Last night, Grammy-award-winning bluegrass guitarist and singer-songwriter Billy Strings celebrated what would’ve been the 100th birthday of Doc Watson, one of his greatest influences. The celebration ...

Last night, Billy Strings performed his second evening at the Joun Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Va., following an appearance at Nashville, Tenn.’s Grand Ole Opry for a tribute concert ...

Born in Stony Fork and raised in Deep Gap — both tiny communities tucked in the mountainous folds of Watauga County — Doc Watson rose to fame as a dazzling flatpicking guitarist and singer whose music ...

As the second of his two ferocious sets headed into the home stretch Friday evening, Billy Strings and his band gathered around a single microphone and uncorked the instrumental fire and vocal ...

Growing up with influences like Doc Watson, David Grisman, Larry Sparks, and John Hartford, it seemed like Billy Strings was destined for bluegrass. And that destiny eventually played out as he ...

When Billy Strings stepped up to the microphone between songs Friday night inside Bridgestone Arena, he hesitated. "We are so, uh, nervous to be here," Strings said as he fiddled with the knobs on his ...

A dozen years ago this summer, I wrote one of the more impactful columns of my life. Not that it was necessarily impactful on the world — though it is something I still get asked about — but it ...