Monday 10/7: Billy Strings – Highway Prayers

It’s his first album on his own since 2021, and he’s making up for lost time with 20 songs! Most are written by him, but he’s also collaborated with Thomm Jutz, Aaron Allen and (Brevard and Arden’s own) Jon Weisberger, as well as Shawn Camp and mandolin player Jarrod Walker. You might have expected him to be blazing off in a psychedelic jam, heavy metal, country rock, or some other direction, but nope. As Saving Country Music writes, “If you’re a Billy Strings bluegrass fan first and simply tolerate all the jam band stuff, Highway Prayers doesn’t meet your expectations, if far exceeds them. …It’s the age of Billy Strings in bluegrass, and the world is better off for it.”