Andy Hall

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

Reso-guitar legend Phil Leadbetter has been somewhat sidelined this past few years with a variety of health issues, ranging from cancer treatments to kidney dialysis. But he is maintaining his high spirits and sense of humor, and staying involved as

Andy Hall, reso-guitarist and vocalist with The Infamous Stringdusters, has a new album coming up next month, filled with his solo arrangements of a dozen bluegrass standards. Its title describes the project perfectly, 12 Bluegrass Classics for Resophonic Guitars. The setting

Head For The Hills is an eclectic young string band from Colorado that fuses elements of bluegrass and indie rock into their own brand of original acoustic music. They have been a fixture this past few years on the jam

We caught up with Chris Pandolfi and Andy Hall of The Infamous Stringdusters in Roanoke this past Friday evening (11/16), just before soundcheck for the next-to-last show of their Fall 2012 tour. The lighting isn't ideal, but the guys share a

Infamous Stringdusters reso-man Andy Hall has been announced as the newest member of the ArtistWorks Academy of Bluegrass faculty. His new site, The School Of Dobro with Andy Hall is live now and accepting students. It will follow the same format as

A lot of fine pickers are nominated for IBMA awards every year, and a chosen few get to cross the stage and pick up a statue. But with five or six nominees in a category, that still leaves plenty of

While we had hoped to post live from the Infamous Stringdusters’ Festy in Nelson County, VA this past weekend, the lack of both power and signal made that a little more challenging than we had anticipated. It was, however, a

This is a huge week for bluegrass in Nashville with the IBMA World of Bluegrass Conference in town. Many folks will be making a push at the business exhibition portion of the event. Including themselves this year is the Artistworks Academy

Andy Hall, resophone with The Infamous Stringdusters, is starting the New Year with a bang. He has released a new EP, Aquifer, and has just announced the debut of a signature model resophonic guitar built by Tooter Meredith. The setting for