Wood & Wire Album Review

No Matter Where It Goes From Here (Blue Corn Music)

"...You" and "Paddlewheels" hearkening the late, great John Hartford. Billy Bright's mandolin and Trevor Smith's banjo stunt in provocative..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

New Austin Music You Can Enjoy at Home

What we’re spending our time with

"...lineups ranging from Amythyst Kiah and Thayer Sarrano to Billy Strings and Jonny Fritz for wonderfully laid-back conversations and..."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

ACL Live Review: Billy Strings

Acid grass virtuoso leaves the BMI stage smoking

"...William Apostol and his equally virtuosic band – banjoist Billy Failing, doghouse bassist Royal Masat, and mandolinist Jarrod Walker..."

Oct. 7, 2019 Music Post by Tim Stegall

ACL Music Festival 2019: Sunday, First Weekend

"...Billy Strings..."

Oct. 7, 2019 Photo Gallery

10 Can't-Miss Acts for Sunday at ACL Music Festival

And concluding the first weekend ...

"...Billy Strings5pm, BMI stage (weekend one only) New single "Everything's..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature

AmericanaFest Is SXSW for Root Genres

T is for... Tennessee, Tanya Tucker, and 10 top-notch breakouts

"...collaborations, both orchestrated and impromptu, set the bar high. Billy Strings and Bela Fleck joined forces at the Rounder..."

Sept. 17, 2019 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis Step Into Their Third Act

Chronicle Hot Sauce headliners look ahead to the next waltz

"...music different," she agrees. "I came from that Sixties rockabilly country and he came from that Seventies outlaw songwriter..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

ZZ Top, Bad Company, and Cheap Trick Stage a Texas Jam

Seventies headliners reanimate the me decade for the ages

"...2016. The patched-up quartet missed all 10 of those strings in its rhythmic engine room, but by the grand,..."

May 20, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

19 Exceptional Songwriters Showcase Their Craft at SXSW

"...Billy StringsWed. 13, Cooper’s BBQ, 11pm; Fri. 15, Scoot Inn,..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

14 Australian Acts to See at SXSW

"...@ Austin Convention Center, 2pm; Thu. 14, Barracuda, 8:30pm Strings-heavy, earnest, folk-meets-pop duo made up of Melbourne's longtime friends..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Here Are Your 2018/19 Austin Music Award Winners

Best band, musician, song, radio station, and more Top 10s chosen by you

"...Runners-Up: Billy King & the Bad Bad Bad, Torino Black, the..."

March 1, 2019 Music Feature

SXSW Unveils Third Artist List

Bedouine, Priests, Mystery Lights, Kokoko!, and 297 more

"...Billy Strings (Nashville, Tenn.)..."

Jan. 9, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: The Healing Hand of Jonathan Horne

Following the free jazz guitar phenom as he undergoes hand surgery

"...He can still skronk on six strings like a jazz genius, however. Problem is, stretch chords..."

July 27, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Old Settler’s Circle Remains Unbroken

Amidst a challenging year, OSMF’s community remains strong

"...witness late-night acoustic sets from acts like flat-picking phenom Billy Strings and soulful education advocate Possessed by Paul James...."

April 23, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Tapping Into the New Old Settler’s Music Festival

Checking in with Donna the Buffalo, Billy Strings, Greensky Bluegrass, the women of I'm With Her, and more

"...– Raoul Hernandez Billy StringsFri. 20, 9pm, Bluebonnet Stage..."

April 20, 2018 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music Review: Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion

Outside the Downtown fray the Americana fest didn't disappoint

"...in the beer garden outside from rising bluegrass phenom Billy Strings...."

March 16, 2018 SXSW Post by Doug Freeman

SXSW List No. 4

Dan Auerbach’s father and 118 other acts

"...Billy Strings (Nashville, TN.)..."

Jan. 18, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

2017 Music Critics Poll

Best roadshow, best new local acts, R.I.P.s, etc.

"...Kevin Curtin: Billy Strings, Old Settler's Music Festival..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Local Encounters of the Gift Kind

Five Austinites share the stories behind their greatest gifts

"...and ergonomics, says Phillips. The smaller size and nylon strings allowed her still green 11-year-old fingers to get better..."

Dec. 7, 2017 Chronolog Post by Beth Sullivan

Playback: Saturnalia Lands

Austin welcomes new DIY music fest while another gets blocked in court

"...near Lockhart. Their early lineup promises new blood with Billy Strings, Colter Wall, and Greensky Bluegrass. More performers are..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Death by David Vincent

Hanging with Morbid Angel singer-turned-country outlaw David Vincent and other dark tales of the live music capital

"...gauntlets. He'll be singing evil country songs alongside Austin rockabilly guitar slinger and Lemmy collaborator Danny B. Harvey...."

Oct. 27, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Hot Shivers

New Whiskey Shivers, Butthole Surfers, Casualties, murals, and takes on American literary classics

"...Bad Livers, have secured a tour with guitar phenom Billy Strings, one of the hottest names in bluegrass...."

July 21, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: Streets of Fire

A rock & roll fable hits Blu-ray, plus more new releases

"...the Battery. With a stolen car, Ellen's weaselly manager Billy Fish (Rick Moranis) and hard-hitting, hard-drinking mechanic McCoy (Amy..."

June 18, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In With the Old, in With the New

An epic Saturday at Old Settler’s

"...of singer/guitarist Tony Kamel, banjoist Trevor Smith, mandolin picker Billy Bright, and bassist Dom Fisher, practically live at OSMF,..."

April 24, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...Whörnet, Churchwood's avant-blues defies formula. Guitarists Bill Anderson and Billysteve Korpi summon Beefheart-style desert visions, while vocalist/professor Joe Doerr..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Top 40 Vices Playlist

A walk on the wild side with songs of the seven deadly sins

"..."Big Shot," Billy Joel Sneering at the Studio 54-era trappings of coke..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

God, Guns & Guitars: Willie’s Picnic

Midwest farmer’s daughters, dirt road anthems, and a whiskey river

"...the main stage with their robust melodies, Johnny Bush, Billy Joe Shaver, and Cody Johnson held a captive audience..."

July 5, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

Sheet Music: Waylon & The Grand Tour

Shooter Jennings' brother Terry delves into pop's big britches & Ol' Possum – blisters, warts, scars, et al.

"...also emerged from dance hall purism before allowing producer Billy Sherrill to apply enough Seventies Nashville gloss and Music..."

May 27, 2016 Music Review by Tim Stegall

DVDanger: Hellions

We binge-watch this month's horror for you

"...way of communicating with his family is through a strings-and-cans telephone...."

Feb. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hideaway

A descendant of the father of our country in the Antone's House Band? For three decades now, believe it!

"...of the plains; Mexican dance bands with R&B roots; punk-a-billy; pithy and elegant songwriters from regions east, west, north,..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Music Feature by Sarah Brown

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