Rooted in the traditional bluegrass style where Strings finds a comfortable home, "Away From the Mire" expands into an adventurous, nearly psychedelic sound. A genre purist he's not, but when the singer diverges from bluegrass tradition, it's always in support of the song's story. That's ...
The album marked the most realized encapsulation of the Backwoodz ethos to date, stuffed with verses that balance on the edge of well-read and street smart alongside forward-thinking beats. Songs like the war crime saga “Pompeii” grab life by the hoodie strings, while others li...
These days, Billy Joel is a happy man. His new LP,The Bridge,is a smash, but that’s just a small part of it. His marriage to Christie and the birth of their daughter seem to have settled him in a profound way. He’s still feisty and combative, but what the world thinks of him...
The strings would have come in then. We had moved to California and he was coming in to LAX. He got off the plane. I knew immediately it was him. For all he knew, I had been killed in Vietnam or I was a drug addict. We’ve got the same eyes. But he doesn’t have any ...
Billy Strings "Meet Me At The Creek": Well I'm standin' all alone By the river of my home Thinkin' 'bout the days I've left behind All the...
Billy Strings "On The Line": You can't stop us from movin' You can't stop us from feelin' fine You can't stop us from puttin' our...
Billy Strings & Molly Tuttle "Listen To The Radio": I am leaving Mississippi in the evening rain These Delta towns wear satin gowns in a high beamed fra...