The music drifted down from Appalachia, from the front porches of English and Scottish immigrants who plucked and strummed the string instruments of their homelands. Along the way, someone added ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. An acoustic guitar is usually a staple of a mellow show, but Billy Strings shredded ...

The Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts had a night filled with rhythm and harmony from bluegrass musician Billy Strings and folk trio I’m With Her. The stage was set with a wide array of string ...

DelFest, the annual event hosted by Del McCoury, is often described as a bluegrass festival, even though only a minority of the acts are traditional bluegrass bands. Many a casual observer assumes ...

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.

Billy Strings may be the most controversial name in bluegrass, playing blazing leads on acoustic and distorted electric guitar, an instrument frowned upon by the genre’s hardcore traditionalists. But ...

Robb Cappelletto says the bluesgrass star was far from a novice when approached him, but still wanted to expand his knowledge ...

Michigan native Billy Strings performed at Pine Knob Music Theatre Friday night with an electric performance as part of his 2023 spring tour. Hot off a two-night stand in Cleveland, String's sold-out ...

A crowd started gathering outside the doors to Banquet Halls E and H on Tuesday, waiting for doors to open about an hour before Billy Strings was scheduled to give the International Bluegrass Music ...