Billy Strings live at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL, 2021-04-11.

Billy Strings live at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL, 2021-04-09.

Billy Strings live at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL, 2021-04-10.

Billy Strings live at Columbia Speedway, April 4, 2021.

Kishi Bashi’s Emigrant EP is a lush bluegrass-inspired album referencing the brutal history and harsh climate of the American West. Arranged and recorded over the last year, Emigrant serves as a time capsule of the 2020 condition as it meditates on the anxieties of the COVID-19 pandemic, the comforts of nature, the pains of resource-fueled conflicts, and the resiliency that emerges from struggle. In grappling with history and stepping into personal identity, Kishi Bashi’s Emigrant is steeped in the past while it looks to the future.

Billy Strings live at Columbia Speedway, April 2, 2021.

Billy Strings live at Columbia Speedway, April 1, 2021.

Just a few weeks after the surprise release of the Cuttin' Grass (Vol. 1): Butcher Shoppe Sessions album which Uproxx called “the most sublime and delightful music he’s yet made on record” Sturgill Simpson returns with the next installment of his bluegrass series, Cuttin' Grass (Vol. 2): The Cowboy Arms Sessions.

Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin’s iconic cultural hub and community gathering place, and Luck Reunion announce the return of Long Live Music Presented by White Claw, a socially distanced concert series that will feature performances from some of music’s most cherished acts, including Patty Griffin with Carrie Rodriguez, Billy Strings, Nikki Lane & Jade Bird with Sir Woman, and Blind Boys of Alabama.

Acoustic Disc has announced the release of David Grisman Quartet with Svend Asmussen Live at Fat Tuesday's in a high definition, download format.

Iremember clearly the day I moved into my dorm on the campus of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee, January 1979. I put on my headphones and listened intently to California Autumn. As the record began, the sound that hammered into my brain that day is one of those musical memories I will never forget. I must have listened 40 times over. Recently I listened again on my new Bose headphones to see if it was as utterly awesome as I remembered. It was.

During the middle decades of the 20th century, the factories of southwestern Ohio drew hundreds of thousands of migrants from Appalachia, including innumerable musicians. Industrial Strength Bluegrass celebrates the music that these migrants made and loved, and explores a pivotal moment in the history of bluegrass and country music at large. Produced by beloved performer and radio personality Joe Mullins, the collection features many modern legends like Lee Ann Womack and Mo Pitney, plus a stellar lineup including Rhonda Vincent, Bobby Osborne, and Mullins himself, taking on tunes that have echoed across Ohio for decades.

Billy Strings rolled into St. Augustine, FL on Friday night for his first of three shows at St. Augustine Amphitheatre to kick off a spring tour comprised various of socially distant events and crowdless livestream gigs.

Recorded Feb. 20th 2021 at Dusty Pockets Studios in Bozeman, MT.

Recorded Feb. 19th 2021 at Dusty Pockets Studios in Bozeman, MT.