Incendiary American roots guitarist Billy Strings taps into the vein of the earliest bluegrass music, back when bluegrass was a rough-and-tumble art form pouring out of the Appalachian mountains, made with great virtuosity and huge attitude. And he brings it into the present day with incredible musical intensity. Drenched in sweat, grimacing like a banshee, howling like a bluegrass berserker, and picking with such ferocity that he’s been known to break three strings in one song, 23-year-old guitarist and singer Billy Strings could have tumbled out of coal country in the old mountains, tattoos and all, but actually hails from Michigan. In each show, he seems to try to break through to new levels of musicianship. Billy has relocated from Michigan to Nashville, formed a new band, and has been working on original songs to match his his incredible instrumental talent. Come welcome him back to the Mitten!