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Watch: Billy Strings Turns Out “Stratosphere Blues/ I Believe In You” New Single and Official Music Video

After announcing his impending studio effort earlier this month, Highway Prayers via Reprise Records, due Sept. 27, bluegrass golden boy Billy Strings has previewed the next chapter of his studio work ...
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Billy Strings – “Stratosphere Blues / I Believe In You”

Bluegrass giant Billy Strings announced a new album Highway Prayers earlier this month. Featuring his longtime band and production by Jon Brion, Highway Prayers includes the lead single “Leadfoot” and ...
American Songwriter

Billy Strings Shares Snippets of New Songs in Anticipation of the Release of ‘Highway Prayers’ Later This Month

Some fans were taken aback by the most recent single, “Stratosphere Blues/I Believe in You.” It was a sonic departure for the bluegrass ambassador. Instead of the breakneck flatpicking that Strings ...
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With ‘Highway Prayers’ Billy Strings Doubles Down on the Art of the Song

It’s been wild to watch the rise of William Apostol, a.k.a. Billy Strings, a bluegrass prodigy turned crossover star like fellow genre travelers Alison Krauss and Chris Stapleton — but one who’s found ...
Jambands

Billy Strings Debuts Traditional “Blue Ridge Mountain Blues” in North Carolina

Last night, Billy Strings kicked off a three-night stand at Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary, N.C., by debuting a cover of the traditional number, “Blue Ridge Moutain Blues.” The tune was performed in ...
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Billy Strings returning to Alabama for back-to-back concerts

In a way, Billy Strings is to 2020s bluegrass what Stevie Ray Vaughan was to 1980s blues. A charismatic young singer/guitarist who reinvigorates a roots genre with hard-earned virtuosity and hot live ...
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Billy Strings Announces Collaborative Album with Father ME/AND/DAD, Shares Two Songs: Stream

The post Billy Strings Announces Collaborative Album with Father ME/AND/DAD, Shares Two Songs: Stream appeared first on Consequence. For Billy Strings, bluegrass is a family affair. That’s the premise ...
Lexington Herald Leader

Review: Billy Strings’ Rupp Arena concert proved he’s here to serve bluegrass music

As the second of his two ferocious sets headed into the home stretch Friday evening, Billy Strings and his band gathered around a single microphone and uncorked the instrumental fire and vocal ...
The Oakland Press

Billy Strings celebrates new fatherhood at first of two Pine Knob shows

Fatherhood looked — and sounded — good on Billy Strings on Friday night, Oct. 4, during the first of the Michigan-bred Americana star’s two shows at the Pine Knob Music Theatre. It was the Grammy ...
American Songwriter

Billy Strings Performs Waylon Jennings Classic With 10-Year-Old Myles Gee in Nashville, Emotions Flow

Billy Strings made one young performer’s dreams come true. The singer brought 10-year-old Myles Gee on stage to perform “Waymore’s Blues” by Waylon Jennings. At the rate he’s going, Gee is setting ...
Raleigh News & Observer

Billy Strings packs Booth Amphitheater for first of three nights. See photos of his show.

Billy Strings and his band packed Cary’s Booth Amphitheatre for the first of three nights, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Strings, 29, has garnered awards, including the International Bluegrass Music ...