In October 1984 I arrived at Oxford University, trailing a large steamer trunk containing a couple of changes of clothing and about five dozen textbooks. I had a freshly minted bachelor’s degree in ...

Michigan native Billy Strings got the Tiny Desk Concert treatment this week on NPR's YouTube channel. Strings, now based in Nashville, Tennessee, is a west Michigan native. He grew up in Muir, a ...

The bluegrass musician's mom Debra died of a drug overdose in June Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has ...

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 Strings revealed that he wants to set his late mother’s poetry to music for a potential new album during an extensive interview about drug use and addiction on the Dopey podcast. Strings’ mother ...

Singer-songwriter Billy Strings says his guitar has been his best friend for as long as he can remember. "I slept with my guitar when I was 4 or 5 years old," he says. "I'd put it right under the ...

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FARGO — Billy Strings may not exactly be a household name, but in homes tuned into bluegrass he certainly is. The 32-year-old returns to Fargo-Moorhead on Tuesday and is close to selling out the ...

Billy Strings arrived at Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand, for his fourth and final show in the Oceania region on Tuesday night. The performance followed the band’s visit to J.R.R. Tolkien’s ...

"Instead of a moment of silence, can you please make as much noise right now for my mom?" he asked the crowd. By Mitchell Peters Billy Strings paid tribute to his mother during a concert in Kentucky, ...