When Billy Strings, neé William Apostol, decided to call his 2019 album Home, he wasn't being metaphorical: Music is a very real home for the flat-picking virtuoso and singer-songwriter, dating all ...

The String Cheese Incident will return to Eau Claire, WI, in 2026 for its second-annual Campout In The Pines. The two-day camping and music festival, held at the home of Blue Ox Music Festival, will ...

Over the past 18 years, FourPlay String Quartet have redefined notions of what a string quartet can play. A handful of albums have seen them bring rock'n'roll dynamics and a multitude of influences ...

The Calidore String Quartet is recognized as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of a vast chamber music repertory, from the cycles of quartets by Beethoven and Mendelssohn to works of celebrated ...

Billy Strings finished his 2025 touring year with a seated, traditional bluegrass show at the Moody Theater in Austin, TX.

The College of Music offers an Artist Diploma in String Quartet Performance for one string quartet to work intensively with members of the renowned Takács Quartet and other members of the string ...

By Jules Young, Arts and Entertainment Editor  On Thursday, Oct. 9th, Sunderman Conservatory hosted roughly 100 high school ...

To non-musicians I’m sure that steel-string and nylon-string guitars probably look almost indistinguishable – they’re just acoustic guitars. However, anyone who has listened to both side-by-side will ...

Strings’ has always been one for all things psychedelic. He is one of the founding fathers of psychedelic country, and his showmanship and style are grounded in that fact. That being so, with his new ...

When a traditional bass doesn’t have enough low end to serve the music you’re playing, then you might want to explore some of the best 5-string bass guitars instead. Having an extra low string gives ...