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So Much for Goodbyes

Friends don’t tell friends about Billy Strings, the songwriter. They rave, instead, about the guitarist who routes his acoustic through pedals that make him sound like Jimi or Iommi or Hammett or ...
NPR

Billy Strings honors his late mother with his album 'So Much for Goodbyes'

Billy Strings' late mother, Debra Apostol, introduced the three-time Grammy award-winning musician to alternative music early in his life. "I remember her playing [The Beatles'] White Album backwards ...
JamBase

Billy Strings Confirms 2027 Winter Tour Dates, Including Return To The Ryman

Billy Strings celebrates the release of his new So Much For Goodbyes album and launch of his inaugural Ionia Freak Fair festival by revealing the dates for his 2027 Winter Tour. Strings kicks off the ...
Billboard

Billy Strings’ ‘So Much for Goodbyes’: All 16 Tracks Ranked

The acclaimed bluegrass artist's latest album is a profound meditation on grief inspired by the recent death of his mother. By Eric Renner Brown Over the last few years, virtuosic bluegrass player ...
MOJO Magazine

Billy Strings – So Much For Goodbyes Review: An unflinching exploration of grief

He’s bent the genre for so long now that labelling Billy Strings ‘bluegrass’ seems pointless. As with his 2022 album Me/And/Dad, recorded with his stepfather Terry Barber, this tribute to his late ...
FOX 17

Billy Strings brings massive 'Ionia Freak Fair' to his Ionia County roots

IONIA, Mich. — Thousands of people are expected to pour into Ionia this weekend as Muir native Billy Strings brings his Ionia Freak Fair to the Ionia Fairgrounds. WATCH: Billy Strings brings massive ...
The Guardian

Billy Strings: So Much for Goodbyes review – staggering, stirring songs of grief draw the blues out of bluegrass

The crossover star’s introspective sixth album is full of memories of his mother, who died in 2025, bringing his dextrous guitar to songs rooted in tradition and yearning On the face of it, 2025 was a ...
Jambands

Billy Strings Shares New Song: “10,000 Miles From a Friend”

Billy Strings has shared a new song “10,000 Miles From a Friend,” the latest offering from his forthcoming studio album, So Much for Goodbyes. The 16-track LP, which is slated for release on Friday, ...
nytimes.com

Billy Strings Escaped the Darkness. He’s Playing to Not Go Back.

Billy Strings has drawn from something old to do something entirely new. The singer and virtuoso guitarist, who is 33, has broken ground by using the elements of traditional bluegrass to become an ...
Cosmopolitan

What Is the Invisible String Theory? Therapists Explain the Viral Relationship Belief

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. Whether you see the invisible string theory as a comforting metaphor, a spiritual belief, or just a fun ...
Stereogum

Billy Strings Announces Metal Lineup For His Ionia Freak Fair

Billy Strings is a virtuoso bluegrass musician and a giant star in the jammy Americana world. He's also a big fucking metalhead. Last year, Strings shredded a solo on a medley of re-recorded 1994 ...