Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Billy Strings will release his new album, So Much For Goodbyes, on 28th August 2026 via Reprise Records. Produced by Strings and T Bone Burnett, the new 16-track project finds Strings channelling a deeply personal period into his most musically mature and reflective body of work to date. The record is accompanied by original artwork created by Strings’ late mother, Debra Apostol.
“I made this record to honour my mother,” Strings says. “To notice and embrace this very significant period of grief in my life and make art from it. To turn my heartbreak into songs while using my guitar as a coping mechanism as I always have. It’s always been there for me to lean on through the hard times, and I figure it always will…until it’s my time to say goodbye.”
You can pre-order/pre-save Som Much For Goodbyes at this link.
Strings will make his highly anticipated return to PBS’ Austin City Limits program on Thursday, 2nd July. His first concert since breaking his leg earlier in the year, the performance will be available to livestream via ACL TV’s YouTube.
Since his 2017 debut, Strings has earned widespread recognition, including three Grammy Awards, two back-to-back Artist of the Year at the Americana Music Awards, four-time Entertainer of the Year at the International Bluegrass Music Awards, Best New Headliner at the 2022 Pollstar Awards and Breakthrough Artist of the Pandemic at the 2021 Pollstar Awards.
Ahead of the release, Strings has unveiled a new song from the record, Burn the Other End. Written by Strings and Paul Hoffman, the song is accompanied by an official music video.
