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Billy Strings Unveils New Covers Album With Father and Bluegrass Musician Terry Barber
On the occasion of his 30th birthday today (Oct. 3), Grammy-winning musician, singer, and songwriter Billy Strings has announced the release of his debut album co-written and co-produced with his father, Terry Barber. Me/And/Dad arrives on Nov. 18 via Rounder Records. The album comprises new renditions of 14 bluegrass and country songs that Strings and his father have been playing together since Strings was a child. Two of the covers, released below, are the bluegrass classic “Long Journey Home” (with the video directed Roger Pistole and Scott Mele) and George Jones’ “Life To Go.” After finishing the album, Strings reflected on the experience, saying, “As long as I can remember, I wanted to make a record with my dad. I’ve been burning up and down the highways the last 12 years, and as time...
Watch Billy Strings and Post Malone Cover Johnny Cash’s ‘Cocaine Blues’
Billy Strings and Post Malone joined forces to cover Johnny Cash’s “Cocaine Blues.” Malone joined Strings at his show in Southern California at the Observatory in Orange County. [embedded content][embedded content] Strings, the modern bluegrass prodigy, performed alongside his string-filled band with the Hollywood’s Bleeding rapper. “Billy Strings is the best to ever fucking do it,” Post Malone said when he walked onstage with a cigarette and a beer. After exchanging more than a few smiles, Malone and Strings took off the song as Malone sang while Strings plucked away. Malone and Strings’ relationship was first appreciated via an Instagram post that Strings put up back in 2020. Strings is currently on his spring tour, stopping along western U.S. cities. Tomorrow, he’ll be ba...
The Unlikely Renewal of Billy Strings
Billy Strings is smoking a bowl in the back of his tour bus, parked in Spokane, Washington, where he’s performing the next night. “I don’t know how the fuck I ended up here,” Strings tells SPIN, with a humble intake of breath. We both know he’s not talking about Spokane. Strings is a 28-year-old Grammy-winning bluegrass virtuoso. Few people in music today can pluck strings like Strings; his fingers are like cheetahs sprinting up and down the neck of his guitar with the appetite of a forest fire. If you listen to any of Strings’ music, hints of his past are even more evident with understanding his demons. And for someone who once spent their days lonesomely walking the streets, his third record Home won the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album last year. Renewal is Strings’ fourth record, and wa...
Watch Billy Strings’ Heartrending New Video For ‘In The Morning Light’
Billy Strings’ new video for “In The Morning Light” features couples at different stages of their lives and in their relationships, including — poignantly — that somber, final stage. As the singer-guitarist plays in the background, the video follows an elderly husband thinking back on how his wife struggled at the end of her life. “She’s a wonder to behold/I’ll love her till I’m growin’ old and that’s the plan,” Strings sings while the widowed man tosses away what’s left of his wife’s pills down the bathroom sink. [embedded content] “In The Morning Light” is the second single from Strings’ forthcoming album, Renewal, which arrives September 24 via Rounder Records. The song brings to mind another lilting, lovelorn gem — 1967’s “Never My Love,” by the Association. Strings’ high level of musi...
Watch Billy Strings’ Heartrending New Video For ‘In The Morning Light’
Billy Strings’ new video for “In The Morning Light” features couples at different stages of their lives and in their relationships, including — poignantly — that somber, final stage. As the singer-guitarist plays in the background, the video follows an elderly husband thinking back on how his wife struggled at the end of her life. “She’s a wonder to behold/I’ll love her till I’m growin’ old and that’s the plan,” Strings sings while the widowed man tosses away what’s left of his wife’s pills down the bathroom sink. [embedded content] “In The Morning Light” is the second single from Strings’ forthcoming album, Renewal, which arrives September 24 via Rounder Records. The song brings to mind another lilting, lovelorn gem — 1967’s “Never My Love,” by the Association. Strings’ high level of musi...
