Can the energy of heavy metal translate to the acoustic tradition of bluegrass? Ask Billy Strings. “I hope so,” he said from his home in Nashville, Tenn. “That’s kind of what I’m trying to do.” ...

Billy Strings prefers to play and drive fast, and he combines both of those pursuits in his high-octane new song and video, “Leadfoot.” The track is the first release from Strings’ forthcoming album, ...

As the second of his two ferocious sets headed into the home stretch Friday evening, Billy Strings and his band gathered around a single microphone and uncorked the instrumental fire and vocal ...