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Delivery times may vary, especially during peak periods. The jam scene has been starved for something like this as long as it’s existed—a bluegrass band that’s more than capable on their instruments, comes out with consistently good songs, and delivers deep and explosive jams. Seeing the recent breakneck burst of Strings’ popularity is somewhat bittersweet for fans.
Billy Strings has been hailed as the future of bluegrass, transcending tradition and genre with his high velocity, flat-picking guitar technique and intense, confessional songwriting. He won Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd GRAMMY Awards for his critically acclaimed record HOME. His second studio album, HOME is undoubtedly the Michigan-born, Nashville-based artist’s bravest excursion thus far, completely rewiring bluegrass with elements of punk, country, folk rock, and genuine psychedelic exploration to fashion something altogether his own.
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We had some string players come in—cello and viola and violin—and there’s a backup vocalist. I’m pretty sure Glenn Brown, my producer and engineer, did some of his cool Buchla tricks on this. I wrote “Home” during an exercise with my friend Lindsay Lou.
While Billy has been consistently growing faster than all the bands around him, even just last year, it seemed like we were in on some sort of secret. There was a certain profound connection you had with other fans. When you met someone and discovered they were as passionate as you were, wherever you were, everything around you faded into the background and you fell deep into conversation. It felt like you were in an episode of The Sopranos sitting in a smoke-filled backroom, discussing who to whack next. The melody of “Watch It Fall” sounds like something straight out of a 30-year-old Hot Rize album, except instead of singing about forsaken love, Strings brings social and political problems to the forefront of the song.
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Hard-edged alt-country that draws on the pinwheeling melodies of bluegrass and classic folk, bolstering them with pounding rhythms. Metal-ur-GThere is plenty here to keep any fan of authentic bluegrass happy, but what makes this really interesting is the integration of grungy, post-rock elements - such as the spiraling, middle section of "Away From The Mire". "The Infamous Stringdusters, Fruition, & More To Bring The Pickin' To Aiken Bluegrass Festival". At the 2022 International Bluegrass Music Awards, Strings was nominated for six awards. For the second straight year, He won for Entertainer of the Year while "Red Daisy" won Song of the Year.
Rolling Stone magazine named Strings one of the Top Ten New Country Artists to Know in 2017. Bluegrass Situation named him a scene tastemaker in 2016. Lisa Snedeker of HuffPost proclaimed Turmoil and Tinfoil as one of the best albums of 2017, writing, "in September it charted at No. 3 on the Billboard Bluegrass charts. ‘Nuff said.". In March 2018, Rolling Stone released Strings' debut music video Dealing Despair from his album Turmoil & Tinfoil. Estimated delivery dates - opens in a new window or tab include seller's handling time, origin ZIP Code, destination ZIP Code and time of acceptance and will depend on shipping service selected and receipt of cleared payment.
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As a solo artist he was inter alia part of the Newport Folk Festival in July 2021. On September 24, 2021, he released his third studio album, entitled Renewal. Your comprehensive live music resource for show listings, artist tracking, music news, photos, reviews and more. The latest from Jim Lauderdale is exclusive to Bandcamp, its songs drawing on bluegrass, country, and classic American music. He has been invited to play on stage with artists including Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, David Grisman, Larry Keel, Sam Bush, The Marcus King Band, Greensky Bluegrass, The Infamous Stringdusters, The String Cheese Incident, Leftover Salmon, Widespread Panic and more. At Grey Fox, he served as their very first artist in residence in 2017 and 2018.
Strings has appeared on famous PBS musical TV programs Austin City Limits and Bluegrass Underground. He has toured with Greensky Bluegrass, The Infamous Stringdusters, Leftover Salmon, I'm With Her, Cabinet and others. A song that’s already taken flight in the live performance setting as a 10+ minute departure, “Away from the Mire,” portrays a deep cutting tear in the fabric of a relationship between two people who were once incredibly close. From the lyrics, we gain a sense of not only the intensity of how a friend’s actions can linger inside our minds, but also the understanding that the pursuit of hanging onto that anger will be meaningless in the end.
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His touring band consists of Billy Failing , Royal Masat , Jarrod Walker , and Alex Hargreaves .
Please list the headliner first and any support acts after. Strings is currently in the midst of his European tour, with plans to take the stage at O2 Forum Kentish Town in London on Dec. 7. Strings will perform in Manchester, Dublin and Glasgow later this week.
Barber was a heavy influence on his stepson, introducing him to traditional bluegrass artists at a young age, including Doc Watson, Del McCoury, David Grisman, Bill Monroe, John Hartford, Ralph Stanley, Earl Scruggs, and Larry Sparks. Strings is also a rock and metal fan, influenced by Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter, Widespread Panic, Phish, Grateful Dead, Def Leppard, Between the Buried and Me, and Black Sabbath, and played in hard rock and indie rock bands in his teens. Genius is the ultimate source of music knowledge, created by scholars like you who share facts and insight about the songs and artists they love.
While he was still a pre-teen his parents became addicted to methamphetamine. He left the family home at the age of thirteen and himself went through a period of hard-drug usage. His family eventually achieved sobriety; Billy stopped using hard drugs and drinking alcohol.
She’d be at her house and I’d be at my house and, at nine o’clock in the morning, we’d say, “We’re going to write 10 songs today.” So I’d be at my house trying to write 10 songs by six o’clock to show Lindsay Lou. We tried this once or twice, and this was one that I actually ended up using. When I was writing it, I tuned my guitar to this weird tuning and I just started playing. You’re in this cabin, the winter’s coming in and you can’t get the fire lit. I was just trying to create a little portrait with my words. Get fresh music recommendations delivered to your inbox every Friday.
The International Bluegrass Music Awards are awarded annually by the International Bluegrass Music Association to honor the best in bluegrass. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally.
Strings has infused the aesthetic with his own experiences and inspirations, adopting traditional sonic and lyrical idioms to confront contemporary social truths. With guest appearances from the likes of Jerry Douglas and Molly Tuttle and produced by Glenn Brown , HOME marks a landmark on Billy Strings’ ongoing creative journey, its fearless songs and freewheeling approach recasting string-based American music in his own inimitable image. “Highway Hypnosis,” co-written with legend Ronnie McCoury, is a fast-driving scorcher of a tune telling what it’s like to be a true road warrior. With online streaming decimating album sales for bands and artists across the board of all musical genres, young players are forced into a rigorous touring schedule full of extremely long drives, in an attempt to generate revenue and stay relevant. Home is the first album Billy Strings released on a prominent label -- it came out on Rounder, which seems like a major in comparison to his self-released records and the tiny indie Apostol -- and it plays a little bit like a coming-out party. The highly anticipated sophomore album from psychedelic progressive bluegrass pioneer, Billy Strings, arrived when the clock struck midnight on September 27th, 2019.
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