Billy Strings

  • Three Reasons: Kacey Musgraves Returns to Xfinity Mobile Arena (9/4)

    I’m not gonna lie, we’re still pretty bummed that Philadelphia missed out on Kacey Musgraves’ Deeper Well World Tour, the 2024 jaunt behind her eponymously named sixth studio album, making it nearly five years since we’ve seen the eight-time GRAMMY-winning musician who manages to merge the best aspects of...
  • Ruston Kelly: “We try to make the setlist bangers only.” (4/22 at TLA)

    Last week Ruston Kelly kicked off The Weakness Tour, following the April 7th release of his third full-length, The Weakness, on Rounder Records.  The LP had No Depression saying, “Ruston Kelly created an album that turns his own experiences and the layers of his own existence into a universal message...
  • Sierra Ferrell, On the Road Again

    The last time Sierra Ferrell played World Café Live she played to a sparse, still-filtering-in crowd as support for Parker Millsap in July of 2019.  However, last year the West Virginia-bred, Nashville-based Americana singer/songwriter played a rousing afternoon set at WXPN’s XPoNential Music Festival, in addition to a virtual...
  • Hailey Whitters: “I’m a songwriter, not a heart surgeon.” (2/25 at The Foundry)

    Although she’s currently in the middle of her first-ever headlining tour, there’s a good chance that country music fans of Philadelphia are already familiar with Hailey Whitters.  2019 saw the Iowa-born, Nashville-based singer/songwriter supporting Maren Morris at The Met and just last November she opened for Midland at the...