Billy Strings Announces New Album So Much for Goodbyes

Bluegrass virtuoso Billy Strings has announced So Much for Goodbyes, his fifth studio album.The project is dedicated to his late mother, Debra Apostol, whose artwork graces its cover.

It’s out August 28 via Reprise and features lead single “Burn the Other End.” You can listen to that and check out Apostol’s original piece below.“I made this record to honor my mother,” Strings said in a statement.“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.” Apostol died in 2025 of methamphetamine intoxication.Strings, who is currently on a break from an extensive U.S.

tour, recruited legendary producer T Bone Burnett for Goodbyes.It’s the pair’s first time working together.Revisit our review of Strings’ last album, Highway Prayers.So Much for Goodbyes01 I’m One of Those02 Burn the Other End03 Carry Us Home04 Lay Me Down05 Lucid Daydream06 Mill Town Flood07 Live to Tell08 Bluewater Breakdown09 Light the Wall10 I Like Train Songs11 10,000 Miles From a Friend12 Still I Crash13 I Wish I Wanted To14 Remember to Cry15 Wrestling an Angel16 Debra’s Waltz...