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<\/p>\n\u201cBluewater Breakdown\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\tOne of two instrumental tracks on Goodbyes<\/em>, \u201cBluewater Breakdown\u201d is the type of by-the-book uptempo bluegrass jam that Strings, Failing, Masat, Walker and Hargreaves can toss off in their sleep. That doesn\u2019t make their musicianship any less impressive \u2013\u00a0but the song primarily functions as a bridge to the second half of the album, and a brief reprieve from its heavy lyrical subject matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\n\u201cLight the Way\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\tWalker\u2019s mandolin leads on \u201cLight the Way,\u201d the lilting hymnal that\u2019s Goodbyes<\/em>\u2018 shortest track. It\u2019s a particularly traditional cut for Strings, with its three-part staggered vocal harmonies and well-worn subject matter: \u201cWhen you\u2019re looking down from heaven, won\u2019t you light the way for me?\u201d he repeats throughout the song.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\n\u201cMill Town Flood\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\tA straight-ahead, story-based folk tune, \u201cMill Town Flood\u201d tells a familiar story: a hardworking man falls in love with a woman, marries her and then ends up in the gutter without her, befallen by his drinking. It\u2019s a lovely tune, aided by Lindsay Lou\u2019s backing vocals and P.J. George III\u2019s harmonium, even if it\u2019s on the more conventional side by Strings\u2019 standards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI Like Train Songs\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\tSometimes Strings can scan as a musical time traveler beamed in from the Depression \u2013 but he also finds ways to sneak in his distinctly modern, Millennial sensibility. \u201cI Like Train Songs\u201d is, at least partly, a meta joke nodding to Strings\u2019 well-documented love of, well, tunes about locomotives (at a 2024 show in Tampa, he performed a set consisting solely of them). Here, he sort of explains why, with a line that feels very 2026, even if it could technically apply to any era: \u201cEverybody\u2019s got a protest song for you know who\/ Well you can keep those barroom ditties stuck inside your brain\/ The only thing that clears \u2019em out is songs about a train.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI Wish I Wanted To\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\tIt\u2019s a story as relatable as they come: to stay in or go out? \u201cIt\u2019s hard to give a damn\/ When you ain\u2019t got a damn to lose,\u201d Strings sings as he considers whether or not to go see The Rolling Stones with his friends (if he leaves now, he can \u201cprobably catch most of the show\u201d!). Not-so-subtle underpinning of depression aside, the relatively lighthearted \u201cI Wish I Wanted To\u201d is a welcome respite following the heaviness of \u201cStill I Crash\u201d \u2013 and it contains one of Goodbyes<\/em>\u2018 funnier lines: \u201cI could get up off my ass\/ In a jumpin\u2019 jack flash \/ If I could put this guitar down long enough to move.\u201d (Also funny: Strings\u2019 ad-libs during the track\u2019s outro, including \u201cThis couch feels pretty good, man\u201d and \u201cPut my s\u2013t on \u2018do not disturb.’\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\n\u201cLive to Tell\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\tMourning is tough; mourning during an unforgiving Michigan winter is even tougher. That\u2019s seemingly the scene on \u201cLive To Tell,\u201d where Strings depicts a scene as snow relentlessly falls outside: \u201cThe frozen draft that seeps in through the wall\/ Comes crawling grimly up my chair\/ It wraps around me with its cold embrace\/ Reminds me of the absence here.\u201d But icy as its subject matter may be, the loping track isn\u2019t, with backing vocalist Alison Krauss and pedal steel guitarist Paul Franklin \u2013\u00a0a 16-time recipient of the Academy of Country Music steel guitar player of the year award \u2013\u00a0bringing much-needed warmth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cI\u2019m One of Those\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\u201cI\u2019m not home but I can still pretend,\u201d Strings sings on Goodbyes<\/em>\u2018 wistful opening track, as he delivers a mission statement of sorts for the album. Because what is home, really, for a touring musician who spends half his life on the road and has undergone profound personal change? \u201cI\u2019ve been drivin\u2019 up and down this road \/ Trying to bring back old memories for one reason or another I let go,\u201d he declares over a plucky instrumental. \u201cWill I wave to all the ghosts \/ That wander back across this road I\u2019m strolling down?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\n\u201c10,000 Miles From a Friend\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\tStrings has been sober for a decade, but like most recovering alcoholics, he can still readily access how addiction made him feel. \u201cFrom Albany to Omaha\/ It\u2019s Adderall and alcohol\/ To pick me up and set me down again\u201d he sings in this weary road chronicle, where substance abuse is a daily crutch that ultimately magnifies the alienation he feels from his loved ones. Respected harmonica player Mickey Raphael, a voluminous session player best known as a member of Willie Nelson\u2019s band since the early \u201970s, adds an additional sonic flavor with his bass harmonica work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cDebra\u2019s Waltz\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\tThe superior of Goodbyes<\/em>\u2018 two instrumentals, the album-ending \u201cDebra\u2019s Waltz\u201d is more than just closing credits music \u2013 it\u2019s a testament to how evocative Strings\u2019 guitar-playing (as well as that of his trusted backing quartet) can be, even without words. It\u2019s a beautiful elegy to his late mother; in the album\u2019s liner notes, the track\u2019s title and credits are accompanied simply by a portrait of her. Fittingly, it was the first song Strings recorded for Goodbyes<\/em> across its sessions in January and February.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\n\u201cWrestling An Angel\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\tThere\u2019s an elegant simplicity to Goodbyes<\/em>\u2018 penultimate song, and its last one with lyrics. With a stripped-back band \u2014 Strings on guitar, Walker on mandolin and backing vocals from Walker, Masat and 14-time Grammy winner Dan Tyminski \u2014 Strings deploys a powerful, vivid metaphor, singing \u201cWrestling an angel\/ To win is to lose.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\n\u201cRemember to Cry\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\tStrings has co-written with Aaron Allen on each of his studio albums dating back to 2019 \u2014 including some of his most-played songs, like \u201cMust Be Seven\u201d and \u201cFire on My Tongue\u201d \u2014 and on \u201cRemember to Cry,\u201d one of his four Goodbyes<\/em>\u2018 collaborations with Allen, the pair once again captures bluegrass magic. Failing\u2019s banjo drives the fast-paced, rueful song as Strings contemplates the suddenness of death and how to process it: \u201cNow I can\u2019t erase what has happened\/ And we can\u2019t backwards in time\/ But if I would have known\/ You\u2019d leave me all alone\/ I would have remembered to cry.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\n\u201cCarry Us Home\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\tAs Strings gigged around Northern Michigan early in his career, he\u2019d often play in duo formats, including with the mandolinist Don Julin and his stepfather Terry Barber (Me\/And\/Dad<\/em>, his 2022 collaboration with the latter, earned a Grammy nomination for best bluegrass album). Playing in a duo suits Strings \u2014 a second guitarist supports him, but also allows for compelling counterpoint \u2014 and here, he reunites with Bryan Sutton, another longtime collaborator with whom Strings released Live At The Legion<\/em> in 2025. A calm comedown after the high-octane \u201cBurn the Other End,\u201d the song\u2019s evocative imagery (\u201cThe wind by the door\/ Stands and delivers\/ A most-human roar\/ Asking for nothing\/ And saying no more\u201d) takes a backseat to Strings and Sutton\u2019s interplay.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\n\u201cLucid Daydream\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\tOne of just four Goodbyes<\/em> songs featuring solely Strings and his core backing quartet, \u201cLucid Daydream\u201d feels as feverish as its title, a six-and-a-half minute odyssey without a true chorus that alternates between Strings\u2019 dense verses (\u201cWalking through a lucid daydream every day is like a harpoon through the chest\u201d is among Goodbyes\u2019 most haunting lines) and breakneck instrumental passages (Hargreaves\u2019 fiddle work especially stands out). The most intriguing part of the song may be how it begins and ends \u2013\u00a0with jazzy, intricate sections that call to mind the Grateful Dead\u2019s \u201cSlipknot!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\n\u201cBurn The Other End\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\tNo Goodbyes<\/em> track goes as hard as its first single, \u201cBurn the Other End,\u201d which bottles the fire and brimstone of the headiest moments of Strings\u2019 live shows, and distills it into a foreboding four-and-a-half minute rager. \u201cEmpty, but I\u2019ve already left,\u201d Strings declares to open the track over an omnious instrumental, \u201cNothing to return for and little to be kept.\u201d Written with Greensky Bluegrass mandolinist and fellow Michigander Paul Hoffman, the spooky song features unsettling \u201cgang vocals\u201d from Strings\u2019 band, Burnett and one Jack White \u2014 and while Strings has only played it live three times since debuting it in July, it seems destined to become a highlight of his concerts going forward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\n\u201cLay Me Down\u201d<\/h2>\n\nGoodbyes<\/em> doesn\u2019t push drastically beyond the world of bluegrass \u2014 but \u201cLay Me Down\u201d may be its most straight-ahead bluegrass cut, in large part thanks to the legendary Del McCoury\u2019s unmistakable backing vocals. And Strings\u2019 lyrics are as timeless as many of the genre\u2019s standards: \u201cLay me down on the hillside\/ Lay me down and walk away\/ Leave no roses on my headstone\/ Leave no footprints in the clay.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\n\u201cStill I Crash\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\tAs intimate a song as Strings has ever recorded \u2014 musically and lyrically \u2014 \u201cStill I Crash\u201d is Goodbyes<\/em>\u2018 emotional core. \u201cMother, where did you go now?\u201d Strings begins over nothing more than his own slow guitar plucking. \u201cTell me I need to know how\/ Am I supposed to go on without you?\u201d As the somber track unfolds, Strings reiterates how lost he feels now that his mother is gone, and dreams of reuniting with her one day: \u201cHoping that this won\u2019t really be the end\/ And I am still your one true friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/billy-strings-new-album-so-much-for-goodbyes-tracks-ranked\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Billy-Strings-2026-press-cr-Dana-Trippe-billboard.jpg?w=1024″] Over the last few years, virtuosic bluegrass player Billy Strings has become an arena artist on the strength of his lightning-quick picking, psychedelic improvisation and Deadhead-like following, the Billy Goats. But concurrently, the 33-year-old from Michigan has developed a reputation as one of the Americana space\u2019s most gifted young songwriters and accomplished […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2115620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2115620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2115620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2115620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2115620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2115620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2115620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\tOne of two instrumental tracks on Goodbyes<\/em>, \u201cBluewater Breakdown\u201d is the type of by-the-book uptempo bluegrass jam that Strings, Failing, Masat, Walker and Hargreaves can toss off in their sleep. That doesn\u2019t make their musicianship any less impressive \u2013\u00a0but the song primarily functions as a bridge to the second half of the album, and a brief reprieve from its heavy lyrical subject matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tWalker\u2019s mandolin leads on \u201cLight the Way,\u201d the lilting hymnal that\u2019s Goodbyes<\/em>\u2018 shortest track. It\u2019s a particularly traditional cut for Strings, with its three-part staggered vocal harmonies and well-worn subject matter: \u201cWhen you\u2019re looking down from heaven, won\u2019t you light the way for me?\u201d he repeats throughout the song.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tA straight-ahead, story-based folk tune, \u201cMill Town Flood\u201d tells a familiar story: a hardworking man falls in love with a woman, marries her and then ends up in the gutter without her, befallen by his drinking. It\u2019s a lovely tune, aided by Lindsay Lou\u2019s backing vocals and P.J. George III\u2019s harmonium, even if it\u2019s on the more conventional side by Strings\u2019 standards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tSometimes Strings can scan as a musical time traveler beamed in from the Depression \u2013 but he also finds ways to sneak in his distinctly modern, Millennial sensibility. \u201cI Like Train Songs\u201d is, at least partly, a meta joke nodding to Strings\u2019 well-documented love of, well, tunes about locomotives (at a 2024 show in Tampa, he performed a set consisting solely of them). Here, he sort of explains why, with a line that feels very 2026, even if it could technically apply to any era: \u201cEverybody\u2019s got a protest song for you know who\/ Well you can keep those barroom ditties stuck inside your brain\/ The only thing that clears \u2019em out is songs about a train.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tIt\u2019s a story as relatable as they come: to stay in or go out? \u201cIt\u2019s hard to give a damn\/ When you ain\u2019t got a damn to lose,\u201d Strings sings as he considers whether or not to go see The Rolling Stones with his friends (if he leaves now, he can \u201cprobably catch most of the show\u201d!). Not-so-subtle underpinning of depression aside, the relatively lighthearted \u201cI Wish I Wanted To\u201d is a welcome respite following the heaviness of \u201cStill I Crash\u201d \u2013 and it contains one of Goodbyes<\/em>\u2018 funnier lines: \u201cI could get up off my ass\/ In a jumpin\u2019 jack flash \/ If I could put this guitar down long enough to move.\u201d (Also funny: Strings\u2019 ad-libs during the track\u2019s outro, including \u201cThis couch feels pretty good, man\u201d and \u201cPut my s\u2013t on \u2018do not disturb.’\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tMourning is tough; mourning during an unforgiving Michigan winter is even tougher. That\u2019s seemingly the scene on \u201cLive To Tell,\u201d where Strings depicts a scene as snow relentlessly falls outside: \u201cThe frozen draft that seeps in through the wall\/ Comes crawling grimly up my chair\/ It wraps around me with its cold embrace\/ Reminds me of the absence here.\u201d But icy as its subject matter may be, the loping track isn\u2019t, with backing vocalist Alison Krauss and pedal steel guitarist Paul Franklin \u2013\u00a0a 16-time recipient of the Academy of Country Music steel guitar player of the year award \u2013\u00a0bringing much-needed warmth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\t\u201cI\u2019m not home but I can still pretend,\u201d Strings sings on Goodbyes<\/em>\u2018 wistful opening track, as he delivers a mission statement of sorts for the album. Because what is home, really, for a touring musician who spends half his life on the road and has undergone profound personal change? \u201cI\u2019ve been drivin\u2019 up and down this road \/ Trying to bring back old memories for one reason or another I let go,\u201d he declares over a plucky instrumental. \u201cWill I wave to all the ghosts \/ That wander back across this road I\u2019m strolling down?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tStrings has been sober for a decade, but like most recovering alcoholics, he can still readily access how addiction made him feel. \u201cFrom Albany to Omaha\/ It\u2019s Adderall and alcohol\/ To pick me up and set me down again\u201d he sings in this weary road chronicle, where substance abuse is a daily crutch that ultimately magnifies the alienation he feels from his loved ones. Respected harmonica player Mickey Raphael, a voluminous session player best known as a member of Willie Nelson\u2019s band since the early \u201970s, adds an additional sonic flavor with his bass harmonica work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tThe superior of Goodbyes<\/em>\u2018 two instrumentals, the album-ending \u201cDebra\u2019s Waltz\u201d is more than just closing credits music \u2013 it\u2019s a testament to how evocative Strings\u2019 guitar-playing (as well as that of his trusted backing quartet) can be, even without words. It\u2019s a beautiful elegy to his late mother; in the album\u2019s liner notes, the track\u2019s title and credits are accompanied simply by a portrait of her. Fittingly, it was the first song Strings recorded for Goodbyes<\/em> across its sessions in January and February.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tThere\u2019s an elegant simplicity to Goodbyes<\/em>\u2018 penultimate song, and its last one with lyrics. With a stripped-back band \u2014 Strings on guitar, Walker on mandolin and backing vocals from Walker, Masat and 14-time Grammy winner Dan Tyminski \u2014 Strings deploys a powerful, vivid metaphor, singing \u201cWrestling an angel\/ To win is to lose.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tStrings has co-written with Aaron Allen on each of his studio albums dating back to 2019 \u2014 including some of his most-played songs, like \u201cMust Be Seven\u201d and \u201cFire on My Tongue\u201d \u2014 and on \u201cRemember to Cry,\u201d one of his four Goodbyes<\/em>\u2018 collaborations with Allen, the pair once again captures bluegrass magic. Failing\u2019s banjo drives the fast-paced, rueful song as Strings contemplates the suddenness of death and how to process it: \u201cNow I can\u2019t erase what has happened\/ And we can\u2019t backwards in time\/ But if I would have known\/ You\u2019d leave me all alone\/ I would have remembered to cry.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tAs Strings gigged around Northern Michigan early in his career, he\u2019d often play in duo formats, including with the mandolinist Don Julin and his stepfather Terry Barber (Me\/And\/Dad<\/em>, his 2022 collaboration with the latter, earned a Grammy nomination for best bluegrass album). Playing in a duo suits Strings \u2014 a second guitarist supports him, but also allows for compelling counterpoint \u2014 and here, he reunites with Bryan Sutton, another longtime collaborator with whom Strings released Live At The Legion<\/em> in 2025. A calm comedown after the high-octane \u201cBurn the Other End,\u201d the song\u2019s evocative imagery (\u201cThe wind by the door\/ Stands and delivers\/ A most-human roar\/ Asking for nothing\/ And saying no more\u201d) takes a backseat to Strings and Sutton\u2019s interplay.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tOne of just four Goodbyes<\/em> songs featuring solely Strings and his core backing quartet, \u201cLucid Daydream\u201d feels as feverish as its title, a six-and-a-half minute odyssey without a true chorus that alternates between Strings\u2019 dense verses (\u201cWalking through a lucid daydream every day is like a harpoon through the chest\u201d is among Goodbyes\u2019 most haunting lines) and breakneck instrumental passages (Hargreaves\u2019 fiddle work especially stands out). The most intriguing part of the song may be how it begins and ends \u2013\u00a0with jazzy, intricate sections that call to mind the Grateful Dead\u2019s \u201cSlipknot!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tNo Goodbyes<\/em> track goes as hard as its first single, \u201cBurn the Other End,\u201d which bottles the fire and brimstone of the headiest moments of Strings\u2019 live shows, and distills it into a foreboding four-and-a-half minute rager. \u201cEmpty, but I\u2019ve already left,\u201d Strings declares to open the track over an omnious instrumental, \u201cNothing to return for and little to be kept.\u201d Written with Greensky Bluegrass mandolinist and fellow Michigander Paul Hoffman, the spooky song features unsettling \u201cgang vocals\u201d from Strings\u2019 band, Burnett and one Jack White \u2014 and while Strings has only played it live three times since debuting it in July, it seems destined to become a highlight of his concerts going forward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n Goodbyes<\/em> doesn\u2019t push drastically beyond the world of bluegrass \u2014 but \u201cLay Me Down\u201d may be its most straight-ahead bluegrass cut, in large part thanks to the legendary Del McCoury\u2019s unmistakable backing vocals. And Strings\u2019 lyrics are as timeless as many of the genre\u2019s standards: \u201cLay me down on the hillside\/ Lay me down and walk away\/ Leave no roses on my headstone\/ Leave no footprints in the clay.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \n\tAs intimate a song as Strings has ever recorded \u2014 musically and lyrically \u2014 \u201cStill I Crash\u201d is Goodbyes<\/em>\u2018 emotional core. \u201cMother, where did you go now?\u201d Strings begins over nothing more than his own slow guitar plucking. \u201cTell me I need to know how\/ Am I supposed to go on without you?\u201d As the somber track unfolds, Strings reiterates how lost he feels now that his mother is gone, and dreams of reuniting with her one day: \u201cHoping that this won\u2019t really be the end\/ And I am still your one true friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/billy-strings-new-album-so-much-for-goodbyes-tracks-ranked\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Billy-Strings-2026-press-cr-Dana-Trippe-billboard.jpg?w=1024″] Over the last few years, virtuosic bluegrass player Billy Strings has become an arena artist on the strength of his lightning-quick picking, psychedelic improvisation and Deadhead-like following, the Billy Goats. But concurrently, the 33-year-old from Michigan has developed a reputation as one of the Americana space\u2019s most gifted young songwriters and accomplished […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2115620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2115620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2115620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2115620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2115620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2115620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2115620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\u201cLight the Way\u201d<\/h2>\n
\u201cMill Town Flood\u201d<\/h2>\n
\u201cI Like Train Songs\u201d<\/h2>\n
\u201cI Wish I Wanted To\u201d<\/h2>\n
\u201cLive to Tell\u201d<\/h2>\n
\u201cI\u2019m One of Those\u201d<\/h2>\n
\u201c10,000 Miles From a Friend\u201d<\/h2>\n
\u201cDebra\u2019s Waltz\u201d<\/h2>\n
\u201cWrestling An Angel\u201d<\/h2>\n
\u201cRemember to Cry\u201d<\/h2>\n
\u201cCarry Us Home\u201d<\/h2>\n
\u201cLucid Daydream\u201d<\/h2>\n
\u201cBurn The Other End\u201d<\/h2>\n
\u201cLay Me Down\u201d<\/h2>\n
\u201cStill I Crash\u201d<\/h2>\n