After losing his mother to an overdose in June, music became a source of catharsis for Strings. Laufey was an "odd fish" in ...

Fatherhood has had an overwhelmingly positive on bluegrass star Billy Strings' touring career since welcoming son River in September 2024.

Michigan bluegrass phenom Billy Strings and his band stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk for a performance more than a decade in the making. Backed by his band — Alex Hargreaves on fiddle, backing vocalist ...

Cook County in Illinois has unanimously approved plans that could give thousands of residents $500 a month in free cash. America's second largest county is committing $7.5 million to fully fund a ...

Billy Strings is opening up about the unexpected death of his mother, Debra Apostal, which happened in June. Strings — whose legal name is William Lee Apostal — says his mom wasn't sick leading up to ...

Billy String, Bryan Sutton, and Royal Masat turned in the latest stop of their ongoing trio tour on Thursday evening. The group’s concert at the Scharfer Center for the Performing Arts in Boone, N.C., ...

Nancy Beebe, a longtime middle school orchestra director at Bak Middle School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, retired after 37 years. Beebe's students have performed at prestigious venues like ...

The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a guaranteed income pilot project this week that will provide eligible residents with regular cash payments for more than a year.

Strings Without Boundaries aims to help classical string musicians of all ages, both amateur and professional, expand their horizons and skillsets to musical styles outside of the traditional Western ...

Last fall, Microsoft announced that individuals who wanted to keep using Windows 10 past its official end-of-support date could do so by opting into the company’s Extended Security Update (ESU) ...

Correction: Billy Strings' mother is Debra Apostol. Her name was misspelled in an earlier version. LANSING - Debra Apostol, the mother of Grammy-winning artist Billy Strings, died Friday, June 20, ...

The Hilltop String Festival is an intensive program housed on the beautiful campus of Western Kentucky University, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Festival offers dedicated string players the ...