Turmoil & Tinfoil

Turmoil & Tinfoil is the third studio album by American bluegrass musician Billy Strings, following Fiddle Tune X and preceding Home. Released on September 22, 2017, it reached number three on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums chart, remaining in that position for seven consecutive weeks.

Turmoil & Tinfoil reached number eighteen on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.

Band members included Brad Tucker on upright bass, Drew Matulich on mandolin, and Billy Failing on 5 string banjo.

Overview and meaning
The album covers a great range of topics including racism, drug addiction, relationships and suicide.

Reception
Turmoil & Tinfoil received generally positive reviews. Garret K. Woodward of Rolling Stone described the collection as "[not] afraid to look forward or celebrate youth."

Personnel

 * The Band
 * Billy Strings – guitar, vocals, banjo, Buchla synthesizer, digital guitar
 * Billy Failing – banjo, vocals
 * Drew Matulich – mandolin
 * Brad Tucker – bass, vocals
 * Additional musicians
 * John Mailander – fiddle (3, 9, 11)
 * Shad Cobb – fiddle (3)
 * Glenn Brown – theremin and Harmonium (3, 6)
 * Molly Tuttle – vocals (3)
 * Miss Tess Reitz – vocals (3)
 * Peter "Madcat" Ruth – harmonica and Jew's harp (5)
 * Bryan Sutton – guitar (7)
 * Terry Barber – vocals (12)
 * Technical
 * Glenn Brown – producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
 * Keith Kinnear – assistant engineer
 * Koehen Terry – assistant engineer
 * JJ Horner – cover art
 * Bill Orner – design and layout