Michigan-born guitarist Billy Strings closed his spring tour with a tribute to the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and the tragedy on Lake Superior.

The weekly program provides training in orchestral instruments—including strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion, and steel pan for at-risk youth ages 6 to 17 at G-Clef Music Academy on St. Thomas.

On his first night in Cary, Billy Strings offered up multiple tributes to bluegrass forefather and North Carolina native Doc Watson.

Multiple Grammy-winner Billy Strings brought his eclectic blend of jam band and traditional bluegrass to Cary, N.C.’s Koka ...