Rolling Stone

Billy Strings Makes His Debut on ‘Tiny Desk’ After Sending Audition Tape: ‘It Only Took 12 More Years’

Michigan bluegrass phenom Billy Strings and his band stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk for a performance more than a decade in the making. Backed by his band — Alex Hargreaves on fiddle, backing vocalist ...
FierceBiotech

Encoded deciphers path to pivotal trial with phase 1/2 Dravet gene therapy data

Encoded Therapeutics has linked its Dravet syndrome gene therapy ETX101 to a 78% reduction in seizures, keeping the biotech on track to start a pivotal study next year. The Californian company’s ...
Taste of Country

Billy Strings Was Blindsided When He Learned His Mom’s Cause of Death

Billy Strings is opening up about the unexpected death of his mother, Debra Apostal, which happened in June. Strings — whose legal name is William Lee Apostal — says his mom wasn't sick leading up to ...
Rolling Stone

Billy Strings Wants to ‘Honor’ His Late Mom With a New Album Featuring Her Poetry

Billy Strings revealed that he wants to set his late mother’s poetry to music for a potential new album during an extensive interview about drug use and addiction on the Dopey podcast. Strings’ mother ...
The Daily Gazette

Strings packs Albany's MVP Arena for night of bluegrass, long jams

ALBANY — Billy Strings’ steady climb on the jam-band scene is now rapidly accelerating. Wednesday night, the bluegrass guitarist packed MVP Arena in Albany for a night of country standards and ...
Howard Stern

VIDEO: Billy Strings Talks Playing Poker With Willie Nelson, Performs ‘Escanaba’ Live on the Stern Show

Grammy-winning bluegrass sensation Billy Strings made his Stern Show debut Wednesday morning, sitting down to chat with Howard about his latest album, “Highway Prayers,” and his love for the guitar, ...
Observer

Indigenous Artists Use AR to Rewrite the Narrative in the Met’s American Wing

On October 13, a group of Indigenous artists took over the American collection at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to emphasize the need to elevate alternative narratives on Columbus Day—now ...
Polygon

What's actually real in the ending of The Long Walk?

Francis Lawrence’s 2025 movie adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 novel The Long Walk is fairly faithful to the book — until it suddenly isn’t. Screenwriter JT Mollner (writer-director of the underrated ...
The New York Times

‘The Long Walk’ Review: Their Feet Are Killing Them

For a movie about motion, this Stephen King adaptation feels oddly static. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate ...
techannouncer

Master HackerRank Python Challenges with These Expert Tips

HackerRank is a pretty cool place to get better at coding. It’s got tons of challenges that really make you think and figure things out faster. Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been coding ...
Palm Beach Post

'We couldn’t believe it': Giant python wrangled, caught by 3 hunters in Everglades

Three Florida men caught a 16-foot, 8-inch Burmese python weighing 105 pounds near Everglades City. The massive snake was captured and ethically dispatched after being spotted on the road. The famous ...