led by Strings, Molly Tuttle, Zach Top and others, are redefining a once-niche genre for a whole generation. By Steve Knopper Susto frontman Justin Osborne did not record ...
These kids. They grow up so fast. Wasn’t it just yesterday that Billy Strings, already the talk of the new generation bluegrass world, was a tearing it up on regular basis at The Burl? Among his ...
Billy Strings was born into music, like, literally. It was October 1992 in Lansing, Mich., and his mom, Debbie, was nine months pregnant. BILLY STRINGS: It was my grandpa's birthday party, and ...
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with bluegrass musician Billy Strings and his dad who taught him how to play guitar, Terry Barber, about their new album, "Me/And/Dad." Billy Strings was born into music, like, ...