Last night at the 2022 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards, renowned singer, songwriter, and musician Billy Strings took home the trophy for Artist of the Year.
Strings have had a banner year, and this honor comes on the heels of the publication of his critically acclaimed new album, Renewal, on Rounder Records.
It was produced by Jonathan Wilson and received widespread acclaim upon its release, with The New York Times calling him “a premier bluegrass mind for this post-everything era” for how “he has zigged and zagged between the form’s antediluvian traditions and rapid-fire improvisations that hit like hard bop, all within songs with hooks so sharp that he seems poised for crossover stardom.”
The album was one of the top 50 most played albums on Americana radio and was featured on multiple “Best of 2021” lists, including those published by The Bitter Southerner, No Depression, Glide, The Boot, and Folk Alley. The album tune “Hide And Seek” was recently performed by strings at the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards.
To continue the party, Strings will organize his Renewal event, a two-day concert series, for the second time this month in Buena Vista, CO (the first time was in honor of the record).
Spectators can watch the game online as it happens. This weekend’s shows are in addition to many others Strings has scheduled for the fall, including sold-out shows at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium and The Wiltern in Los Angeles,
three nights at the ExporeAsheville Arena in Asheville, two nights at the Philadelphia Met and one night at Washington, DC Anthem, and two nights at the New Orleans Lakefront Arena.
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