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Billy Strings
bluegrass, newgrass, jam band, americana
Nashville
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2026-09-04T03:21:41.993Z
Billy Strings' fifth studio album So Much for Goodbyes was released digitally, as a CD, and as a two-disc LP on August 28, 2026. The bluegrass prodigy's mother died in 2025 from a drug overdose, and So Much for Goodbyes is a portrait of grief in all its layered complications. Produced by Strings and T Bone Burnett, the new 16-track project finds Strings channelling a deeply personal period into his most musically mature and reflective body of work to date.
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Billy Strings Official Website: https://www.billystrings.com/
Relix: https://relix.com/news/detail/billy-strings-will-release-so-much-for-goodbyes-in-august
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/27/billy-strings-so-much-for-goodbyes-review
Live For Live Music: https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/billy-strings-2026-fall-tour-dates/
No Depression: https://nodepression.org/album-review-billy-strings-mourns-his-mother-on-so-much-for-goodbyes/
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Billy Strings is a Michigan-born, Nashville-based guitarist, singer and songwriter known for taking bluegrass in adventurous new directions. His high-velocity flatpicking, emotionally direct writing and boundary-crossing approach connect traditional string-band music with punk, country, folk rock, psychedelia and jam-band improvisation. His 2020 album Home won the GRAMMY Award for Best Bluegrass Album, and records including Turmoil & Tinfoil, Renewal, Me/And/Dad and Highway Prayers have continued to expand his sound. Strings is equally celebrated for his intensely collaborative live shows and his ability to make acoustic roots music feel urgent and contemporary.
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