The Infamous Stringdusters have just announced that they will be releasing a new EP of covers on Friday, October 27th via Lumenhouse Recordings dubbed Undercover Vol. 2. This latest studio work from the band will feature five renditions of some of the band’s favorite acts, with the song choices spanning genres and seeing the bluegrass juggernauts cover The Allman Brothers Band (“Jessica”), My Morning Jacket (“Golden”), Daft Punk (“Get Lucky”), Marvin Gaye (“What’s Going On”), and The Cure (“Just Like Heaven”). Undercover Vol. 2 comes as a follow-up to The Infamous Stringdusters 2015 release, Undercover, which contained renditions of tunes by the likes of Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Pink Floyd, and Jimmy Webb.

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Unlike 2015’s Undercover, with Undercover Vol. 2, the Infamous Stringdusters expand even further out of their genre, eschewing many of the more classic rock covers and instead favoring many tunes that may not so commonly make the rounds in a bluegrass band’s repertoire. As Jeremy Garrett, fiddle player for the group, explained in a press release, “Sometimes you hear a cover that comes from a completely different genre and it works, sometimes it doesn’t, sometimes you just have to try. As an artist, this can be liberating.”

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The Infamous Stringdusters Upcoming 2017 Tour Dates

*Fri      10/13               Eureka Springs, AR    Hillberry — The Harvest Moon Festival

Sat       10/14               St. Louis, MO              Old Rock House (co bill w/ Leftover Salmon and Keller Williams)

*Sat     10/21               Bowman, SC               Yonder Field

Fri        10/27               Denver, CO                Ogden Theatre (support from Pert Near Sandstone)

Sat       10/28               Denver, CO                Ogden Theatre (support from Midnight North)

Thu      11/9                 Kansas City, MO        Madrid Theatre (co bill w/ The Travelin’ McCourys)

Fri        11/10               Minneapolis, MN         Fine Line Music Café (co bill w/ The Travelin’ McCourys // support from Ryan Young & Erik Berry of Trampled by Turtles)

Sat       11/11               Madison, WI           Majestic Theatre (support from Ryan Young & Erik Berry of Trampled by Turtles)

Sun      11/12               Kalamazoo, MI            Bell’s Eccentric Café (An evening with…)

Tue      11/14               Detroit, MI                   St. Andrews Hall (support from Wire in the Wood)

Wed     11/15               Pittsburgh, PA             Rex Theatre (support from Buffalo Rose)

Thu      11/16               Buffalo, NY                  Tralf Music Hall (support from Intredpid Travelers)

Fri        11/17               New York, NY             Irving Plaza (support from Cris Jacobs)

Sat       11/18               Baltimore, MD             Rams Head Live (support from Cris Jacobs)

*Fri-Tue 12/8-12/12    Puerto Morelos, MX    Strings & Sol

Thu      12/14               Chattanooga, TN        The Revelry Room (support from Dangermuffin)

*Fri      12/15               Hickory, NC                Music In The Mill

Sat       12/16               Charleston, SC           Music Farm (co bill w/ Dangermuffin)

Thu      12/28               Berkeley, CA               UC Berkeley Theatre (co bill w/ Keller Williams)

Fri        12/29               Berkeley, CA               UC Berkeley Theatre (co bill w/ Leftover Salmon)

Sun      12/31               Aspen, CO                  Wheeler Opera House (An evening with…)

*Festival appearances