Andrew VanNorstrand
Mandolin, Banjo, Fiddle, and Guitar
Andrew VanNorstrand is a musician, singer and songwriter based in Springfield, Vermont. He has performed on festival stages, concert halls, dance floors and living rooms all over North America and beyond. As a teenager, Andrew and his brother Noah helped define a new generation of contra dance music with their family band The Great Bear Trio. Since then they’ve established themselves as virtuosic multi-instrumentalists and are often on the road together with progressive folk roots quartet The Faux Paws. Andrew has a deep appreciation for traditional Folk, Bluegrass, Country, Western Swing, Old-time, Quebecois and all kinds of music for dancing.