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Grammy Award, 2020 – Best Bluegrass Album Home, Strings’ second studio album, is undoubtedly the Michigan-born, Nashville-based artist’s boldest artistic statement thus far, imbuing the bluegrass aesthetic with elements of punk, country, folk rock, and genuine psychedelic exploration to fashion something altogether original and all his own. Home was recorded in January 2019 during a rare hiatus from the road, mere days after Strings’ sold-out three-night New Year’s Eve run at Pontiac, MI’s Flagstar Strand Theater. With producer Glenn Brown (the producer of Strings’ groundbreaking debut album Turmoil & Tinfoil) back at the helm, Strings and his crack band – including banjo player Billy Failing, bassist Royal Masat, and mandolin player Jarrod Walker – spent six days working at Nashville’s legendary Blackbird Studios’ Studio D followed by an additional week at Zac Brown’s Southern Ground Nashville. On the album, Strings infuses bluegrass with his own experiences and inspirations, adopting traditional sonic and lyrical idioms to confront contemporary social truths. Guests on the album include guitarist Molly Tuttle (lending vocals to “Must Be Seven”), fiddler John Mailander (Bruce Hornsby, Peter Rowan, Tony Trischka), Detroit-based tabla player John Churchville, and 14-time GRAMMY® Award-winning dobro master Jerry Douglas. Home marks a landmark on this constantly moving artist’s ongoing creative journey, its fearless songs and freewheeling approach recasting string-based American music in a new light.