Article Contributed by Americana Vibes
Published on February 13, 2026
Twenty years into their stellar career, Grammy Award-winning bluegrass outfit, The Infamous Stringdusters, are celebrating today by releasing their new twenty-track album 20/20, via Americana Vibes, including “Working Man Blues,” “Dead Man Walking,” “Up from the Bottom,” “Light at the End of the Day” and “Dancing on the Moon.” The band has also been designated as The Bluegrass Situation’s Artist of the Month and fans new and old can read their feature here. To celebrate the release of 20/20, the band has shared a music video of the track “The Voyageur” that you can watch here.
In the twenty years since the inception of the groundbreaking jam-grass quintet, whose tone and swagger meld acoustic majesty with a full-blown rock show attitude, they’ve learned to channel the endless miles they’ve travelled in pursuit of a dream. The surreal, whirlwind shows of transcendence and lore. The legacy that has become truly infamous.
“We’ve been around for 20 years, and I feel like we’re putting more into our music — both writing and the live shows — than we ever have,” says banjoist Chris Pandolfi. “And the reality is, that you do need to step a little harder on the gas to get the same results — it takes real intention.” “We’ve always been very intentional in how we wanted our show to sound and to look,” according to bassist Travis Book, “…and, 20 years later, we’re still distilling the best elements of what we all bring to the band.” Alongside Pandolfi and Book, Jeremy Garrett (fiddle), Andy Hall (dobro), Andy Falco (guitar) purposely and fearlessly blur the boundaries between bluegrass, Americana, country, and indie-folk.
WATCH “THE VOYAGEUR” MUSIC VIDEO
The idea for the Dusters coalesced in Nashville in the early 2000s when the members were performing as side-men with stalwarts of the bluegrass community. Their friendships and desire to create their own music and master their own destiny inevitably led to the formation of The Infamous Stringdusters.
Even then, they sought to ignite something fresh within the “high lonesome sounds” pioneered by the “Father of Bluegrass,” Bill Monroe. And just like today, the early intent was to present something new and different.
“Bluegrass can sometimes be a little confusing,” Pandolfi says. “Because what’s coming out of the instruments has the energy of rock-n-roll, but guys are just standing there [onstage] in suits. When we came to [bluegrass], we loved the music, but the vibe wasn’t representative of who we were.”
The Dusters envisioned a crossroads where bluegrass instrumentation and vocal harmony met frenzied stage energy and awe-inspiring production. “It took a few years and some experience to let all of those things come together,” Pandolfi says. “We started to tease these things out of the music, but also out of the show, the production, and our personality.”
Each member remains a musical sponge, constantly bringing new influences back into the fold. All are involved in an array of solo projects outside of the band. Those sounds and experiences merge to form the Dusters’ signature sound with 20/20 offering the purest distillation of that experimentation and precision.
“When those individual efforts come back together in the band, it creates a really powerful synergy,” Hall says. “Not only has the band evolved, but individually, I see every band member fully dedicated to their musical endeavors. All of the creative elements have gotten deeper.”
“Life moves on, like our song says,” Andy Falco reminds us, “But we’re always taking what we’ve learned and what we’re experiencing and we put that into the music and the shows. Before we go onstage I like to tell the band ‘remember the joy,’ and we are all still incredibly grateful for the opportunity to make this music with each other.”
Additionally, the band will be touring throughout the U.S. well into the summer, including stops in Nashville at Grand Ole Opry tonight and The Ryman on July 14, along with a wide number of different headlining shows and festival appearances. Tickets are available for purchase here.
2/13 – Nashville, TN – Grand Ole Opry
2/19 – Boulder, CO – eTown Hall
2/20-22 – Telluride, CO – Sheridan Opera House
2/24 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory ^^
2/25 – Jackson, WY – Jackson Hole Center for the Arts ^^
2/26 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Commonwealth Room ^^
2/27– Salt Lake City, UT – The Commonwealth Room %%
2/28 – Steamboat Springs, CO – WinterWonderGrass
3/17 – Portland, ME – State Theatre
3/18 – Rutland, VT – The Paramount Theatre
3/19 – Poughkeepsie, NY – Bardavon 1869 Opera House ##
3/20 – Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre ##
3/21 – Ardmore, PA – Ardmore Music Hall ##
3/22 – Providence, RI – Uptown Theater ##
3/24 – York, PA – Appell Center for the Performing Arts
3/25 – Wilmington, NC – Greenfield Lake Amphitheater
3/26 – Southern Pines, NC – The Sunrise Theater
3/27 – Savannah, GA – Savannah Music Festival
3/28 – Brooksville, FL – EMS Spring Bluegrass Festival
4/23-26 – Wilkesboro, NC – MerleFest
4/24 – Charleston, SC – The Refinery
4/26 – Greenville, SC – Coach Music Factory
5/21-24 – Cumberland, MD – DelFest
5/29 – Highlands, NC – Bear Shadow Festival
6/18-21 – Telluride, CO – Telluride Bluegrass Festival
6/24-27 – Owensboro, KY – ROMP Festival
7/16-18 – Snowshoe, WV – 4848 Festival
7/17 – Hammondsport, NY – Point of Bluff @@
7/30-8/2 – Del Norte, CO – Rhythms on the Rio Music Festival
10/16 – Manteo, NC – Outer Banks Bluegrass Island Music Festival
^^ w/ The Last Revel
%% w/ Nefesh Mountain
## w/ Fireside Collective
@@ w/ Driftwood
01.) Working Man Blues
02.) Dead Man Walking
03.) Holding On To You
04.) Light at the End of the Day
05.) Up From The Bottom
06.) Wounds Don’t Take To Healing
07.) Dry Spot In The Rain
08.) To The End Of The Line
09.) Karma’s Got Your Number
10.) Gospel 32 (Let Him Move)
11.) Looking For Something Good
12.) Longclaw
13.) Dancing on the Moon
14.) The Way That I Was
15.) Life Moves On
16.) Hard Times Ain’t That Hard Anymore
17.) Hit The Nail On The Head
18.) The Voyageur
19.) Burning Me Again
20.) Live Rosin
