Billy Strings - Topic

Raised in Michigan and now based in Nashville, Billy Strings is one of music’s most compelling artists, acclaimed for his boundary-pushing musicianship and dynamic live performances. Strings’ highly anticipated forthcoming album, So Much For Goodbyes—produced with T Bone Burnett (John Mellencamp, Gregg Allman, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss)—finds him channeling a deeply personal period into his most musically mature and reflective body of work to date.

The new record arrives amid a career-defining run for Strings, whom GQ hails as “the hottest roots-music phenomenon in decades,” while Pitchfork calls him a “bluegrass wunderkind.” Strings earned his third Grammy Award and second consecutive win for Best Bluegrass Album at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards with Highway Prayers, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s all-genre Top Album Sales chart, becoming the first bluegrass album in 22 years to achieve the feat.

Since his 2017 debut, Strings has earned widespread recognition, including three Grammy Awards, two back-to-back Artist of the Year at the Americana Music Awards, four-time Entertainer of the Year at the International Bluegrass Music Awards, Best New Headliner at the 2022 Pollstar Awards and Breakthrough Artist of the Pandemic at the 2021 Pollstar Awards.