Renewal, released in 2021, is the album that cemented Billy Strings as bluegrass's most vital young voice, following his Grammy win for Home two years earlier. Co-produced with Jonathan Wilson and built around his longtime band — Billy Failing on banjo, Jarrod Walker on mandolin, and Royal Masat on bass — the record pairs blistering flatpicked runs with unusually direct, emotional songwriting, especially on the grief-laden "Hide and Seek." It debuted at number one on Billboard's Bluegrass chart and picked up its own Grammy nomination, further proof that Strings is expanding what a bluegrass record can sound like without losing the tradition's roots. Received from Alliance Entertainment
Renewal, released in 2021, is the album that cemented Billy Strings as bluegrass's most vital young voice, following his Grammy win for Home two years earlier. Co-produced with Jonathan Wilson and built around his longtime band — Billy Failing on banjo, Jarrod Walker on mandolin, and Royal Masat on bass — the record pairs blistering flatpicked runs with unusually direct, emotional songwriting, especially on the grief-laden "Hide and Seek." It debuted at number one on Billboard's Bluegrass chart and picked up its own Grammy nomination, further proof that Strings is expanding what a bluegrass record can sound like without losing the tradition's roots. Received from Alliance Entertainment
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