Complete List Of Billy Strings Songs From A to Z

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Billy Strings put a real name behind his stage name, William Lee Apostol, and brought his Michigan upbringing into a career that quickly became one of the biggest modern stories in bluegrass. He was born in Lansing, Michigan, and he traces his musical foundation to his stepfather, Terry Barber, an amateur bluegrass musician he considers his father. Apostol’s biological father died of a heroin overdose when he was two, and the family later moved through Morehead, Kentucky, then Muir, Michigan. By his early teens, his parents were struggling with methamphetamine addiction, and Apostol left home at thirteen, later describing a period of hard drug use before he stopped using hard drugs and alcohol.

His start in the business came through paid work before fame. In 2012, mandolin player Don Julin asked him to join a paying gig, and the partnership continued for four years, giving him professional momentum and steady stage time. By 2016, the International Bluegrass Music Association recognized him with the Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year award. In 2017, he released his debut solo studio album, Turmoil & Tinfoil, which reached number three on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums chart and also appeared on the Heatseekers chart.

From there, Apostol built an album run that turned into both chart power and major awards. His second solo studio album, Home, was released on September 27, 2019, topped the Billboard Bluegrass Albums chart, and later won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album in 2021. He followed it with Renewal, released on September 24, 2021, which again hit number one on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums chart and later earned Grammy nominations, including for the album itself and for “Love and Regret” in Best American Roots Performance.

By 2022, he was expanding the story beyond a standard band format while still keeping the musicianship front and center. He made frequent guest fiddler Alex Hargreaves a permanent band member during a show in Baltimore on July 3, 2022, turning his touring group into a five piece that also includes Billy Failing on banjo, Royal Masat on bass, and Jarrod Walker on mandolin. On October 3, 2022, he announced Me/And/Dad, a project made with Terry Barber, and the album later earned a Grammy nomination for Best Bluegrass Album.

His biggest awards stretch into the present, and the pace stayed relentless. On July 12, 2024, he released his first full length live album, Live Vol. 1, built from live recordings from 2023 and 2024, and it won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards. He followed with Highway Prayers, released on September 27, 2024, produced by Apostol and Jon Brion, which peaked at number twenty two on the Billboard 200, topped the Bluegrass Albums chart, and won Best Bluegrass Album at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards on February 1, 2026. Across the major award ledger, he has three Grammy wins from eight nominations, plus multiple wins and nominations through the International Bluegrass Music Awards and the Americana Music Honors and Awards, including two Americana wins in 2022 and 2023.

His appeal with listeners is rooted in the same thing that made him a working musician before the spotlight, he connects traditional discipline to modern energy and keeps the live experience central. His discography on record includes four studio albums, one live album, and a catalog of singles and music videos, while his career has also included notable appearances outside the normal album cycle, including recording a bluegrass cover of “Yahoos and Triangles” for the end credits of the Hulu revival of King of the Hill. In his personal life, he married Ally Dale on September 9, 2023, after nine years of dating, and musicians Trey Anastasio, Les Claypool, and Bob Weir performed at the ceremony, then the couple welcomed a son on September 29, 2024.

Complete List Of Billy Strings Songs From A to Z

107 – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
All of Tomorrow – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
All the Luck in the World (with Circles Around the Sun) – Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal – 2020
Away from the Mire – Home – 2019
Be Your Man – Highway Prayers – 2024
Cabin Song – Highway Prayers – 2024
California Sober (featuring Willie Nelson) – Non-Album Single – 2023
Catch and Release – Highway Prayers – 2024
Dealing Despair – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
Doin’ Things Right – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
Don’t Be Calling Me (At 4AM) – Highway Prayers – 2024
Enough to Leave – Home – 2019
Escanaba – Highway Prayers – 2024
Everything’s the Same – Home – 2019
Fire Line – Renewal – 2021
Freedom – Home – 2019
Gild the Lily – Highway Prayers – 2024
Globe (with Fences) – Non-Album Single – 2021
Gone a Long Time – Highway Prayers – 2024
Guitar Peace – Home – 2019
Happy Hollow – Highway Prayers – 2024
Heartbeat of America – Renewal – 2021
Hellbender – Renewal – 2021
Hide and Seek – Renewal – 2021
Highway Hypnosis – Home – 2019
Hollow Heart – Home – 2019
Home – Home – 2019
Ice Bridges – Renewal – 2021
In the Clear – Highway Prayers – 2024
In the Morning Light – Renewal – 2021
It Ain’t Before – Highway Prayers – 2024
John Deere Tractor (with Terry Barber) – Me/And/Dad – 2022
Know It All – Renewal – 2021
Leaders – Renewal – 2021
Leadfoot – Highway Prayers – 2024
Leaning on a Travelin’ Song – Highway Prayers – 2024
Life to Go (with Terry Barber) – Me/And/Dad – 2022
Listen to the Radio (with Molly Tuttle) – More Than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith – 2023
Living Like an Animal – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
Long Forgotten Dream – Home – 2019
Long Journey Home (with Terry Barber) – Me/And/Dad – 2022
Love and Regret – Renewal – 2021
Love Like Me – Home – 2019
Malfunction Junction – Highway Prayers – 2024
Meet Me at the Creek – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
Midnight on the Stormy Deep (with Del McCoury) – Non-Album Single – 2021
MORBUD4ME – Highway Prayers – 2024
Must Be Seven – Home – 2019
My Alice – Highway Prayers – 2024
Nothing’s Working – Renewal – 2021
On the Line – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
Pyramid Country – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
Red Daisy – Renewal – 2021
Richard Petty – Highway Prayers – 2024
Running – Home – 2019
Running the Route – Renewal – 2021
Salty Sheep – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
Secrets – Renewal – 2021
Seney Stretch – Highway Prayers – 2024
Seven Weeks in County – Highway Prayers – 2024
Show Me the Door – Renewal – 2021
Spinning – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
Stratosphere Blues / I Believe in You – Highway Prayers – 2024
Taking Water – Home – 2019
The Beginning of the End – Highway Prayers – 2024
The Fire on My Tongue – Renewal – 2021
The Great Divide (with Luke Combs) – Non-Album Single – 2021
These Memories of You – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
This Old World – Renewal – 2021
Turmoil & Tinfoil – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
Untitled Instrumental (Hidden Track) – Home – 2019
Wargasm (featuring RMR) – Non-Album Single – 2021
Watch It Fall – Home – 2019
While I’m Waiting Here – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017

Albums

Turmoil & Tinfoil (2017): 13 songs

Home (2019): 15 songs

Renewal (2021): 16 songs

Highway Prayers (2024): 20 songs

Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal (2020): 1 song

Me/And/Dad (2022): 3 songs

More Than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith (2023): 1 song

Non-Album Singles (2021-2023): 5 songs

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