Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHARLOTTE — Bluegrass musician and three-time Grammy winner Billy Strings and his dad Terry Barber surprised people attending the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These kids. They grow up so fast. Wasn’t it just yesterday that Billy Strings, already the talk of the new generation bluegrass ...

Bluegrass music is one of those music genres that hasn’t really changed much through the years. And why would it change? Its roots are deep in Appalachian culture, and it has endured the test of time ...

Even as a toddler, Billy Strings seemed to understand bluegrass. "When he was in his highchair, and I had a friend over and we were playing one day, I looked over and he's right in rhythm with his ...

A new wave of talent, led by Strings, Molly Tuttle, Zach Top and others, are redefining a once-niche genre for a whole generation. By Steve Knopper Susto frontman Justin Osborne did not record ...

In his mid-teens, Billy Strings was the lead guitarist in a Grand Rapids, Michigan, prog-rock band called A Day of Moments. He was a high school dropout and hadn’t touched an acoustic guitar in years.

Hopping off the tailgate of his Sprinter touring van, Billy Strings readies himself for a rollicking set at the inaugural Railbird festival in Lexington, Kentucky. The six-string virtuoso grabs his ...

These kids. They grow up so fast. Wasn't it just yesterday that Billy Strings, already the talk of the new generation bluegrass world, was a tearing it up on regular basis at The Burl? Among his ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with bluegrass musician Billy Strings and his dad who taught him how to play guitar, Terry Barber, about their new album, "Me/And/Dad." Billy Strings was born into music, like, ...

Bluegrass icon Billy Strings (right) recorded his new album Me/And/Dad with his stepdad, Terry Barber. The album features songs that Strings learned from Barber during his childhood. Even as a toddler ...