A Tribute to Flatt & Scruggs – Infamous Stringdusters
Accorded a Grammy nomination for Best Bluegrass Album for their previous album, A Tribute To Bill Monroe, it’s hardly surprising that the Infamous Stringdusters would follow up with a shout-out to yet another indelible influence, that of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. As they did before, the band stays true to the original template, and […]
Stringdusters do Flatt & Scruggs with I’d Rather Be Alone
The Infamous Stringdusters have another concept album on tap, a second tribute to the founders of bluegrass music. Following an earlier appreciation for Bill Monroe in 2021, this time it’s A Tribute To Flatt & Scruggs, a six song EP that looks back fondly on the songs that set the world on fire back in […]
Infamous Stringdusters at The Salvage Station in Asheville
Infamous Stringdusters at The Salvage Station - photo © Bryce Lafoon When The Infamous Stringdusters played The Salvage Station in Asheville, NC on September 30, Bryce Lafoon of Lighshifter Studios was on hand with his cameras. He shared these images from the show, which nicely capture the power and dynamism of a live 'Dusters performance. I Am The River Wild video from Jeremy Garrett
Jeremy Garrett, dynamic fiddler, vocalist, and songwriter with Infamous Stringdusters, has a music video for his current single with Organic Records, I Am The River Wild. For nearly the entire time Garrett has been with the 'Dusters, he has pursued a solo career at the same time, writing and recording his own music on the [...] Andy Hall talks Infamous Stringdusters and Towards The Fray
Infamous Stringdusters have always pursued their own muse. While they retain an obvious allegiance to bluegrass, they've never felt obligated to always stay within its parameters. Their latest album, Toward the Fray, finds them confronting the issues that have plagued the world over the course of COVID and any number of political perils, doing so [...] Welcome Teddy Falco!
Congratulations to Andy Falco, guitarist with Infamous Stringdusters, and his lovely wife, Jasmine, on the birth of their second child. Theodore Nunzio Falco was born on April 26 in Long Island, NY at 2:36 p.m. He burst onto the scene at 8 lb, 1 oz. They are calling him Teddy. Daughter, Violet, is ready to [...] What’s That You’re Doin’? from Jeremy Garrett
What's That You're Doin'? is the latest single from Infamous Stringdusters fiddler Jeremy Garrett, taken from his upcoming solo project, River Wild, on Mountain Home Music. The whole album is envisioned as Garrett's return to a grassier sound, after a number of recordings that presented his original songs in either more stripped down arrangements, or [...] Toward The Fray – The Infamous Stringdusters
While today's populist precepts may account for modern bluegrass music's progressive leanings, pushing those parameters and getting any guarantee that it would be embraced didn't happen overnight. It took imagination and inspiration to transform what was many consider, and wish to maintain as a vintage sound, into music that could garner popular appeal, and, in [...] Infamous Stringdusters to host IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced The Infamous Stringdusters as hosts for the 32nd annual Bluegrass Music Awards, to be held September 30 in Raleigh, NC. The 'Dusters will also appear as musical artists on the show, which will include additional performances from Sister Sadie, The Po' Ramblin' Boys, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, The [...] Two solo singles from two different ‘Dusters
Two different members of Infamous Stringdusters have new singles today, guitarist Andy Falco and fiddler Jeremy Garrett. For Andy, it's a bluegrass guitar instrumental, Merriam Special, dedicated to an old pal in whose band he used to work back in the day. "Back when I got into bluegrass music, that's when I met my friend [...] 