Bluegrass music
Genre of American roots music and sub-genre of country music
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| 2025 | Billy Strings collaborated with Ringo Starr on multiple tracks including 'Breathless', 'Never Let Me Go', and 'Rosetta' for the album 'Look Up', with 'Rosetta' also featuring Larkin Poe |
| 2025 | Wins Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album for 'Live Vol. 1' |
| January 26 2025 | Strings concluded his Winter Tour's opening run at Ball Arena with a pre-planned reduced capacity configuration show. |
| January 25 2025 | During the second night of his Winter Tour at Ball Arena, Strings broke his previous night's record by playing to an even larger indoor crowd. |
| January 24 2025 | Billy Strings launched his Winter Tour, starting with three shows at Denver's Ball Arena. On the first night, he played to the largest indoor crowd of his career at that point. |
| 2024 | Billy Strings collaborated with Cris Jacobs and The Infamous Stringdusters on the song 'Poor Davey' |
| 2024 | Billy Strings featured on Tony Trischka's 'Brown Ferry Blues' from the tribute album 'Earl Jam: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs' |
| 2024 | Billy Strings featured on Post Malone's song 'M-E-X-I-C-O', which reached peak chart position of 83 on the charts for the album F-1 Trillion |
| September 29 2024 | Son was born to Billy Strings and Ally Dale. |
| September 27 2024 | Scheduled release of fourth studio album 'Highway Prayers' on Reprise label, with anticipated chart positioning on multiple music charts. |
| July 12 2024 | Released 'Live Vol. 1', a live album containing eight tracks from 2023 and 2024 performances, which later won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards. |
| June 22 2024 | Announced they were expecting their first child together. |
| May 28 2024 | Announced the upcoming release of his first full-length live album, 'Live Vol. 1'. |
| 2023 | Billy Strings collaborated with Andy Hall on the song 'Muscle Car' from the album 'Squareneck Soul' |
| 2023 | Released non-album single 'California Sober' featuring Willie Nelson |
| 2023 | Billy Strings performed on Michael Cleveland's track 'For Your Love' featuring Jeff White |
| December 8 2023 | Released his first official live recording, a 38-minute single from the March 4th performance. |
| September 9 2023 | Married Ally Dale in a private ceremony at the Hoxeyville Music Festival venue in Wellston, Michigan, with musicians Trey Anastasio, Les Claypool, and Bob Weir performing at the wedding. |
| March 4 2023 | Recorded a live performance at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, featuring a three-song melody. |
| 2022 | Billy Strings featured on Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway's song 'Dooley's Farm' from the album 'Crooked Tree' |
| 2022 | Billy Strings featured on Cory Wong's track 'Road Trip' from the album 'Power Station' |
| 2022 | At the International Bluegrass Music Awards, Strings won Entertainer of the Year for the second consecutive year and the song 'Red Daisy' won Song of the Year. |
| 2022 | Billy Strings released singles 'Love and Regret' from Renewal and 'Long Journey Home' with Terry Barber from the album Me/And/Dad. He also released the single 'Catch & Release' |
| 2022 | Billy Strings collaborated with Dierks Bentley on the track 'High Note' from the album 'Gravel & Gold' |
| 2022 | Alan Jackson was honored as the Artist of a Lifetime at the CMT Music Awards. |
| 2022 | Jackson announced his farewell tour titled 'One More For The Road Tour.' |
| 2022 | Alan Jackson was honored with the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the Country Music Association Awards. |
| December 2022 | Became a grandfather when daughter Ali and her husband Sam Bradshaw welcomed their first child, a son. |
| November 2022 | Released the album 'Me/And/Dad' alongside a two-song single 'Long Journey Home' / 'Life to Go', with Terry Barber taking lead vocals on 'Life to Go'. |
| November 18 2022 | Billy Strings released the collaborative album 'Me/And/Dad' with Terry Barber on Rounder Records, available as a digital download and streaming release. The album peaked at number 37 on the US charts. |
| October 3 2022 | Strings announced the collaborative album 'Me/And/Dad' with his father Terry Barber, featuring traditional, country, and bluegrass music covers. |
| July 3 2022 | Billy Strings expanded his touring band to a five-piece by adding frequent guest fiddler Alex Hargreaves as a permanent member during a show in Baltimore. |
| 2021 | Billy Strings performed with Béla Fleck and Chris Thile on the track 'Charm School' from the album 'My Bluegrass Heart' |
| 2021 | Billy Strings released two singles 'In the Morning Light' and 'Heartbeat of America' from his album Renewal |
| 2021 | Released multiple collaborative songs including 'The Great Divide' with Luke Combs, 'Wargasm' featuring RMR, and 'Midnight on the Stormy Deep' with Del McCoury |
| 2021 | Won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album for his album 'Home', marking a significant milestone in his musical career. |
| 2021 | Joined Bill Kreutzmann's Billy & the Kids for multiple shows, performing alongside James Casey on saxophone. |
| 2021 | Billy Strings collaborated with Sierra Ferrell on the song 'Bells of Every Chapel' from the album 'Long Time Coming' |
| 2021 | Billy Strings collaborated with Béla Fleck on multiple tracks including 'Slippery Eel', 'This Old Road', and 'Tentacle Dragon (Revenge of the)' for the album 'My Bluegrass Heart' |
| 2021 | Alan Jackson announced on The Today Show that he had been diagnosed with Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease (CMT), revealing that it had affected him for years. |
| September 24 2021 | Released his third studio album 'Renewal'. |
| July 2021 | Performed as a solo artist at the Newport Folk Festival. |
| 2020 | Billy Strings collaborated with Circles Around the Sun on the song 'All the Luck in the World' for the album Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal |
| 2020 | Billy Strings released singles 'Home' and 'Watch It Fall' from his album Home |
| 2019 | Billy Strings released two singles 'Away From the Mire' and 'Must Be Seven' from his album Home |
| December 2019 | The book was named 'Best Book of 2019' by Festy GoNuts. |
| October 22 2019 | Americana UK review introduces the band to readers unfamiliar with the progressive Bluegrass scene. |
| October 4 2019 | Grateful Web reviews the book, emphasizing the musical family aspect of Leftover Salmon. |
| September 27 2019 | Released his album 'Home', produced by Glenn Brown, which reached No. 1 on the Heatseekers Albums and Bluegrass Albums charts, and debuted at No. 11 on the Emerging Artists Chart. |
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