Prepare for some face melting. The “Dust in a Baggie” singer broke out in a big way commercially in 2024 with the release of Highway Prayers. Not only did the record top seven different Billboard ...

Ionia County native Billy Strings netted his third Grammy win in six years on Sunday, Feb. 1, reeling in “Best Bluegrass Album” yet again. Strings, born William Apostol, earned the honors at the 68th ...

Nearly a month after dangerous winds snarled their New Year’s Day performances, a dozen Mummers string bands got their encore. The slate of bands reimagined their Jan. 1 routines Saturday on the ...

IONIA COUNTY, MI — Two week after teasing an Ionia County homecoming, bluegrass phenom Billy Strings made it official. Strings, born William Apostol, announced Tuesday, Jan. 27, that he would be ...

Bluegrass guitar phenom Billy Strings has just announced that he will be extending his headlining tour through summer 2026, adding 11 dates in seven cities starting in July. The flatpicking virtuoso ...

Less than a month after having to be rescheduled due to weather concerns, the Mummers’ string band competition is set for Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, writes Henry Savage for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

For more than a century, scientists have wondered why physical structures like blood vessels, neurons, tree branches, and other biological networks look the way they do. The prevailing theory held ...

Natural physical networks are continuous, three-dimensional objects, like the small mathematical model displayed here. Researchers have found that physical networks in living systems follow rules ...

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 ...

Photo of Billy Strings taken by Christopher Morley in 2023. SARATOGA SPRINGS — Billy Strings might be the most popular bluegrass musician on the planet right now, adored by both genre purists and jam ...